squeem3
Member Since 2009
Last year's 1 year GA anniversary
Two years ago tomorrow Squish Merlin became a GA wings_cat I still think back of his last week and wonder what happened that made him get so sick :sad: Then I think about all the happy times with Squishy. I occasionally look at his pictures. I still can't bring myself to look at the videos of Squishy hooked up to tubes in the ER.
One year ago tomorrow I brought Leroy home :smile: Squishy had it all planned for me to get a new kitten on his 1 year GA anniversary :smile: Though I'm not sure what he had in mind when he picked out Leroy. Leroy has turned out to be quite a busy body troublemaker :shock:
And expensive @-) Leroy saw Dr. B yesterday. He drove my brother nuts in the car with his constant meowing @-) Leroy just doesn't like to be confined in a carrier. We walked by Squishy's memorial plaque on the huge Tree of Life sculpture on the way to the waiting area. We didn't wait long to see Dr. B. Dr. B did a basic exam on Leroy. Leroy just soaked up the attention
Dr. B spent a few minues just feeling Leroy's throat. He must have felt something there. Dr. B's vet tech took Leroy to the back for bloodwork and more attention from all the vet techs who hang out back there :lol: They get really excited over not too common breeds. Leroy got his anal glands expressed, too. So that's why his butt always stinks ohmygod_smile After Leroy came back, Dr. B sent us to radiology for xrays. I don't know how they got Leroy to hold still (no sedation) but they did and got the xrays done. The radiologist had gone off to lunch so Dr. B wasn't able to discuss the xrays with him/her. So he sent us off and told us he'd call later in the day. I didn't get a call back yesterday but the vet tech sent an email with the bloodwork results and said that the xrays were mostly fine. There was a spot on the xray that Dr. B wanted to discuss some more with the radiologist :shock: Now I'm thinking, great, Leroy is just over a year old and he's already has health issues @-)
Bloodwork is fine. Bg a lovely blue 100 Creatine was a little high, 1.9 mg/dl and the reference range is 0.7 to 1.8. Creatine kinsase was off the chart :shock: 1805 U/L in a reference range of 70 to 340. But I'm not worried. I found an old post from Jess and Earl here on FDMB where she said that if a cat contracts muscles during the blood draw (and Leroy probably did since he doesn't hold still for very long), the creatine kinase level will be really high. Platelet count is low but there is a side note saying that they were clumped so the actual count maybe higher. PDW is high at 85.1 with a reference range of 51.2 to 70.5. What is PDW?
Today Dr. B called. There is a small hazy spot on the xray which may be normal for Leroy or may be a concern. He has a few thoughts: asthma, nasopharyngeal polyps, post nasl drip. He felt a slight swollen area in Leroy's throat :shock: that might be causing swallowing problems. Dr. B said a barium test could be done under xray to track how Leroy swallows. Nasopharyngeal polyps are common in young cats and surgery would need to be done to look for polyps, possibly a CT too. Right now, Dr. B wants to review the videos of Leroy with some other vets for their opinion. He's going to call by Wednesday and we'll discuss what the next step will be. Great. A few days of nailbite_smile and worrying what expensive health issue Leroy might have.
I saw the vet at work today and gave him an update on Leroy. He was laughing and said that I don't have the best luck with pets. Which is true. I don't. Every pet I own, no matter how small or what species, is guaranteed to end up with at least one major health issue @-)
Two years ago tomorrow Squish Merlin became a GA wings_cat I still think back of his last week and wonder what happened that made him get so sick :sad: Then I think about all the happy times with Squishy. I occasionally look at his pictures. I still can't bring myself to look at the videos of Squishy hooked up to tubes in the ER.
One year ago tomorrow I brought Leroy home :smile: Squishy had it all planned for me to get a new kitten on his 1 year GA anniversary :smile: Though I'm not sure what he had in mind when he picked out Leroy. Leroy has turned out to be quite a busy body troublemaker :shock:
And expensive @-) Leroy saw Dr. B yesterday. He drove my brother nuts in the car with his constant meowing @-) Leroy just doesn't like to be confined in a carrier. We walked by Squishy's memorial plaque on the huge Tree of Life sculpture on the way to the waiting area. We didn't wait long to see Dr. B. Dr. B did a basic exam on Leroy. Leroy just soaked up the attention
Dr. B spent a few minues just feeling Leroy's throat. He must have felt something there. Dr. B's vet tech took Leroy to the back for bloodwork and more attention from all the vet techs who hang out back there :lol: They get really excited over not too common breeds. Leroy got his anal glands expressed, too. So that's why his butt always stinks ohmygod_smile After Leroy came back, Dr. B sent us to radiology for xrays. I don't know how they got Leroy to hold still (no sedation) but they did and got the xrays done. The radiologist had gone off to lunch so Dr. B wasn't able to discuss the xrays with him/her. So he sent us off and told us he'd call later in the day. I didn't get a call back yesterday but the vet tech sent an email with the bloodwork results and said that the xrays were mostly fine. There was a spot on the xray that Dr. B wanted to discuss some more with the radiologist :shock: Now I'm thinking, great, Leroy is just over a year old and he's already has health issues @-) Bloodwork is fine. Bg a lovely blue 100
Creatine was a little high, 1.9 mg/dl and the reference range is 0.7 to 1.8. Creatine kinsase was off the chart :shock: 1805 U/L in a reference range of 70 to 340. But I'm not worried. I found an old post from Jess and Earl here on FDMB where she said that if a cat contracts muscles during the blood draw (and Leroy probably did since he doesn't hold still for very long), the creatine kinase level will be really high. Platelet count is low but there is a side note saying that they were clumped so the actual count maybe higher. PDW is high at 85.1 with a reference range of 51.2 to 70.5. What is PDW?Today Dr. B called. There is a small hazy spot on the xray which may be normal for Leroy or may be a concern. He has a few thoughts: asthma, nasopharyngeal polyps, post nasl drip. He felt a slight swollen area in Leroy's throat :shock: that might be causing swallowing problems. Dr. B said a barium test could be done under xray to track how Leroy swallows. Nasopharyngeal polyps are common in young cats and surgery would need to be done to look for polyps, possibly a CT too. Right now, Dr. B wants to review the videos of Leroy with some other vets for their opinion. He's going to call by Wednesday and we'll discuss what the next step will be. Great. A few days of nailbite_smile and worrying what expensive health issue Leroy might have.
I saw the vet at work today and gave him an update on Leroy. He was laughing and said that I don't have the best luck with pets. Which is true. I don't. Every pet I own, no matter how small or what species, is guaranteed to end up with at least one major health issue @-)
