Re: He's Home!!!! - Blackie's Son, Jr. Mint (UTI Infection)
This morning, I left here about 10:10 a.m., and arrived at the vet's office at about 10:30. I went straight back there, and straight to his cage. He recognized me, and at one time, started growling, which only turned into a yawn. Cute lil guy! I pulled out a little toy that I had thought to bring with me because it had the scent of home on it. He sniffed it and started rubbing on it. He remembers it.
I saw the vet, and she told me that I could take him home today. I was elated. I did ask her how his urine was, and she said that it was good enough for him to go home, but she'll have to remove the catheter. Apparently, he peed in the box in his cage, but he pooped outside the box. He's a fairly large cat, and the cage was bit small for him. His back end had cramped up a bit, so he's a bit stiff, but he can get in and out of the boxes here. Thank goodness.
She asked if I had a carrier, and I told her that I would have to run home to get it, which is about 15 minutes away. She let me borrow one, and I'll take it back when I take him in for a checkup on Monday. She gave me some Predisolone (an anti-inflammatory pill) to give to him once a day for the inflammation. He'll still be on Clavamox until those are gone (7 days). When I got him home, of course he smelled of his own urine. I got a bucket with warm water, and some Dawn antibacterial soap, and tried to clean him off as best as I could. To no avail. So, hubby cleaned out one of the kitchen sinks, filled it with warm water, and put some of the Dawn in it. Filled up the other sink for rinse water. We inserted Jr. Mint into the soapy water, and quickly got him as clean as we could. The water was filthy when we were done. He was placed into the warm rinse water, and again it too was filthy. However, he was a bit cleaner than before. We towel dried him as best as we could, and I placed him on clean towels on the floor in the sun. He loved the sun, and started to dry himself off. I had to make a trip to the store, but when I came back, DH told me that Jr. Mint was in the back room. I found him, laying next to one of the boxes. I looked in the box, and there was a small pee clump. Good boy! I went outside to do some chores, came back in, and DH told me that he did it again.
A poop in one box, and a pee clump in the other. VERY good boy!
The only thing I need to keep a watch out for if he's starting vomit, which means that he's stopped up. IF that happens, I'm to call her. She's on call this weekend.
Oh, he did drink a fair amount of water when he got home, and he ate 1/4 can of the food that was given to him. I'll be feeding him again shortly, when the others get fed. I think he's going to make a full recovery. The only thing that'll change, obviously, is his diet. That's fine with me, because I don't want to go through this again.
I watched him grow up from a very cute little kitten to a handsome adult. I keep praying to God to not take my baby boy. I want him to be better. not my baby Jr.................... not anyone pls................
