My Kitty
05-01-2009, 05:24 AM
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I know you are upset and I understand my LuckyMan is in the hospital also he has been in since wed and he is really sick they thought it was feline Lukemia but the test was neg. He is real timid so we do not make many trips to the vet. When you love them like we do it is hard not to want to do all we can for them. Lucky has some sort of lung infection and wed the bill was at 280 and he has to stay in hospital until at least sat. So it will be expensive but I have had him for 10 yrs so I will just have to cut back on something else. Heres my man. The long haired orange is Lucky and short hair orange and white is Andy. Had twin Amos but he passed away.
05-01-2009, 08:34 AM
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Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, and your own personal stories. It helps a lot!!!! To those of you who have, or have had pets go through tough times, I am sorry and I feel for you!!!
Tirnhi- thank you for the advice on the cat food. The stuff I feed my cats is already really expensive (i spoil them), so I will definitely switch them over to the prescription food from now on, it is worth it!!. I am glad to hear that your cat passed the stones, I am hoping the same will happen for my kitty. It makes me much more optimistic knowing your kitty made it through!!
I am feeling much better today. I think I just needed a day to get my head around the whole thing. It popped into my head last night what if a person off the street where to offer me $1200 as long as I gave up my cat. NO WAY IN H*LL!!! My cat is worth way more than $1200 to me!! So if she needs to the surgery, I am going to do it and figure out the cost somehow. The vet said they might let me make payments if she ends up needing the surgery. I told them I would put a down payment. I also have a credit card that has no charge on it that I keep for emergencies....well here is an emergency!!! I would willingly max it out and pay on it forever if it meant saving her!!!! Thank you for the tips. I am going to look around and see if there is a place I can get help for costs too. I will definitely be getting my cats pet insurance. My other cat has asthma, so they sure could use it!!! I am also going to get them a pet fountain. THEY LOVE THE SINK TURNED ON!!!! So I think it will be a good idea, and will get more water in them!
Amber is doing great. She isn't in any pain. She is still acting like her same 'ol self. Never shutting up, always wanting to be carried, getting into everything she's not suppose to!!!! So I am happy that she is responding well, eating her prescription food just fine, letting me give her pills with no problems!! So other than the stone, she is fit as a fiddle. All her lab tests came back perfect!!! So now we wait to see if the stone breaks up!
I got a good laugh out of the dog who ate the toys. Not that the dog being hurt is funny, but that it reminded me of my mom's pets!! She has had a string of pet ER visits. My mom keeps a candy dish on her coffee table, always has so it should have been nothing new to the dog. It was around Halloween so she had reeses cups, and mini candy bars in her dish. They went somewhere and when they got back the dog had eaten all of the candy out of the dish, wrappers and all of course. He required getting his stomach pumped. Dumb dog!!! Also, my mom was sewing a button back on her shirt one day and got up to answer the phone. She came back and her cat was next to her sewing stuff coughing and hacking and making strange noises. She then noticed string hanging out of the cats mouth!! The cat decided it would be fun to play with the dangling thread, and ended up swallowing the needle!!! It was a weekend and the vets were closed. She had to drive the cat a half hour away to and ER vet, they had to call in a special vet on her day off to come scope down the cats throat and remove the needle before it could get any farther down her system. Thankfully the cat had no injuries, but my mom had a hefty bill!!!!!!
I tell ya, sometimes they can be trying (worse than two year old kids!!!), but they are sure worth it!!!!!
Best wishes to you all!!!!
Tirnhi- thank you for the advice on the cat food. The stuff I feed my cats is already really expensive (i spoil them), so I will definitely switch them over to the prescription food from now on, it is worth it!!. I am glad to hear that your cat passed the stones, I am hoping the same will happen for my kitty. It makes me much more optimistic knowing your kitty made it through!!
I am feeling much better today. I think I just needed a day to get my head around the whole thing. It popped into my head last night what if a person off the street where to offer me $1200 as long as I gave up my cat. NO WAY IN H*LL!!! My cat is worth way more than $1200 to me!! So if she needs to the surgery, I am going to do it and figure out the cost somehow. The vet said they might let me make payments if she ends up needing the surgery. I told them I would put a down payment. I also have a credit card that has no charge on it that I keep for emergencies....well here is an emergency!!! I would willingly max it out and pay on it forever if it meant saving her!!!! Thank you for the tips. I am going to look around and see if there is a place I can get help for costs too. I will definitely be getting my cats pet insurance. My other cat has asthma, so they sure could use it!!! I am also going to get them a pet fountain. THEY LOVE THE SINK TURNED ON!!!! So I think it will be a good idea, and will get more water in them!
