This past weekend my 6 year old ragdoll Missy passed away within a 24 hours of realizing she was sick. I first noticed that she wasnt feeling well Friday evening around 7:00pm. I had been gone all day but she seemed fine when I left around 10:30am. When I got home she didnt greet me when I walked in like she normally did but I could see her as she wasnt far from the door. She was crouched down and had saliva coming out of her mouth. She just looked up at me and squeaked out a little meow. She never was loud, well when she couldnt find me she was. My poor sweetie pie had puked up some partially digested food but I wasnt really trippin on that. The rest was a big enough flag for me to know I needed to take her to the emergency vet. Not to mention the fact that when I picked her up I felt that below her chin and entire chest area was soaking wet and she didnt care that I was putting her in her carrier. Anyway, after getting a blood test we went home with amoxicillin to treat a urinary tract infection but she continued to get worse as time went by. The saliva had stopped hours earlier so I was hoping she was on the mend and just resting but like I said, she just seemed to continue to get worse. She was very lathargic and just not herself whatsoever. Then all of a sudden the saliva started again and she was having trouble breathing so rushed her back to the hospital and they had to incubate her because her O2 level was at 85. I cant even believe its happening. The doctor of said the next thing would be an xray to see if there is something visible blocking but even if there was could she be saved? Of course we didnt know. She was declining fast. At this point it had been 24 hours since I first found her in bad shape and just 35 hours from when I left her Friday when she was doing fine. They took me back to see her and I was able to stick my hand in the incubator and tell her I love her and that was it, she was gone. I cant for the life of me understand what could have happened. What could have taken her so fast? Even the doctor couldnt answer that with any certainty. It seems to me like maybe she ate something poisonous but I have no idea what it could have been. I've done a little bit of searching the internet but havent come up with anything very convincing. There are two things I'm currently wondering about and that is whether or not her eating a cockroach could kill her (I wouldnt think so) or mold. The reason I ask about mold is because within the past month Missy had learned how to open one of the kitchen cupboards and she would hangout in there when I was in the kitchen. Not only is it basically an unused cabinet but its the corner one next to the sink that is hecka deep. You know the one I'm talking about. So who knows what could be back in there but she's a feisty girl who could hold her own so I didnt think anything of it. But it is a pretty old home. I mean, I dont know if what I see in there is mold or not but I've attached a picture showing the inside. Could something in there have killed her? It just doesn't make sense that she died. It makes losing her so hard not knowing why. No matter what I dont think it will change that I feel responsible or that I feel like I failed her....but I just really need to know. That's understandable isnt it? Well thats all for now. Thanks for reading.
