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hypatia42Appointment time available was 2pm. 12:30 I called and wanted to know if I ought to bring her in. They basically said, "Its up to you but htey will likely have to send you to internal med for your 2pm appt anyhow and that would double your cost." Ok, unless things drastically change, we'll skip that one.
Upon arriving at the hospital BP was 235ish(significantly high) and heart rate was really low. Doc worried about aneurysm and detached retina so she got put on a bp regulator and IV fluids. Trying to figure out why her back legs weren't working and coming up with all kinds of nasty potentials. Once the pain meds we got at the emergency hospital last night wore off she started perking up and moving around on her own again. Still not able to walk but holding her head up and interacting with her environment. They started feeling like things were not so grim at that point and moved towards us taking her home with more bp meds and instructions on how to care for her.
Being told about what the options were for feeding and such, apparently cats deal well with an NE(nasoesophageal) tube, I asked if I could try getting her to eat since she was acting more alert and engaged. She ate well last night, why not now since she was off the meds that were known to cause lethargy and suppressed appetite. She ate more soft food than she ever does in one sitting. So we got to avoid the NE tube, for which she is blissfully unaware that she should be thankful for. No matter how well cats deal with that, she would have wished death upon us all and worked towards our demise. We are now home and waiting on some test results and those should be back tomorrow.
"Best" case scenario we are looking at an idiopathic vestibular neurological disorder. Meaning, we don't know what caused it but it will clear itself up eventually and we just need to maintain until then. Given the amount of pain that she is in this option is unlikely, though it is an option because her blood work so far has all come back within the normal ranges.
Second and hopefully most likely on the list of possibles is hyperthyroidism. It would explain her high energy and the difficulty in keeping weight on her her whole life. The neurological symptoms are not usually seen in hyperthyroid cases but there are some that have been documented. It is easily treatable with daily meds and those can be transdermal such that she won't have to be force-fed a pill every day for the rest of her life(which she would hate with every fiber of her being).
Third and beyond; an infection of the brain or cerebrospinal fluid, a mass or tumor in her brain, and it just gets more grim after that.
Really, we don't know what is wrong. We have ruled out all the easy things to rule and and largely ruled out the easy things to fix.
If you have energy to send towards this please think about option one and two.
Mother help me and mine get through this. We have had a harrowing 24 hours. Answers and resolution would be nice. I don't want her to live like this.
Upon arriving at the hospital BP was 235ish(significantly high) and heart rate was really low. Doc worried about aneurysm and detached retina so she got put on a bp regulator and IV fluids. Trying to figure out why her back legs weren't working and coming up with all kinds of nasty potentials. Once the pain meds we got at the emergency hospital last night wore off she started perking up and moving around on her own again. Still not able to walk but holding her head up and interacting with her environment. They started feeling like things were not so grim at that point and moved towards us taking her home with more bp meds and instructions on how to care for her.
Being told about what the options were for feeding and such, apparently cats deal well with an NE(nasoesophageal) tube, I asked if I could try getting her to eat since she was acting more alert and engaged. She ate well last night, why not now since she was off the meds that were known to cause lethargy and suppressed appetite. She ate more soft food than she ever does in one sitting. So we got to avoid the NE tube, for which she is blissfully unaware that she should be thankful for. No matter how well cats deal with that, she would have wished death upon us all and worked towards our demise. We are now home and waiting on some test results and those should be back tomorrow.
"Best" case scenario we are looking at an idiopathic vestibular neurological disorder. Meaning, we don't know what caused it but it will clear itself up eventually and we just need to maintain until then. Given the amount of pain that she is in this option is unlikely, though it is an option because her blood work so far has all come back within the normal ranges.
Second and hopefully most likely on the list of possibles is hyperthyroidism. It would explain her high energy and the difficulty in keeping weight on her her whole life. The neurological symptoms are not usually seen in hyperthyroid cases but there are some that have been documented. It is easily treatable with daily meds and those can be transdermal such that she won't have to be force-fed a pill every day for the rest of her life(which she would hate with every fiber of her being).
Third and beyond; an infection of the brain or cerebrospinal fluid, a mass or tumor in her brain, and it just gets more grim after that.
Really, we don't know what is wrong. We have ruled out all the easy things to rule and and largely ruled out the easy things to fix.
If you have energy to send towards this please think about option one and two.
Mother help me and mine get through this. We have had a harrowing 24 hours. Answers and resolution would be nice. I don't want her to live like this.