A little over 2 weeks ago, we took Odessa in to have her teeth cleaned, and
it turned into a nightmare of emergency extractions the effects of which are
still hanging over our Dolly’s bitty head.

We had to take her to the emergency vet over the weekend because she had
developed a recurring, hacky cough every time she ate, especially if she
could get her lips on some crunchies; the vet said we could give her some
small kibble when the incisions healed. The emergency vet said what happened
was that the tube used to administer general anaesthesia irritated an airway
that is already small. She had yorked up something on the way that turned out
to be not food obstructing something, but a sizable cat booger. The
irritation is making mucus, food irritates more, and Odessa-doll spends a lot
of time clearing her throat. At least now it seems that way; a couple days
ago, she seemed to be putting her whole gut into it, literally. Not throwing
up everything…have you ever seen a person with a bad bronchial bug coughing
up deep-lodged, green ick? When I had it last year I was coughing so hard I
ripped the muscle right off the ribcage. Odessa is more fortunate here, for
the doctor did not find that kind of injury. She might have come close from
the sound of it. Odessa sounded like that a few days ago; now she sounds like
the chest-bug person at the tail end of it, with a lot of irritating ick at
the throat that just makes you want to say “ahem!” all the time. But I could
use a few amens instead for the Dolly. The emergency vet said it happens with
some regularity when you’ve got an animal with a small airway and a tube for
anaesthesia, this irritation and throat ick, and must run its course. I’m
reminded of the Prophet, who got mucus-y around his trache tube when he was
in the hospital back in July.

Please send a few spare Cat, Heal Thyself purrs for my Dolly. Please?

Blessed be,
Baha