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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004Purrs for Persia - while I was out of town...
I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her urine. Another UTI. So I scooped her up and took her in immediately. Friday night when I was at my hotel in downtown Minneapolis the vet called. Could he do an x-ray? Absolutely. He called me back the next day. She had three bladder stones; needed surgery. Okay to do that? Of course! She's my baby, what the hell else was I going to say? He called me Monday afternoon after the surgery. They found the cause of the stones and the UTI's - she had an acorn-sized cyst growing in the wall of her bladder. He explained to me the lining of the bladder is a lot like a human mouth. And when her bladder was empty, that cyst was rubbing away at the inside lining of the bladder, kind of like if you bite your cheek without intending to. This set up a breeding ground for infection and also caused the stones to form. They removed the cyst as well as the stones. Persia came through with flying colours. She was very vocal the day after, not in a happy way. But by Wednesday she was more like just "chatting" with the staff. He did say she wasn't fussing with the stitches or anything so the Elizabethan collar probably wouldn't be necessary. I'll find out when I pick her up tomorrow. As for myself, I'm exhausted. I had a 4 hour layover in Atlanta to get home from Minneapolis. Had a great trip, but of course I was calling to check on Persia every day after her surgery. It put a slight damper on things. But at least she was already there when they discovered the problem and they do love her - she's such a sweet cat :) Great trip but glad to be home - at least for a little while. By the way, my long-lost insisted on paying for Persia's vet bills. WOW! I still need purrs - we'll have to go back for a check-up next week and stitches removal. And pending lab results on the cyst. (sigh) Jill >As for myself, I'm exhausted. I had a 4 hour layover in Atlanta to get home >from Minneapolis. Had a great trip, but of course I was calling to check on [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >purrs - we'll have to go back for a check-up next week and stitches removal. >And pending lab results on the cyst. (sigh) She is a sweet cat. :) That was a good catch finding the blood in her urine and the cyst. But now you must marry John. :) >>Great trip but glad to be home - at least for a little while. By the way, >>my long-lost insisted on paying for Persia's vet bills. WOW! I still need >>purrs - we'll have to go back for a check-up next week and stitches removal. >>And pending lab results on the cyst. (sigh) > She is a sweet cat. :) That was a good catch finding the blood in her > urine and the cyst. But now you must marry John. :) LOL!! I think he might be right, Jill. :) I'm really glad they found the cause of Persia's problems - and I hope this will be the end of them! Joyce > > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > LOL!! I think he might be right, Jill. :) Hey, I'm workin' on it! We have such a great time together. Might not have been right 23 years ago when we split up but it sure feels right now that we are older and wiser. > I'm really glad they found the cause of Persia's problems - and I hope > this will be the end of them! > > Joyce Thanks, Joyce. Me too. I feel bad I had no idea she was probably in pain. She's such a sweet cat, she never complains. Hope she's not too mad at me when I get her home. It would have needed to be done even if I didn't go out of town. Poor sweet baby. Jill You would only have been able to keep up on Persia by phone even if you had been home. That would have been a miserable several days. With the added anxiety of wondering how on earth you would find the money for her treatment. Has John even met Persia yet? Jo > > > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Jill > You would only have been able to keep up on Persia by phone even if > you had been home. That would have been a miserable several days. > With the added anxiety of wondering how on earth you would find the > money for her treatment. Has John even met Persia yet? > > Jo Nope, he's only seen pictures of her. She's on my luggage tags when I travel. And on the trip we ate at a place that had Internet access so I showed him her pics on webshots. She seems to have settled in now, back at home, just fine. We're about to take a nap together. Sitting at an airport for close to 4 hours yesterday has left me a tad tired. Jill >>> > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Jill > Hey, I'm workin' on it! We have such a great time together. Might > not have been right 23 years ago when we split up but it sure feels > right now that we are older and wiser. It's really an amazing story - I mean, how often does that happen?? Your revived romance sounds like it would make a great script for a movie! :) > I feel bad I had no idea she was probably in pain. She's such a sweet > cat, she never complains. Hope she's not too mad at me when I get her > home. You shouldn't feel guilty - cats naturally hide