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jennyaxeI mentioned the other day that Tusse has been ill. He's still not well - he hasn't been eating. This is the cat who normally comes running at the slightest indication that a human might be considering thinking about possibly at some future time going into the kitchen... now he's been politely taking a smell at the food and then ignoring it. Even raw meat. He's been drinking water, but didn't even want some soup stock we tried to give him.
So today started with a visit to the vet. Their emergency room was a bit crowded and I had to wait for nearly three hours before getting to see a vet. She looked him over, tried listening to his heart/lungs but failed due to his purring... She said he was a bit dehydrated and they'd take a blood sample to test for stuff and they wanted to keep him on intravenous fluids for at least a day to get his strength back. I had to wait for another half hour before a nurse showed up. She shaved one of his legs and took the blood sample (not popular!) and his temperature (also not popular - he doesn't have a fever right now). Then he was put in a cage and wheeled away, and I left to go to work.
I have difficulty concentrating, mostly from worry but also because I'm still wiped out from last week's illness.
The vet nurse said they'll call me when they know something but that I shouldn't expect to hear from them tonight unless he gets worse. So here's hoping they don't call today.
So today started with a visit to the vet. Their emergency room was a bit crowded and I had to wait for nearly three hours before getting to see a vet. She looked him over, tried listening to his heart/lungs but failed due to his purring... She said he was a bit dehydrated and they'd take a blood sample to test for stuff and they wanted to keep him on intravenous fluids for at least a day to get his strength back. I had to wait for another half hour before a nurse showed up. She shaved one of his legs and took the blood sample (not popular!) and his temperature (also not popular - he doesn't have a fever right now). Then he was put in a cage and wheeled away, and I left to go to work.
I have difficulty concentrating, mostly from worry but also because I'm still wiped out from last week's illness.
The vet nurse said they'll call me when they know something but that I shouldn't expect to hear from them tonight unless he gets worse. So here's hoping they don't call today.
