What a cat! I hope she lives a little longer. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR 2019 Sprinter 650 miles, Low MIleage Lutgard AKA Der DoodleWagen 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2020, at 5:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I’ve mentioned that Kitty has hypothyroidism, a common malady for cats as > they age, and that we were going to have her treated using radioactive > iodine-131,1. Part of preparing for the treatment is to have bloodwork done > to assess the level of thyroid hormones, which is also done at least annually > just to get levels and assess their drug treatment and dosage if that’s being > done. > > I had to go into work on Monday on short notice, so the wife takes Kitty to > the vet. Wife has not takes an animal to the vet in easily 10 years, if that. > Kitty goes with me every time, she’s calm, doesn’t vocalize, etc., etc. This > no doubt stressed her. The vet isn’t allowing people into the building, so > it’s like a drive up/drop off thing and the doctor calls you once they see > the animal and discusses treatment, tests and so forth. Even more stressful. > > So no call for a good 20 minutes, maybe more. Wife is wondering what’s up. > Get a call from vet, daughter of our original vet who has since retired and > sold off his practice. She says Kitty has had a “cardiac event” while they > were trying to draw blood. Said she cried out and slumped over. Doesn’t think > Kitty will see lunch time. They get a line in her and are putting fluids into > her and giving her oxygen. Wife is freaking out. > > Vet says they want to keep her over night. Nope. If she’s stressed and close > to crossing the rainbow bridge, we don’t want it happening in a kennel in the > back of the vet’s office. Vet says she wants to keep her until at least lunch > time, when she’ll call us and give us an update. > > I get home, wife is all worked up, understandably. Vet calls. Kitty is > resting quietly and responsive. I’m coming to get her. > > I get Kitty home and she’s clearly out of sorts. We walk around the house and > refamiliarize, despite her being a little wobbly. Normal behavior after being > out of the house. She gets a tin of her favorite turkey and gravy and goes to > sleep in her favorite place on the couch. > > Vet calls later in the day and wants to know if she’s OK. Tells me she > probably won’t make it to the next day. > > She’s sitting on my desk in front of my keyboard right now, asleep. Faced > Death and kicked it’s ass. She’s definitely not 100%, but close. Based on > behaviors we’ve seen in other cats we’ve owned it’s likely she suffered some > sort of mild stroke from the stress. Her vocalizations have changed, which is > weird. She sometimes sits and stares, like she’s forgotten why she was there. > She’s still doing all of her daily stuff, like walking around the pool with > me every morning and taking a few drinks from it. > > So it’s unlikely we’ll mess with the nuclear stuff. We’ll let Nature take > it’s course until she’s in pain or can’t function comfortably then we’ll help > her go. You hate like heck to lose a pet, but when I think about it I also > think about when the wife rescued her 16+ years ago from the side of the road > in a thunderstorm, all 8 ounces of her. Vet said she probably wouldn’t make > it to the next day then, but like now, she’s not going to let someone dictate > when she goes, dang it. > > -D/King Kitty > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
