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Barb - 08 Mar 2005 16:09 GMT

Poor Sapphire is at the vet waiting for her sonogram. She seems so suddenly
sick. Yesterday I brought her in to the vet because she was walking away
before finishing her food and I could feel her back bone. She wasn't anemic
or dehydrated but had a few high numbers with her blood test. Today I
brought in a urine sample which the vet wanted. Her x-ray showed enlarged
liver and kidneys and the vet felt something.

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Karen - 08 Mar 2005 16:37 GMT

Oh man. I"m sorry to hear this. How old is Sapphire? What is her history?

> Poor Sapphire is at the vet waiting for her sonogram. She seems so suddenly
> sick. Yesterday I brought her in to the vet because she was walking away
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> Of course I don't look busy,
> I did it right the first time.

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Barb - 08 Mar 2005 17:14 GMT

Oh man. I"m sorry to hear this. How old is Sapphire? What is her history?

Sapphire just turned 15 in Feb.. She has been with me since I found her
declawed and a stray in the street for 3 weeks when she wasn't even a year
old. No history other than a couple of UTIs.

She is all black with a little white heart under her chin, half of which was
shaved for her blood test yesterday. She is so sweet and gentle, even at
the vet and she has been my little guardian angel all these years.

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Karen - 08 Mar 2005 17:28 GMT

> Sapphire just turned 15 in Feb.. She has been with me since I found her
> declawed and a stray in the street for 3 weeks when she wasn't even a year
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> Of course I don't look busy,
> I did it right the first time.

Aww. Gentle purrs that this is not something that can't be worked with.

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Brandy?Alexandre - 08 Mar 2005 18:30 GMT

Barb <bguzzino@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

> She is all black with a little white heart under her chin, half of
> which was shaved for her blood test yesterday. She is so sweet
> and gentle, even at the vet and she has been my little guardian
> angel all these years.

They never shave Kami for blood. I see this a lot here, but they've
always gotten blood from the fluff ball with simply an alcohol squirt
to see the vein. The tech said she was VERY good about blood.

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Mary - 08 Mar 2005 16:50 GMT

> Poor Sapphire is at the vet waiting for her sonogram. She seems so suddenly
> sick. Yesterday I brought her in to the vet because she was walking away
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Keeping you both in my thoughts.

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Slimpickins - 08 Mar 2005 22:48 GMT

***I'm sorry. She' in my thought's and prayers for healing, Barb!

ML

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ElvisRocks - 08 Mar 2005 23:43 GMT

Barb - My thoughts, hopes & prayers are with you and Sapphire. Poor girl.
Hugs, Carol

> Poor Sapphire is at the vet waiting for her sonogram. She seems so
> suddenly
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> Of course I don't look busy,
> I did it right the first time.

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Phil P. - 09 Mar 2005 04:58 GMT

> Poor Sapphire is at the vet waiting for her sonogram. She seems so suddenly
> sick. Yesterday I brought her in to the vet because she was walking away
> before finishing her food and I could feel her back bone. She wasn't anemic
> or dehydrated but had a few high numbers with her blood test. Today I
> brought in a urine sample which the vet wanted. Her x-ray showed enlarged
> liver and kidneys and the vet felt something.

Best wishes and hopes for Sapphire.

Phil

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Rhonda - 09 Mar 2005 05:12 GMT

Barb,

I'm glad they're getting down to the bottom of what's going on with
Sapphire. I hope it is something they can fix without much trouble.

Hoping for good news tomorrow,

Rhonda

PS -- Sorry they have to shave part of her little heart! Tell her not to
feel bad about it, I'm sure she still has enough heart to spare.

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Barb - 09 Mar 2005 16:29 GMT

Yes, I'm so hoping Sapphire can just be fixed up.

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Barb - 09 Mar 2005 16:08 GMT

Thanks so much for all of your well wishes. After I dropped Sapphire off at
9 AM the vet called at 2PM to say due to the awful snow and driving
conditions the sonogram doctor would not be in. I did go right away to pick
her up and the driving was terrible with accidents all over. The vet said I
could have left her- yeah, right, not if it's not necessary. So now we go
back on Thursday.

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Barb
Of course I don't look busy,
I did it right the first time.

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