> Picked up Mimi at TED's around 10:30, dropped her off at home with
> plenty of food & water.  X-rays came back normal - no fluid buildup
> or anything like that in her heart or lungs.  No masses that would be
> causing any problems in her gut (not even a hairball), but they did
> say that some of her intestines seemed out of place, probably from
> when they palpated her , but her kidneys were looking normal (no
> tumors or other growths).  The blood test will be back in a few days
> (they don't do that on site).
> She cried all the way home, and clawed at the mesh of my soft-sided
> carrier (I was afraid she would rip through it with her razor sharp
> claws). The tech said that she was cranky this morning (you would be
> too, if you hadn't had anything to eat for 12+ hours, and are used to
> being able to eat anytime, even if you don't want to), and was
> swearing at them when they came in.  Of course, I had to fain
> incredulous comments ("Mimi, use foul language??? NEVER!").  But then
> again, she was NOT happy when TED stuck that thermometer where things
> are not supposed to be stuck ;)
> When I got home, she walked out of the carrier, tail up in the air
> like she owned the place.  I had all the cat dishes in the
> dishwasher, so I had to get them out so I could feed ALL of them (not
> just Mimi).  Ernie, Moe, Weeble & Ping were torn between
> investigating the carrier (even though they had ignored it last
> night), and chowing down.  Mimi nibbled a bit, then starting cleaning
> herself (where the thermometer should not have been put - and I'm
> sure they did a fecal swab to check for parasites/bacteria as well),
> then nibbled some more..  She also has a shaved spot on her neck from
> where they drew the blood - and it looks like she might have
> struggled a bit when they did it as it does not look too nice
> She is now purring, meatloafed on my desktop.  She looks better,
> albeit a bit thin, but I guess she had a major grooming-session while
> I was out running errands (new movies come out on DVD on Tuesdays,
> and LOTR3 extended version is one of them - DH would be a major grump
> if I did not get that for him).
>
> I need to go unload my purchases now, so I will stop gabbing about
> poor widdle Mimi.
>
> Magic Mood Jeep? wrote:
>> Just got back from TED.  Have left her there overnight as they are
>> going to run blood (and other) tests in the morning, and probably do
>> some x-rays as well.  TED said that her kidneys felt small (but she's
>> a small cat), and her heart sounded loud on both sides (she was
>> scared to death).  She was not dehydrated at all, and her temperature
>> was normal (and she growled like a junkyard dog while TED was taking
>> it).  I could have brought her home, but for blood tests they need to
>> have fasted for 12 hours, and 8 hours was bad enough when we took
>> Ping in for TBS (The Big Snip) - deny food from one and you have to
>> deny food from all, and they nearly ate me alive the next morning.
>> She will have food and water until the cutoff time, and then only
>> water.  She will also not have 7 other cats harrassing her, even if
>> she is cowering in a metal cage :(
>>
>> Magic Mood Jeep? wrote:
>>> Well, she hasn't gotten any worse, but hasn't improved any either,
>>> so she will see TED this afternoon (he only sees patients in the
>>> afternoons, mornings are when he does surgeries).  She is eating,
>>> but not enough.  She is also drinking & her skin is elastic, so I don't
>>> think she's dehydrated. I hope that this is nothing serious.  She
>>> just looks soooooo sad, like she's saying "Mommy, my tummy not feel
>>> good"
>>> I'll post more after her visit to TED.
>>>
>>> Magic Mood Jeep? wrote:
>>>> The past couple of days, Mimi has been 'off her feed' so to speak,
>>>> only nibbling at the food instead of gobbling it down with her
>>>> usual gusto (I guess she decided to put herself on a diet in order
>>>> to lose some weight, so we won't call her "butterball' any more). She's
>>>> also started to get a bit 'scruffy' looking.  Her skin is still
>>>> very elastic, so she's getting plenty of fluids.
>>>>
>>>> Last night, she acted like she was going to puke (but didn't) - so,
>>>> remembering back when we had Ivy & her CRF, we decided to give her
>>>> a Pepcid - actually, about a fourth of a pill.  An hour after that
>>>> she ate some, not much.  At 3:30am I got up to do the bathroom run, and
>>>> Mimi was in one of the kitchen chairs (I gave her a pat on the head
>>>> before I went tinkie).  After the obligatory bladder-emptying, I
>>>> stopped at the computer to check things out (a habit I find hard to
>>>> break), and after about 30 seconds, I hear crunching behind me.
>>>> Mimi is chowing down.  When she's finished, when wanders over to a
>>>> scratching post to sharpen some claws. About then DH comes in, and
>>>> ask about her.  She immediately trotted over to him so she could
>>>> rub his ankles.  More movement than she's made in days!  We took her
>>>> back to bed with us, and she settled in to give herself a bath.
>>>> About an hour later, she was walking around the bed, so I got up
>>>> and took her out to the sofa.
>>>> When DH's alarm went off & he got up, he said she came running to
>>>> the bedroom door.  After DH left for work, I left the bedroom door
>>>> open and lay in bed reading.  Mimi joined me, leaning on my ankles
>>>> (after
>>>> conquering them with a kitten-nip or two) and proceeded to give
>>>> herself another bath - until she drowsed off.
>>>>
>>>> DH just called me from work, and Mimi followed me into the kitchen
>>>> - and she 'meeeeeeeeeee' at me!  She proceeded to lead me back in
>>>> here to the computer so I could watch her eat, and she is now
>>>> meatloafing under the 'sun' created by my desk lamp (the only sun
>>>> around here for a couple of days, too - it's been yucky wet weather so
>>>> much, I
>>>> was wondering if our complete neighborhood had been beamed to the
>>>> Seattle WA area).  She is also looking less 'scruffy'.
>>>>
>>>> Purrs that Mimi continues to get over her upset tummy, and a visit
>>>> to TED is not needed.
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