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Jun. 18th, 2011 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anjylle My cat is ill.
Not in the headcold/respiratory way she was when we got her from the Humane Society; in a way that requires a series of medication and the kitty equivalent of dialysis for at least the next two weeks.
I took her to the vet's for a full dental job and to remove a polyp -- like a mole grown out of control -- from her right ear. They have to anaesthetise animals for dental work, anyway, so I ticked the box requesting a full blood workup. She's only 5, but I didn't think we'd had one done before.
I got a call while I was at work, saying they'd found elevated liver enzymes in her blood test. Not good. That could mean anything from ingestion of something toxic (I don't THINK I've left anything lying around, but it's so hard to be sure) to bacteria from her teeth doing damage (her teeth were in horrible condition, they had to remove two)... to cancer. I really, really hope it's just bacterial damage from her teeth; THAT can be dealt with easily. They also found a second polyp further in her ear that they couldn't completely remove, and her ears are badly infected.
So I have to give her ear drops twice a day, amoxicillin to head off potential infection from having her teeth removed, and a massive tablet to help clear her liver up. The tablet is actually the easiest part, since I can stuff it in a pill-pocket treat and she seems to love those. The rest is a massive struggle, and I'm paying the vet's the do the liquid treatments three times next week because I know I won't be able to get a needle into her, much less make her hold still for it.
The next two weeks will be... "fun". And a bit expensive, but it's not like I'm spending the money on myself right now. Hopefully it'll do the trick and we won't need more extreme measures. I can tell she's feeling much better already, she's eating all her food again and constantly demanding snuggles :)
Not in the headcold/respiratory way she was when we got her from the Humane Society; in a way that requires a series of medication and the kitty equivalent of dialysis for at least the next two weeks.
I took her to the vet's for a full dental job and to remove a polyp -- like a mole grown out of control -- from her right ear. They have to anaesthetise animals for dental work, anyway, so I ticked the box requesting a full blood workup. She's only 5, but I didn't think we'd had one done before.
I got a call while I was at work, saying they'd found elevated liver enzymes in her blood test. Not good. That could mean anything from ingestion of something toxic (I don't THINK I've left anything lying around, but it's so hard to be sure) to bacteria from her teeth doing damage (her teeth were in horrible condition, they had to remove two)... to cancer. I really, really hope it's just bacterial damage from her teeth; THAT can be dealt with easily. They also found a second polyp further in her ear that they couldn't completely remove, and her ears are badly infected.
So I have to give her ear drops twice a day, amoxicillin to head off potential infection from having her teeth removed, and a massive tablet to help clear her liver up. The tablet is actually the easiest part, since I can stuff it in a pill-pocket treat and she seems to love those. The rest is a massive struggle, and I'm paying the vet's the do the liquid treatments three times next week because I know I won't be able to get a needle into her, much less make her hold still for it.
The next two weeks will be... "fun". And a bit expensive, but it's not like I'm spending the money on myself right now. Hopefully it'll do the trick and we won't need more extreme measures. I can tell she's feeling much better already, she's eating all her food again and constantly demanding snuggles :)
