Send a prayer for Brownie!
My dear cat Brownie is in the hospital tonight. Last night he had been crying in more agony than usual so we took him into the hospital. The doctor felt his abdomen and said he had a blocked (and distended) bladder. They started the procedure immediately. The doctor said it can be fatal for male cats. If we had waited a few more hours he could have died!!
Today Tam and I visited him. He still had the catheter in him, and so he was peeing whenever he wanted to on a diaper...but the urine was bloody...that made me feel queasy. He had on one of those plastic pet collar things that stop him from licking himself. I think he was most upset with that. When we were there he started purring but we could tell he was still uncomfortable. Poor guy...I'm sitting here at my mom's working and there is no Brownie...I miss him.
Hopefully he can be released by Wednesday. By then the cost will be around $1500. Crazy huh? Wish there was something called animal health insurance. Anyways, mom said it right..."Brownie gives us a lot of happiness so he deserves to be given the best treatment." He'll have to have a special diet for the rest of his life and we may have to train him to be an indoor cat (yikes...he'll have to relearn how to use a cat litter). Bad part is that there is a chance he could reblock again. They'll charge half the price for the second time but the third occurence will be at full price. I think at that point we may have to consider putting him to sleep. Argh. I don't want to think about that for now. I'll just look forward to him coming home on Wednesday.
Today Tam and I visited him. He still had the catheter in him, and so he was peeing whenever he wanted to on a diaper...but the urine was bloody...that made me feel queasy. He had on one of those plastic pet collar things that stop him from licking himself. I think he was most upset with that. When we were there he started purring but we could tell he was still uncomfortable. Poor guy...I'm sitting here at my mom's working and there is no Brownie...I miss him.
Hopefully he can be released by Wednesday. By then the cost will be around $1500. Crazy huh? Wish there was something called animal health insurance. Anyways, mom said it right..."Brownie gives us a lot of happiness so he deserves to be given the best treatment." He'll have to have a special diet for the rest of his life and we may have to train him to be an indoor cat (yikes...he'll have to relearn how to use a cat litter). Bad part is that there is a chance he could reblock again. They'll charge half the price for the second time but the third occurence will be at full price. I think at that point we may have to consider putting him to sleep. Argh. I don't want to think about that for now. I'll just look forward to him coming home on Wednesday.