Damn it
Today, Jess took one of our cats to the vet for the third time in about 2 weeks. Poor thing's not been eating, and keeps vomiting all over the place. Which is a neat trick when you don't eat.
The first few times, we thought she had a UTI, and the doc gave her antibiotics and a pain killer. Well, last night, I found 2 largish puddles of a pink liquid. Jess gathered it up in a syringe, and it turns out that yeah, it was blood.
Let me repeat that: my cat is puking blood. I'm not happy about this.
They run some tests on her, and it turns out that her kidneys aren't working as well as they should, partially because she's dehydrated. Which is weird because, even though it's hotter than hell here in Florida, they've ALWAYS got water. The doc said her platelet count is low as well, which is what's really worrying Jess. Kidney problems can be resolved just because she's a young cat, and hydration could fix the issue, but a low platelet count points to one thing right now: feline leukemia. We had her screened for that when we got her, but as the doc said (and we already knew), screening can't catch EVERY strain. If you don't know, there isn't a damned thing you can do with a cat that has feline leukemia, other than make her comfortable. They could live a few more years or a few more months, and it is, in Jess' words, "a horrible way for a cat to go."
I don't want my cat to die.
Out of all four of them, she's the one that's NOT overweight, and shouldn't be having this issue. We should have more information tomorrow.
The first few times, we thought she had a UTI, and the doc gave her antibiotics and a pain killer. Well, last night, I found 2 largish puddles of a pink liquid. Jess gathered it up in a syringe, and it turns out that yeah, it was blood.
Let me repeat that: my cat is puking blood. I'm not happy about this.
They run some tests on her, and it turns out that her kidneys aren't working as well as they should, partially because she's dehydrated. Which is weird because, even though it's hotter than hell here in Florida, they've ALWAYS got water. The doc said her platelet count is low as well, which is what's really worrying Jess. Kidney problems can be resolved just because she's a young cat, and hydration could fix the issue, but a low platelet count points to one thing right now: feline leukemia. We had her screened for that when we got her, but as the doc said (and we already knew), screening can't catch EVERY strain. If you don't know, there isn't a damned thing you can do with a cat that has feline leukemia, other than make her comfortable. They could live a few more years or a few more months, and it is, in Jess' words, "a horrible way for a cat to go."
I don't want my cat to die.
Out of all four of them, she's the one that's NOT overweight, and shouldn't be having this issue. We should have more information tomorrow.