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Very Ill Kitty: I'm Not Drunk, Just Tired
2 years ago
I've been posting life updates to Twitter and realized FA might like some too.
I spent most of the night of 4th of July at the ER vet after my cat spent a lot of the day clearly feeling very ill- not eating, extremely weak and unsteady. They decided she had an infection, and sent us home with meds. It was confirmed today that she has an abscessed tooth, but she's too weak for surgery. She's 17, and has prior health problems. Before the tooth issue, she was frail but doing well otherwise, so I'm very depressed this has come up. Thankfully when she got home from the vets today she greedily ate some treats- the first time she's eaten willingly since Wed, and she's been very alert and perky after getting fluids. Her bloodwork, besides showing the beginning stages of renal failure (which was suspected before the tooth issue) was otherwise clean and pointing to infection, so I'm hoping we can get that down enough that she starts eating, regains her strength and we can get that tooth out.
It's been extremely taxing. She needs care several times a day, and it's been stressful watching her improve, only to worsen hours later. She drinks occasionally, but never enough, so most of the water and food that gets into her is because I ladled it into her mouth. I have also fully expected the recommendations from both vets to be euthanasia, which I would have accepted. They haven't suggested it yet but the waiting has been killing me. Why must bloodwork take so long. The vet today very kindly took her in without an appointment, so I dropped her off at 8am, got news they wanted to do bloodwork at noon, and finally heard back from the vet at 4-5pm. It was agony waiting. Thankfully bf took off two days from work, so I wasn't alone which was incredibly sweet. I'm going through the wringer lately, but thank goodness I'm not alone.
I've had her since she was 2 months old, she's one of my oldest still living pets. I've known for 5 years during her last health scare that losing her was going to wreck me. I've been dreading it ever since. So I'm incredibly thankful I work from home. I have experience with fading kittens and sick cats. If I didn't know what I know, and wasn't around to monitor her, she might not have made it this long.
But vets are expensive, so I haven't been able to take a break really. Especially not with a dental surgery on the horizon. And I realized that I've sent a few emails to commissioners the last couple of days that are just... utter nonsense. Like I got the point across but not gracefully. So I just want to explain what's going on. It's hard rubbing the two brain cells not focused on kitty care together. Please hang in there with me while I deal with this in addition to all the other drama I have to deal with lately. It's been rough. Thankfully drawing is a good distraction, it's actually been helping quite a bit and I'm rather proud of some of the things I've churned out lately.
I'm considering commission slots to help fund her surgery, or other fund raising means. I am going to try and get further through my queue before I roll any of that out, but I guess keep an eye out for openings if you're looking for art.
I spent most of the night of 4th of July at the ER vet after my cat spent a lot of the day clearly feeling very ill- not eating, extremely weak and unsteady. They decided she had an infection, and sent us home with meds. It was confirmed today that she has an abscessed tooth, but she's too weak for surgery. She's 17, and has prior health problems. Before the tooth issue, she was frail but doing well otherwise, so I'm very depressed this has come up. Thankfully when she got home from the vets today she greedily ate some treats- the first time she's eaten willingly since Wed, and she's been very alert and perky after getting fluids. Her bloodwork, besides showing the beginning stages of renal failure (which was suspected before the tooth issue) was otherwise clean and pointing to infection, so I'm hoping we can get that down enough that she starts eating, regains her strength and we can get that tooth out.
It's been extremely taxing. She needs care several times a day, and it's been stressful watching her improve, only to worsen hours later. She drinks occasionally, but never enough, so most of the water and food that gets into her is because I ladled it into her mouth. I have also fully expected the recommendations from both vets to be euthanasia, which I would have accepted. They haven't suggested it yet but the waiting has been killing me. Why must bloodwork take so long. The vet today very kindly took her in without an appointment, so I dropped her off at 8am, got news they wanted to do bloodwork at noon, and finally heard back from the vet at 4-5pm. It was agony waiting. Thankfully bf took off two days from work, so I wasn't alone which was incredibly sweet. I'm going through the wringer lately, but thank goodness I'm not alone.
I've had her since she was 2 months old, she's one of my oldest still living pets. I've known for 5 years during her last health scare that losing her was going to wreck me. I've been dreading it ever since. So I'm incredibly thankful I work from home. I have experience with fading kittens and sick cats. If I didn't know what I know, and wasn't around to monitor her, she might not have made it this long.
But vets are expensive, so I haven't been able to take a break really. Especially not with a dental surgery on the horizon. And I realized that I've sent a few emails to commissioners the last couple of days that are just... utter nonsense. Like I got the point across but not gracefully. So I just want to explain what's going on. It's hard rubbing the two brain cells not focused on kitty care together. Please hang in there with me while I deal with this in addition to all the other drama I have to deal with lately. It's been rough. Thankfully drawing is a good distraction, it's actually been helping quite a bit and I'm rather proud of some of the things I've churned out lately.
I'm considering commission slots to help fund her surgery, or other fund raising means. I am going to try and get further through my queue before I roll any of that out, but I guess keep an eye out for openings if you're looking for art.
if your cat is otherwise healthy, I hope she's able to make it through dental surgery.
It's not cheap, and it's not easy, but it can be done. Not always, obviously sometimes things just don't work. I hope that she can get that tooth out and that you get another few years with her.