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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2006Sweeter
If you have time, send her a lot of good vibes today. After a bad weekend and lots of calls to the clinic, I checked her back in last night. Just got a call that she has peritonitis, an infection of her abdomen. This sucks. They are looking for the surgeon today and she's going back into surgery. She is one sick kitty, I don't know if she's going to make it through this. Send her lots of energy please! Thanks, Rhonda >If you have time, send her a lot of good vibes today. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Rhonda Yikes. I'm so sorry to hear about this Rhonda. I was worried because her recovery didn't seem to be going very well, from what you posted. You and Sweeter have my best wishes. Charlie > If you have time, send her a lot of good vibes today. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Send her lots of energy please! Prayers on the way. >If you have time, send her a lot of good vibes today. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Send her lots of energy please! Prayers and purrs on the way for a quick and full recovery. http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ > If you have time, send her a lot of good vibes today. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Rhonda So sorry to hear that she's not doing well. Sending good thoughts your way. W > This sucks. They are looking for the surgeon today and she's going back > into surgery. She is one sick kitty, I don't know if she's going to make [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Rhonda Oh, no, Rhonda, I'm so sorry, that poor little girl has been through so much (and you, too). I just saw this now bu I am sending my best wishes, healing energy, and prayers to Sweeter. I hope you check in tonight. Candace > If you have time, send her a lot of good vibes today. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Rhonda Rhonda, I'm so sorry to hear that Sweeter isn't doing well. Big purrs for her, and hoping she'll pull through. -- Liz Thanks for sending Sweeter extra energy, sounds like she needed it. They operated for a little over 3 hours last night. They started late and we finally got a call that they were done at 12:30am. The area where they had sutured the colon together had failed. She was leaking into her abdomen. They spent most of the surgery time cleaning her out with saline solution. I hope this works. The surgeon was upset that he did not get a call over the weekend that we were having so many problems. This is his first cat with this surgery to ever get septic. He seemed pretty upset about it. Sweeter's chances before surgery were about 20-25%. Now the surgeon thinks it's 50/50. She's going to be in the hospital for awhile this time. I visited her before surgery last night and all she could do was try to escape the room! I'm glad she was feisty enough to do that. Keep your fingers crossed for her. Rhonda > Thanks for sending Sweeter extra energy, sounds like she needed it. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Rhonda Rhonda, I'm so sorry she's having such a difficult time. It's so awful to see them sick and not doing so well. You're in our thoughts. Head butts and purrs from Tortle, Bonnie and the rest of the crew. I hope she's better soon. Bonnie > Thanks for sending Sweeter extra energy, sounds like she needed it. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Rhonda I was afraid that was what happened. I know you said they had some trouble finding substantial enough tissue for a good anastimosis. Fingers and toes crossed that it holds up better this time and the antibiotics do their job. W > Thanks for sending Sweeter extra energy, sounds like she needed it. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > we were having so many problems. This is his first cat with this surgery > to ever get septic. He seemed pretty upset about it. It's encouraging that he is personally invested in seeing her get well. > Sweeter's chances before surgery were about 20-25%. Now the surgeon > thinks it's 50/50. She's going to be in the hospital for awhile this time. One plus about that is that they can give her antibiotics by IV/injection, which won't take such a toll on her digestive system. > I visited her before surgery last night and all she could do was try to > escape the room! I'm glad she was feisty enough to do that. Yes, the survival instinct is still there. > Keep your fingers crossed for her. Sure will. > Rhonda > Thanks for sending Sweeter extra energy, sounds like she needed it. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Rhonda What a brave little fighter Sweeter is! Rhonda, it sounds like you have the best surgeon anyone could hope for. He sounds like he cares about Sweeter. The great thing is, you caught the problem (sepsis) and addressed it with the radical solution needed. For all that she has to go through so much discomfort, Sweeter is still a very lucky kitty. I'll keep you both in my prayers. Thanks, everyone! Good wishes are still working. Her temp dropped to normal today -- yeah! The surgeon stayed with her for awhile last night after his 12:30am call and called the clinic about her first thing this morning. He's been great. He told me today that he was amazed to see her sitting upright in her cage last night. I've visited her twice today, she is incredible. She is still scared and sore, but really being brave. She head-butted me for a long time tonight. One of her blood proteins is very low -- the one that helps tissue heal. She is getting plasma and some other things. The surgeon said the next few days will be critical, but I have more hope for her now than I did last Sunday. Rhonda > What a brave little fighter Sweeter is! Rhonda, it sounds like you have the > best [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > much discomfort, Sweeter is still a very lucky kitty. I'll keep you both > in my prayers. >Thanks, everyone! Good wishes are still working. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Rhonda Good to hear, Rhonda. I wasn't too optimistic after your last post, but this report sounds very positive. This must be getting expensive, eh? Charlie >> What a brave little fighter Sweeter is! Rhonda, it sounds like you have the >> best [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> much discomfort, Sweeter is still a very lucky kitty. I'll keep you both >> in my prayers. > Good to hear, Rhonda. I wasn't too optimistic after your last post, > but this report sounds very positive. > > This must be getting expensive, eh? Yes, it must be. I haven't asked. At this point, I wouldn't know how to say do this treatment but don't do that one. I held her on my lap for an hour tonight, she curled up after awhile and fell asleep. Her blood protein is better and temp is still normal. They say "stable" condition. I feel better about her chances every day. I do hope she starts eating on her own soon. Rhonda >> Good to hear, Rhonda. I wasn't too optimistic after your last post, >> but this report sounds very positive. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Rhonda I hope all continues to go well. I was a little surprised that they sent her home as quickly as they did after the first surgery but figured they may have thought it was more important to have her less stressed at home. W |
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