Amber is doing great. She isn't in any pain. She is still acting like her same 'ol self. Never shutting up, always wanting to be carried, getting into everything she's not suppose to!!!! So I am happy that she is responding well, eating her prescription food just fine, letting me give her pills with no problems!! So other than the stone, she is fit as a fiddle. All her lab tests came back perfect!!! So now we wait to see if the stone breaks up!
I got a good laugh out of the dog who ate the toys. Not that the dog being hurt is funny, but that it reminded me of my mom's pets!! She has had a string of pet ER visits. My mom keeps a candy dish on her coffee table, always has so it should have been nothing new to the dog. It was around Halloween so she had reeses cups, and mini candy bars in her dish. They went somewhere and when they got back the dog had eaten all of the candy out of the dish, wrappers and all of course. He required getting his stomach pumped. Dumb dog!!! Also, my mom was sewing a button back on her shirt one day and got up to answer the phone. She came back and her cat was next to her sewing stuff coughing and hacking and making strange noises. She then noticed string hanging out of the cats mouth!! The cat decided it would be fun to play with the dangling thread, and ended up swallowing the needle!!! It was a weekend and the vets were closed. She had to drive the cat a half hour away to and ER vet, they had to call in a special vet on her day off to come scope down the cats throat and remove the needle before it could get any farther down her system. Thankfully the cat had no injuries, but my mom had a hefty bill!!!!!!
I tell ya, sometimes they can be trying (worse than two year old kids!!!), but they are sure worth it!!!!!
Best wishes to you all!!!!
05-01-2009, 08:45 AM
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Hope everything turns out okay.
Greenies Pill Pockets are helpful in getting Bear to take his medication.
Every once in a while he seems to get tired of the flavor and changing to a different flavor seems to help.
Bear is getting old and I'm getting concerned about him.
Greenies Pill Pockets are helpful in getting Bear to take his medication.
Every once in a while he seems to get tired of the flavor and changing to a different flavor seems to help.
Bear is getting old and I'm getting concerned about him.
05-01-2009, 10:00 AM
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Hey, you don't dare feel bad. To me our babies are just that..... Babies with fur. I panic when my kids don't act JUST right. I pray the med will help hun, and all will be ok. Will your vet let you make payments?
05-01-2009, 10:15 AM
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Just came back little while ago from visiting my Lucky Man and it looks like we may not be so Lucky, the vet said he may not get better and he is not responding well to meds and that if by Mon we may have to consider putting him to sleep. I can not even think of this I have had him 10 years and he is a mamas baby. He has some viral thing that he probably picked up from a stray that has been coming around and him being king he always felt the need to run the stray off of our land even if it meant a good ole cat fight. I love him and I am praying he responds by Mon. :cry: :cry: :cry:
05-01-2009, 12:49 PM
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Teresa, best wishes to Lucky Man. (Let's hope he'll do his name proud.)
Leona, now that you are feeling better, I can tell you about my cat Nesley. She was having some assorted issues - didn't eat and we took her to the vet. Regular tests and many $$ later and no results. NOW we are heading into special tests and many many more $$ and still not sure. So NOW we are going to the specialist and many many many more $$ and we found out that she had cancer. By now I was so far into the diagnosis, I could not deny the operation. Well, it turned out to be an open and shut case and for $2,200 I had a dead cat.
A few days later I got the paw print of my dead cat in the mail on a modeling clay hangy thingy. COLOR ME P****D OFF AND VERY SURPRISED.
Pssst, but every time I hear of someone not surviving surgery, I always wonder if they took a foot print. (I am so going to the hot place lol)
Leona, now that you are feeling better, I can tell you about my cat Nesley. She was having some assorted issues - didn't eat and we took her to the vet. Regular tests and many $$ later and no results. NOW we are heading into special tests and many many more $$ and still not sure. So NOW we are going to the specialist and many many many more $$ and we found out that she had cancer. By now I was so far into the diagnosis, I could not deny the operation. Well, it turned out to be an open and shut case and for $2,200 I had a dead cat.
A few days later I got the paw print of my dead cat in the mail on a modeling clay hangy thingy. COLOR ME P****D OFF AND VERY SURPRISED.
Pssst, but every time I hear of someone not surviving surgery, I always wonder if they took a foot print. (I am so going to the hot place lol)
05-01-2009, 12:58 PM
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MadQuilter - I'm sorry your Nesley didn't make it.
It is so hard to lose a pet.
Frankly, I have a harder time when I lose one of my pets than when an acquaintance passes on.
Hey, the acquaintance doesn't sit on my quilts while I'm working on them.
It is so hard to lose a pet.
Frankly, I have a harder time when I lose one of my pets than when an acquaintance passes on.
Hey, the acquaintance doesn't sit on my quilts while I'm working on them.
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