please think of my little girl
Last night my little girl cat Pesto (she's 7- the black cat in the picture) suffered an unexpected and extremely severe seizure. She basically ran up and down a few flights of stairs and then collapsed in the living room, slobbering and convulsing and screaming. It was a horrifying noise, I thought it was a three-way cat fight or something. This is a cat who has never even had to take medication, who has always been as healthy as can be. We rushed her to the emergency vet clinic where they gave her valium, which put her into a resting state.
Blood tests didn't reveal anything, same with blood sugar test. She is awake and moving around this morning, even purred and talked the vet techs tell me, but we still don't know what happened and why she seizured so violently and prolongedly. She will be examined by an internalist today, with more tests to see if she has epilepsy, a tumour, a virus, or whatever. There's a good chance they won't even get the answer.
I am so frightened for my little girl. The vet is supposed to call soon and let us know when we can see her again. She must be so scared, she really doesn't like anyone except us. Her brothers are very concerned and agitated. I don't know what's going to happen and I'm so afraid of what decisions may have to be made. I love her so much, she's the first animal we adopted, six and a half years ago. She's the sweetest, most loving little girl. We are both very broken up about this.
Please send positive thoughts to us and our baby girl.
posted by Pamela @ 10:05 AM
12 Comments:
that's such a sweet picture.
I hope everything turns out well and your kitty is feeling better soon.
I hope she'll be okay. Just give her love when you see her (and some from her cousin, Johnson, too!)
Pamela, I'm so sorry to hear about Pesto. I hope that she is allright and that the vets are able to determine what caused the seizures. I can imagine how scared you must have been. I'm sending lots of good thoughts your way.
*hugs*
I hope things start looking up for her and for you guys. It is so hard when they're suffering and we can't even figure out what is wrong with them.
I got something like this from the vet this fall when I had to pill my cat: http://tinyurl.com/ynzd4t
My tempest is actually pretty easy about things (lets me med her and cut her toenails, things like that), but the piller made it so easy and quick, which we both appreciated. Might be something you'd find helpful for her daily meds.
Keep us updated. I'll be thinking of her and of you guys.
This is cross-posted from elsewhere:
unfortunately the vet says this sort of thing doesn't just happen once. There is an underlying cause, we just don't know what it is. We may have weeks or months with her, but we really don't know how long.
The only way to diagnose her for sure is with an MRI. Our vet bills are already at close to $4,000 right now and an MRI is another $1,500. The MRI might tell us what's wrong, but even then, it's possibly untreatable, or can be treated but with a lot of trauma to Pesto and she's likely to have a relatively poor quality of life post-surgery. And it wouldn't necessarily extend it that long. I don't want to put her through all of that for questionable results, just because I am heartbroken and don't want to lose her.
Plus, if the MRI didn't reveal anything, the automatic conclusion would be epilepsy, which is the treatment we are going to start with her right away (anti-seizure meds). It's not even certain if we could treat her for some of the other options, or if there are vets to treat her in this city. This is a cat who is terrified of leaving the house.
We are trying pretty much all other avenues to diagnose her up to the MRI. The clinic she's at is one of the only ones in Ontario that even has an MRI, so it wouldn't even be an option for most people. The specialist vet (internalist) who has been treating her is supportive of our chosen course of action.
I still feel sick about it though. Mostly because I fear the worst and that we're going to lose her a lot sooner than we ever expected, whether we throw another $10k at the vet or not. We're just going to focus on making her comfortable and spending as much time with her as we can.
Dear little kitty. What a terrible thing to happen, and so suddenly. It's heartbreaking! Take care, bon courage making the decisions....
Oh Pamela! I could just cry from reading your post. I had a dog years ago that was the apple of my eye. His name was Elwood and he was a Dalmatian and I loved him more than anything. He developed bladder stones and after an expensive, stressful, frightening (for me and him)surgery, he seemed to be doing well. Then the stones returned. I was so distraught with the decision that faced me. As much as I wanted to keep him with me, the stones would have kept coming back and put him in a lot of pain. I eventually had him put to sleep and I still sometimes have a little cry because of it and because I miss him. We're talking 12 or 13 years ago that this happened and it still seems like last week sometimes. I really do miss him alot. Pets really touch your life in a special way.
I hope Pesto is doing OK and that you get to have some more time with her. I'm sure she knows she's loved and can sense your worry. I'll pray for all of you and wish Pesto a safe return home very soon.
Pesto came home with us Thursday night. She's doing ok. She's now on three different kinds of medication.
We are not sure what caused her seizure, so we're focusing on making her comfortable and keeping a close eye on her.
She's pretty woozy and a little wobbly on her feet, but also happy to be home with her family. We are so happy to have her with us still.
Thank you to everyone who is concerned. :)
Carrie, I'm sorry about Elwood. It's frustrating to feel so helpless when your babies are suffering. The rely on us so much.
Yea!! Glad she's home. Keep us updated.
I'm glad that Pesto's resting comfortable. We are sending lots of hugs and positive vibes your way.
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