their infirmities so they won't appear weak to potential predators or competitors. I'm not surprised that you didn't catch it. I'm just glad that you were able to get good care for her before you left! Purrs for her continued recovery, Joyce >Thanks, Joyce. Me too. I feel bad I had no idea she was probably >in pain. She's such a sweet cat, she never complains. Hope she's >not too mad at me when I get her home. It would have needed to be >done even if I didn't go out of town. Poor sweet baby. > >Jill I am glad you found the problem in time. I got Katie and Cinders last June, shortly after I moved back into my house after the fire. Katie was throwing up a lot, so I took her to a neighborhood vet, who diagnosed the problem as hairballs. I tried to give her hairball treatment, both the malt-flavored and tuna-flavored kind, without much success. She liked to be petted, but didn't like to be picked up, so it was a shock to realize this February that she had lost about half her body weight. I took her back to the vet, and had X-rays done. Unfortunately, she turned out to be near death from multiple cancers, and I had to have her put to sleep. The much vomiting was apparently caused by the cancer, meaning that she was already ill when I adopted her, but not showing her pain otherwise. Cinders, fortunately, is healthy. She was very scared of me for months after I got her, but, a couple of months before Katie died, Cinders abruptly decided to become affectionate, and has been a real love-bug ever since.  SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria <snip> >Great trip but glad to be home - at least for a little while. By the way, >my long-lost insisted on paying for Persia's vet bills. WOW! I still need >purrs - we'll have to go back for a check-up next week and stitches removal. >And pending lab results on the cyst. (sigh) > >Jill Glad you had a good time, even though no doubt worried about Persia. Purrs that the surgery will end the UTI cycle, and the cyst test results will come back with no new worries. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jill You really have a treasure there - okay, two treasures, including the one you'll be picking up at the vet. ;-) I'm glad she came through all right, and sorry you both had to go through all that. Purrs for a negative report on the cyst. ((((Jill and Persia)))) Joy Purrs for Persia to recover completely! Poor little girl. Give her scritches for me. Sherry > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her > urine. Another UTI. So I scooped her up and took her in immediately. We'll keep paws crossed that Persia is now on the mend. {{HUGS}} Helen M -- Many purrs coming up. That's too bad that it had to happen during your trip, but glad to hear that they found the problem and solved it. Your long lost love sounds awesome...marry that man! ;-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jill > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jill Poor Persia :((((( I hope that this really helps her out. Keep us posted. Karen It's good to hear she did ok in surgery! Purrs for a prompt recovery. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Healing purrs for Persia and hopefully this will solve all her problems! Very nice of your friend to pay for her bills. Soothing purrs for the meowmie, too! Christine > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jill > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before > my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > that? Of course! She's my baby, what the hell else was I going to > say? Update: Persia is home and while she's happy to be here she's not really happy with me. She has one shaved front leg where the IV was and her belly is bare. I'm going to have to pill her tonight (oh gawd) and for the next two weeks. She has to have yet another special food which they don't stock. The surgeon said the bladder stones were primarily calcium-something-ite, which they don't see very often, and it's rare to find three of them. Leave it to Persia to come up with some exotic kind of bladder stone. She's just that kinda gal :) I'm to feed her regular food until the special ordered canned stuff comes in Monday or Tuesday. The receptionist was like, "Uh, did they tell you how much this was going to cost?" Yep. Dr. Sanders told me I could pay this much now and then pay the balance in a couple of weeks. I'm unemployed. I just happen to have a guardian angel helping me out here. She said "Whew! Good thing for you! She was a young woman - apparently she's not familiar with bills that high in her day to day life. It's almost as much as my rent and if I were still working I wouldn't have batted much of an eye. I have to ask for special purrs for John for helping me and Persia out here. Anyway, Persia she checked out the apartment to make sure I didn't rearrange anything. Now she's on a cushion next to me, grooming herself. No paper collar required, she's not messing with the incision. She seems more intent on grooming the remaining fur (believe me, there's plenty of it even if she is a shorthair!) than anything else. Her pride has taken a blow, but she still maintains her regal