Thank you so much for checking up on us. I was hesitant to post anything about what happened as I felt somewhat ashamed to account for what happened with me and Eddie.
As you might know, Eddie has acromegaly. He's had surgery and radiation and often what happens after these procedures, they go into remission. Eddie as you've seen has been bouncing and surfing and dropping and rising and I followed the advice of the radiation oncologist to have Eddie have a check up CT scan, which was for Tuesday.
Of course, when a CT scan is done, cats are sedated. Eddie has adverse reactions to two medications used in sedation: Butorphanol and Dexmedetomidine. So, they used another sedative: Alfaxalone. Let's just say we have now discovered the third sedative not to be given to Eddie. He stopped breathing. He ended up in an oxygen chamber and has recovered. I had to pick him up from the clinic and transport him to another one in town that has all night care and he is now just fine.
I feel
horrible. When he was at the all night hospital the vet did not want to give him the full 9u because he tested in the blue zone so instead of 9u they have him 7u. In the morning, as you can see from the SS, he was high enough they give him the full 9u.
When this happened, they had just finished the CT scan and had taken x-rays which show all else (heart, etc.) to be absolutely fine. They had checked his heart prior to administering the sedative and so...
I spoke with the radiation oncologist who had referred Eddie to this clinic for the CT scan. She is in another city where she has overseen Eddie's radiation previously but she wanted a base line CT so we could assess the status of the tumour. She was quite concerned this had happened because at the hospital where Eddie gets treatment (it's 9 hours or so away by car/ferry) there is an anesthesiologist and they don't use the medications that regular clinics use: they use a mixture of gas and another light substance entirely [I can't recall the name].
I felt so bad, especially since I honestly had had a feeling something was going to happen but I chalked it up to my just being anxious. Never doubt yourself.
I didn't want to post the story here. I still feel terrible but at least Eddie is ok and he's had a good day and even went into blue today {I had to work all afternoon and wasn't able to get another test but his appetite is good and all's well. For myself, I was a wreck.
Thank you, again, for asking.
Having said that, I told you the story of Neko getting a clear echo with the OK to have anaesthesia just three weeks before she had anaesthesia and her heart issue. Acro hearts are so tricky.
