P.M. Update. After I got him home and settled and fed... I took a nice long nap!
I took Darcy to the vet this morning. Arrived at 7:30 a.m., which is before they open, in order to get the IV fluids started a little early (since they closed at 1 pm today.) I walked into the vet with Darcy because the door was unlocked (I called on the phone first, but of course, since they really weren't open yet there was no answer). It was all dark inside and I was calling out... hello... hello... I started flipping on light switches and nothing happened... quite dark. I set Darcy's carrier down and started walking in the dark through the vet hospital calling hello... hello. Tried more light switches in various rooms and still no light. I started walking toward the back where I heard dogs barking. I walked into the grooming area and found a woman I know (fortunately, I pretty much know all the staff there and they know me well.) She was working back there with a little light coming through the windows. I asked where the vet techs were, and she said they were "out back smoking." She explained that they had no electricity. I said I was surprised that they did not have a backup generator. She said she'd tell them I was there. The vet techs said that they could not do anything with Darcy because they did not have electricity so their IV pump would not work. They suggested I take him back to the car and wait to see if the electricity came back on. I did, knowing the vet would be arriving soon. She arrived at 8:15 and sent them out to take Darcy so that she could take a look at him. After we waited around for a while, one of the vet techs came out and said that the power company told them that they expected the power to be restored by 10:45 a.m! They actually did not get electricity back until 11 a.m. The vet said she could put him on a "pediatric drip" with no power, so I'm imagining that it simply an IV bag of fluids hanging on an IV pole and dripping in by gravity (the old fashioned way.) So we left to pick him up at 1:00.
The vet says that she thinks he looks a little better (I think he looks and acts a lot better). She said she had combed through the literature to see if there were any reports of kidney damage due to Cabergoline, and she found none. She did not repeat bloodwork today (they couldn't have anyway until the power was restored.) The plan is to bring him back Monday morning and keep him on IV fluids again for another day. I do not know if she will repeat bloodwork then or perhaps wait another day? I think she will base that on her examination of Darcy. I will give him sub-q fluids tomorrow. He still has his IV catheter in his arm. I need to go flush it now as a matter of fact. Because his blood pressure was elevated - around 168 - on Friday, she started him on Benazepril, which she said is also beneficial for the kidneys. She will re-check his BP on Monday and if it's not lower, we will move to Amlodipine. He just ate some more for me at PMPS (with phosphate binder). I gave him 1/2 an ondansetron mini melt in case he is nauseated (which he probably is due to elevated BUN).
Well, that's my long story for today (had to include the fun with no electricity). I have that Jury Summons on Monday morning and have to be at the courthouse Monday morning at 8:30. This means, of course, that I will have to drop him off at 7:30 (again before they are open, but the vet techs and others will be there). I hope everything goes more smoothly than it did this morning.
Over 180 on the BP. Next attempt was at her dental. Dental vet put her in a room by herself for a while with Feliway's going - BP 141, nice and normal. Just as some cats have elevated BG at the vet, so too can vetty stress, or white coat syndrome, elevate the BP. After that if Neko was going to get her BP done, I sprayed her carrier with Feliway, gave her Rescue Remedy before we left and covered the carrier with a towel. 168 isn't horribly high and within margin of white coat syndrome BP.