dignity. Thanks for all the purrs. Please continue with them; I've never tried to pill her before so this should be interesting. Jill >> I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before >> my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > >Jill Purrs for Persia's health and for you. And for John, the guardian angel. Purrs that Persia will turn out to be one of the easy-to-pill cats. Elisabet and Hugo Katt >>I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before >>my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > Jill Wow, isn't it funny how things turn out? Persia probably more accepting what happened to her at the Vet's because she was already comfortable staying there. Well, that and she is just a great little gal! Sorry that this happened to the sweetie but what a relief that you may have gotten to the bottom of her problem! Hope she continues to do well! SignatureMargaret Fine mefine@mindspring.com More purrs continuing for you, Jill! And for her sweet master as well! Ask your vet about whether they have a rubber-tipped pill popper; I have one from my vet and it works very well. They should also show you how to pill a cat! Christine > > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before > > my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > Jill I'm so glad Persia is going to be better, although her pride has been dented at the moment :) >The receptionist was like, "Uh, did they tell you how much this was going to >cost?" Yep. Dr. Sanders told me I could pay this much now and then pay the >balance in a couple of weeks. I'm unemployed. I *love* doctors like this. What with my own recent unemployment, I've had a recurrance of back trouble (stress exacerbating other things) and have started seeing a chiropractor. At my very first visit, when he found out about my job situation, he said "pay what you can when you can, and if it turns out you can't pay at all that's ok too". Then when I was checking out with the receptionist, he told her to make that note on my billing. (fortunately, I don't expect to need to take advantage of his generosity) I haven't often come across many professional service providers with this sort of attitude and understanding. It's refreshing! Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha http://www.jhedge.com > I'm so glad Persia is going to be better, although her pride has been > dented at the moment :) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I haven't often come across many professional service providers with > this sort of attitude and understanding. It's refreshing! When our first cat was injured and saved by a vet that accepted him from someone who found him at the side of the road, the vet bills were a lot of money. A few months later our dog had a single pup and required a cesarean. They were very good about letting us pay as we could. We were in Alaska, with a new baby and a low military pay grade. Every pay day my daughter and I took $20.00 to pay the vet. Those two guys were wonderful people and great vets just out of school. Hope karma has been most kind to them. Jo i just caught up on posts. lots of purrs for all 3 of you. glad to hear problem has been sorted Cati, Mistoffelees and Grizabella > > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before > > my trip last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > Jill Jill, we will purr and pray Persia comes through everything with flying colors. Tell her we love her and give her extra skritches from us. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jill >I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip >last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Purrs and gentle headbutts on the way from Hobbes, Lacey and Selena for Persia and ear scritches and healing thoughts from me. Julie, Hobbes, Selena and Lacey So glad to hear Persia is feeling better! Lots of purrs and best wishes for Persia and hugs for you, Jill, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip> I still need > purrs - we'll have to go back for a check-up next week and stitches removal. > And pending lab results on the cyst. (sigh) > > Jill <SNIP> > Great trip but glad to be home - at least for a little while. By the > way, my long-lost insisted on paying for Persia's vet bills. WOW! I > still need purrs - we'll have to go back for a check-up next week and > stitches removal. And pending lab results on the cyst. (sigh) > > Jill Purrs for Persia to recover quickly, I'm glad TED found the cause of her problem. Good luck with the check-up. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy, Milo & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Purrs for Persia and you. What a scary thing for you to find out while you are gone. And you had better hang tight to that great, sensitive, caring boyfriend! Purrs, -- CATherine > I took her in to the vet to be boarded earlier than expected before my trip > last Thursday. I found her peeing outside the litter box and blood in her [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Jill Purrs on the way for Persia's continued healing. Sam |
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