Hi Gang,
Just wanted to pop in to let you know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. It just feels like I have. We have been dealing with something with one of our kitties. She is still in the I.C.U. and has been since Saturday. Kitty Bones has been the queen of our house for the past 12 years and never given us a moment's grief with anything. Of all our furry ones, she is the one I worry least about. She is very street smart and can take care of herself. I've seen her scare dogs away!
Any who.... last Thursday night my husband couldn't get her to come in. He finally gave up around 12:30. I couldn't, because the last time one of our babes didn't come home it wasn't a good thing. So I went out every few hours calling for her, but nothing. Now mind you while she does like to be outside, she definitely prefers to be indoors. I've seen her in the same spot on my bed from the time I leave in the morning until I come home around 6:00 pm!
Well by the next morning I was a basket case. I drove around the block a few times fearing the worst. But nothing. So when I got to work I called my mom and she was sweet enough to drive down to our house (about a 1/2 drive) without me even asking to look for Bones. She called me a little after 9:00 am to tell me she had found her. She was curled up underneath one of our rose bushes in the front yard. That didn't sound good. So I raced home immediately. When I got there she was still curled up and didn't even look up. I was hesitant to move her in case she was hurt, but I had to get her. She was not happy when I picked her up she growled and hissed. When I brought her inside I checked her for any injuries and sighed a huge sigh of relief not to find any. So I went back to work to let her get some rest. Even though my gut told me something was off about her.
When I got home after work it was clear that my gut was right. She was still very lethargic and continued to growl and hiss. I couldn't get her to eat either. I brought her to the vet the next day to find she had a fever of 105! They took some blood and gave her some fluids because she was a little dehydrated, antibiotics and sent us home. She was okay for a for a few hours and then she was out of sorts again.
I called the vet in the morning and they had be bring her back in. And she has been there since. They have still not been able to determine what is going on. Ultrasounds & X-rays don't show anything. Despite what's going on her insides look good. Yet she continues to have a fever and will not eat. I went to see her last night after work and she didn't look too good. Granted she had an e-collar on (that cone thingy so she won't pull out her I.V.) and they had just finished force feeding her.
We need some serious prayers. We are at $1,200 in costs with no answers. We have no clue how we're going to pay for any of this, but we just want our baby well and home.
I may not be back on line until Thursday. We are making good progress on the Sketchy Thursday #52 celebration. Keep up the good work gals. I've got that prize just burning a whole in my pocket.
Please keep us & Kitty Bones in your thoughts & prayers ladies. For those of you that know me, our kitties ARE our furry children. They mean the world to us.
Thanks for reading this far!!
Hugs,
Tracy