Libby and Lucy
Member Since 2009
I hate to add to all the sadness here, but Lucy could use a few snowflakes too. She has been under the weather for a couple of days. She is nauseous, breathing noisily, and in pain. We went to the vet yesterday and of course she was perfectly fine while we were there. We’re treating the nausea and treating as though she has CP, even though that has not been diagnosed. She got some fluids and injectable pepcid and other nausea medicine. She felt better for a while yesterday, but by 11:00 she was meatloafing and breathing loudly and looking painful again. I tried to pill an antihistamine they gave me, but it made her foam at the mouth for a good 15 minutes before she vomited everything she had eaten that evening. She wouldn’t speak to me the rest of the evening, but I stayed up all night watching her breathe. I have no idea what the breathing has to do with anything, but for me that is the scary part and it makes her very uncomfortable. She wouldn’t do it at the vet. She had chest x-rays last year and at that time had no signs of asthma, but maybe it’s time to repeat the x-rays. Vet also said she has seen a lot of cats and dogs with allergies this year.
Early this morning was still rough, so I took the morning off to stay home and watch her breathe some more. By the time I left for work, she had eaten some breakfast. She is still under the bed, but she is more relaxed, her breathing is MUCH quieter, and her eyes look softer, so hopefully the pain is less. When I left, she was actually sleeping. I have a call in to the vet to hopefully get some pain meds and fluids to have on hand for the weekend. I hope she is starting to improve.
It’s incredibly hard on me to see Lucy sick, more than my other kitties, because I can’t help but remember how quickly things went wrong for her the first time she was sick. I don’t think this is anything like that time, she is just feeling icky for some reason, but I want it to go away.
Early this morning was still rough, so I took the morning off to stay home and watch her breathe some more. By the time I left for work, she had eaten some breakfast. She is still under the bed, but she is more relaxed, her breathing is MUCH quieter, and her eyes look softer, so hopefully the pain is less. When I left, she was actually sleeping. I have a call in to the vet to hopefully get some pain meds and fluids to have on hand for the weekend. I hope she is starting to improve.
It’s incredibly hard on me to see Lucy sick, more than my other kitties, because I can’t help but remember how quickly things went wrong for her the first time she was sick. I don’t think this is anything like that time, she is just feeling icky for some reason, but I want it to go away.
