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calliopes_pen) wrote2009-09-16 09:07 am
calliopes_pen) wrote2009-09-16 09:07 am
Cat Update
Apparently, there were two types of tests they could have done to check the cat’s heart. One was just doing the X-ray to see. The other was something that would have hurt her, and cost $1800. Dad refused to do the one that would have hurt her, and I have no idea what that test even was—but the X-ray was easier on her, and got the same result.
Dad was doing some reading online, and found a mention of a liquid called NHV Hearty Heart For Cat Heart Disease. Apparently, it’s a sort of natural medicine that helps them, as an alternative to any drugs. Dad just wondered if it actually worked. Anyone on my friends list know?
And now to something freaky—it would appear that Toby (neighbor’s dog—he and my cat are very close) is somehow linked to my cat. Starting on Sunday, he became hysterical. Howling, and pulling at his leash as hard as he could, as though he wanted to get to her for some reason. At the time, we didn’t know she was sick yet. Dad brought the cat over, and he was immediately calm. They sat there and stared at each other, and she meowed once before leaving. Monday, we went to see him—he wasn’t acting right. He did a strange yelping, and kept trying to go in the direction of our house, and—for the first time ever—whimpered for five minutes straight.
When I asked if he wanted to see the cat, he started howling. Yesterday, the second he saw us he became even more hysterical. He tugged at my shoes, and did this very strange mumbling/whining. Then jumped on me and tugged at my shirt. Then ran in circles, and kept crying. Rhonda (his owner) came outside at that point, and at each point when we said the cat was sick, he started howling. It took the three of us rubbing him to get him even vaguely calmed down, but only for a moment.
Also on Sunday, Rhonda says she let him off the leash. Normally, he immediately jumps the fence just to mess with everyone. Instead, he ran to the gate and watched our house with this sad look. So...we're guessing he can sense something is wrong with her, the same way he can sense when a storm is coming.
In regards to how the cat is doing at this moment, her breathing was worse right before she went out to the garage for the night. This morning, however, she seems a little more alert, her breathing is better (more than yesterday, at least—she still does the labored breathing, though) and she actually ate a little tuna. Mom was worried yesterday, because she didn’t use the litter box—with the water pill, she should. She’s okay on that front, though—during the night, she used it more than once, for two things. And she drank her water.
Dad was doing some reading online, and found a mention of a liquid called NHV Hearty Heart For Cat Heart Disease. Apparently, it’s a sort of natural medicine that helps them, as an alternative to any drugs. Dad just wondered if it actually worked. Anyone on my friends list know?
And now to something freaky—it would appear that Toby (neighbor’s dog—he and my cat are very close) is somehow linked to my cat. Starting on Sunday, he became hysterical. Howling, and pulling at his leash as hard as he could, as though he wanted to get to her for some reason. At the time, we didn’t know she was sick yet. Dad brought the cat over, and he was immediately calm. They sat there and stared at each other, and she meowed once before leaving. Monday, we went to see him—he wasn’t acting right. He did a strange yelping, and kept trying to go in the direction of our house, and—for the first time ever—whimpered for five minutes straight.
When I asked if he wanted to see the cat, he started howling. Yesterday, the second he saw us he became even more hysterical. He tugged at my shoes, and did this very strange mumbling/whining. Then jumped on me and tugged at my shirt. Then ran in circles, and kept crying. Rhonda (his owner) came outside at that point, and at each point when we said the cat was sick, he started howling. It took the three of us rubbing him to get him even vaguely calmed down, but only for a moment.
Also on Sunday, Rhonda says she let him off the leash. Normally, he immediately jumps the fence just to mess with everyone. Instead, he ran to the gate and watched our house with this sad look. So...we're guessing he can sense something is wrong with her, the same way he can sense when a storm is coming.
In regards to how the cat is doing at this moment, her breathing was worse right before she went out to the garage for the night. This morning, however, she seems a little more alert, her breathing is better (more than yesterday, at least—she still does the labored breathing, though) and she actually ate a little tuna. Mom was worried yesterday, because she didn’t use the litter box—with the water pill, she should. She’s okay on that front, though—during the night, she used it more than once, for two things. And she drank her water.
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When she starts to get really bad, she's going to the vet immediately. And apparently, there's also the risk that if there's a blood clot, it would be in the legs--when or if that happens, she will immediately be put to sleep, too.
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