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Eventually she was standing up on her own, and learned how to walk compensating the weaker side. Here it is 6 months later, and she can waddle about getting from point A to point B. She will even come down stairs on her own, but going up I need to carry her. She prefers to live upstairs. The only thing she is not doing is challenging the male cat to a fight. Funny, he use to be scared silly of her but now they seem to be bonding... as he has is age related issues, too.
Cat was very happy to see me home and has been stuck to me like glue, sleeping near me all day and night since I got back. Dog gets to go with me on the next trip, but not the one after that - it's too long of a trip and I have to stay in a hotel, which doesn't work for him - so he'll have to stay home that time.
I think church mouse was thinking her doggy needed a cat companion
This cat isn't the type that you can wrap in a towel unless you want your obit in the next day's newspaper.
At her next doctor's appointment, I will ask for liquid and order it from a pharmacy that does animal medicine compounding.
The thing is, if you squirt liquid onto her food and mix it in I wouldn't put it past her to go on hunger-strike altogether, don't you think?
Shots, next?
I can feel your cat hating me from several thousand miles away..!
How kind of you to bring that dear lady a kitty,all her own,to love and hold.
It's so thoughtful of you to do things for the other residents living there....Bless you!
Then, the next morning, the roomie awakes with a cat sitting on her chest, thinking it is real but forgetting it is hers................
O look, there is a dead cat in my bed.
Better than a live cat on a dead body, though - just say'n
Luckylu just renamed this the 'Catgiver's Thread' for short.
Now, for the next two days I can only feed her 4 small meals a day... so that means picking up all the dry food that I leave out. My gosh, the other two cats went nuts about what happen to their all day smorgasbord. There was a lot of pouting, temper tantrums [at 4 a.m.] , and litter kicked out of the littler boxes in spite.
Knock on wood, no clean ups from tummy-issue-cat. I need to narrow down what was bothering her. Too many Temptation treats? The cheese I used so I could get her to take a pill [she now needs thyroid pills]? The soft treats to tried to use to hide the pills? The whip cream she likes? Her morning dab of butter [real butter]? Potatoe chips?
The only thing new is the thyroid meds.
Sendhelp, the Vet now gave me a script for liquid thyroid meds which can be mixed at a pharmacy with chicken.
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Well, this morning at 5 a.m. we were at the emergency ER with the oldest cat... she had another stroke during the night... poor baby... I honestly thought we would need to put her down but the ER vet sounded very positive. A neurologist will be checking the cat out this afternoon.
Hubs and I are adjusting too, resting today as I came down with bronchitis.
Just cannot wait to hear about your new house-when you get time, of course. Are you so very happy? Get well soon!
We will pick her up tomorrow once her blood pressure goes down to a normal limit. The Vet said the cat was sitting up on her own and moving about... oh my gosh, as this morning she couldn't do anything by just lay flat, couldn't pick her head up. Animals can be amazing :)
The only reason we are going through all this, is that the cat is a tough old bird... she bounced back from other health issues over the years with amazement. And she learned on her own how to walk after her previous stroke, and how to communicate with us her needs.
This animal ER is always packed with pet owners, as they offer all services there. Our cat needed a sonogram on her heart, so there was an animal cardiologist on-site. She needed to see a neurologist, yes there is a group on-site. There is also physical therapy group, and a cancer-care center. It's like going to a people hospital.
The other two elderly cats at home just noticed that "Katie" hasn't been around since Tuesday. The cat in the hospital is the alpha cat, so the two at home are confused.
I believe in her former life she was an electrical engineer plus a prison warden. She could figure things out. She would take her toys from the toy box and arrange them in geometrical figures. And she would take no gruff from the other two cats, especially the male cat... if looks could kill she could stare down him with the pupils of her eyes getting bigger and bigger. She was a helicopter "parent" to the other female cat. She had 17 good years with us, came as an abandoned cat.
What is odd is that I cried more for her passing then that of my parents, who passed in their 90's.