Sometimes life comes along and just knocks your plans for the day totally off course.
Today’s it’s a cat medical crisis, maybe an emergency. I’m trying hard not to be alarmist.
It’s our oldest cat, Ms. Kili. She got a pretty good report card after a recent check-up, all systems fairly normal for her age. But now she’s suddenly developed a lot of congestion. She already had a weird growth on her nose which we’ve been watching for a few years. The combination is suddenly making it hard for her to breath, or to eat. There’s lots of snorting and sneezing when she addresses a bowl of food or water. And at her age, this isn’t good.
This became noticeable yesterday morning, when we were out on the windward side after spending the night in Kaaawa. Our cat sitter was alarmed and contacted us, and we’ve been carefully monitoring her since. Yes, I’m feeling a bit of guilt, and worry that I wasn’t watching her carefully enough to notice warning signs on Saturday afternoon, before we left for the evening in Kaaawa.
I was on the phone with the vet as soon as we got back from the early morning walk, and have a late morning appointment. Since Meda and I only have one car, I’ve had to clear my calendar in order to get Meda to the UH campus, then get back and pick up Ms. Kili for the run out to Hawaii Kai.
And that doesn’t allow me time to do a proper blog post this morning. Hopefully I’ll be able to get back and do a substantive post later in the day. Stay tuned, and cross your fingers for Ms. Kili.
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I’m hoping for the best.
And how is she doing?
My fingers are still crossed for Ms. Kili. How’s she doing? Hoping for the best for you and her.
We’re very worried about Kili. She had a vet checkup on Monday, got an antibiotic shot, just in case she might respond. had a nasal swab sent off to be cultured to see what we’re dealing with, and the vet recommended baby nasal drops of a saline solution, non-chemical. She has not responded. I’ve been trying to get at least some baby food into her, but I think she can’t smell, and that zaps the appetite. She’s only eaten a little less than a single jar of baby food in the first 48 hours. Today we’re taking her back to the vet for a second check and consultation. I just bought some kitten formula, mixed some up, and got got a few teaspoons into her using a syringe. She declined to lap any of it from a bowl. I’m terribly afraid that there are cascading issues piling up, one upon the other, and it’s going to be hard to stop the downhill slide. She is drinking water, so that’s good, I think. But she looks terrible, is very lethargic, and has the sniffles bad.
Please keep your fingers crossed for her.