Wednesday night I went to medicate my girl and I think I just overwhelmed her. She threw up shortly after all of her meds were on board. That frustrated me to no end as well as scaring me a little bit. I knew deep down that if she was to get better she needed to be hospitalized sooner rather than later. The longer this drags on the worse her chances are for recovery.
I called the vet and got an idea of what it would cost me, roughly. The kicker was they wanted to charge me another office visit despite the fact I was just there. That pissed me off to no end. I opted to make an appointment and wait. Then I let my fingers let off some steam by sending an email to the vet. Within 30 minutes I got a return call and the fee was waived, plus since it was later in the evening they waived the emergency fee. I had to get dressed and drive her over.
When we got there I told them I had taken my sleeping pill so my time was limited. That apparently didn’t seem to matter despite all of the acknowledgements I got. They kept me there for an hour. I was amped up so there was no way my pills would have an effect on me. They gave me a written rough estimate between $482 and $882. They wanted $882 and said they would refund what wasn’t used. I balked at that as normally I just put 1/2 down now and pay the balance when I pick her up. After some dancing around they agreed to that and took $650 from me. I left her and knew that this was her best chance at kicking this.
Funny thing is no one here seemed to miss Momma, life went on as if nothing was wrong. I was missing her horribly. I got off work early on Thursday and before I came home, I stopped in to see her and have a quick chat with the vet. They got her eating baby food, which was a good sign. They changed all of her medications to IV and they worked faster & better that way. They wanted to keep her for another day, sure why not were making progress.
Friday morning I was told that her condition continued to improve and she was doing really well but still had a little bit of diarrhea. They sent that off to be cultured to see if there was a parasite. It came back clean. This is either a random GI Issue, Irritable Bowel Disease or Lymphoma. Of course they had to throw in fucking cancer. Every time I turn around they are telling me one of my cats might have cancer. Yeah I may be the lottery jackpot winner as well but odds are I’m not.
So what’s the plan? They could do biopsy's but given her age they really don’t think she would make it plus given her present health they really didn’t want to take the risk. Thank God because I know I can’t afford that. We take the conservative route and just see how she does and if she relapses, if she does relapse then the diagnosis will come from what medication she responds to.
I picked her up Friday night. She was ready to come home but not her normal chatty self. She didn’t even complain when we got in the cold or the ride home, that is abnormal for her. The first thing she did when she got home and was free is she froze. Then she ran for the food and started eating. That’s very good news. Then it was the litter box, diarrhea is still there but considering that she wasn’t eating a normal amount of regular food. Then she climbed into one of the pet beds and claimed it as hers.
Two hours later it was time for medicine. She took it like a champ. Did some grazing and drank some water, then it was back to bed.
Where we are at today is pretty much the same. She is still clinging to the bed, she sleeps which is to be expected because she is on a narcotic pain medicine. Then she wakes up, does some grazing, drinks some water. Uses the bathroom and it’s back to bed. She is better in that she is eating but I don’t consider her out of the woods yet. I sent a progress report to the vet and am waiting to hear if she wants to make any changes. Her stool has improved but is still not solid.
I cherish every moment I have with all of them, I know that they will all be gone way too soon. Oh and when I showed up to pick her up they told me that they owed me $7 I said credit it back to my card. I need all the help I can get. I have already started throwing extra money at it so when the bills comes next month it won’t be so outrageous. I plan to pay it off so that I don’t accrue interest, it’s a 30 day 0 percent loan. That is the way I try to treat all of my credit. Accrue the points or cash back so I get some minor additional benefit.
Sure hope that my Momma makes a full recovery and that this is a 1 time event. I need her back to normal. She isn’t following me around the house, isn’t vocal, isn’t playing and isn’t sitting in my lap or crawling up by me. She is glued to that bed. I am happy she is home and that I can treat her with medicine, I just hope that she starts to turn the corner more than she has already.
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