Emergency vet visit
Had to take Holly cat to the energency vet today. She’s lost a LOT of weight over the last month or so, and I was going to take her to our vet tomorrow, but then she was sick and started coughing blood (according to DH). She felt really rattly so I took her down. The vet didn’t seem very optimistic. Her said her kidneys were small, and she had a painful lump in her stomach. He gave me various options, and in the end we opted for some blood tests which they did there and then. They came out better than expected – no evidence of dehydration or kidney failure, possibly an infection. So she’s had injections of painkillers, antibiotics and anti sickness drugs, and she’ll have to go to our vet tomorrow, and probably have a scan. then they’ll decide whether this lump is a blockage (probably not) or a tumour (much more likely) and whether or not it can be removed.
She’s been really off her food, so I’ve bought a variety of stuff to try to tempt her – but when you have more than one cat, it’s difficult to work out who is eating what!
I’ve got my fingers crossed for tomorrow, but I’m also being realistic, and thinking that she probably won’t be with us for very much longer.
I’ll be devastated when that time comes. She’s about 17 years old, and I’ve had her for 16 of those. She’s seem me through some really bad times, and I can’t imagine the house without her. But I’ll worry about that when the time comes.
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