Since I’m too tired and/or lazy to get up and go to the computer. I’ve spent the last 2 days worrying fiercely about my Gingersnap. She’s been not eating and vomiting, and very lethargic since Friday.
Yesterday I was able to get her in to see a vet. Acknowledging that I don’t want to put her through a lot of procedures, even if I could afford it, he suggested some more simple things to try.
Subcutaneous lactated Ringer’s to deal with the dehydration. Using a feeding syringe to forcefeed watered down prescription canned food. Oral medication to stop the vomiting. Bloodwork to see what’s going on.
Came home last night, got Ginger settled in the bathroom, got some food into her. This morning I was afraid to open the bathroom door, but she was still there, lying in the cat carrier. I started to feed her, wrapped in a towel on my lap, then she started to gag. At first I thought she was just protesting the syringe, but then she started vomiting again. This time with blood in it.
Call to the vet, brief explanation of what’s going on, “and I’m on my way.” The vet met me at the door, and after I went through what had happened, he explained the lab results to me.
Her ALT and BUN are both very high, but creatinine is within normal limits. She appears to have some sort of chronic infection going on. High glucose but that didn’t concern him. Her electrolytes were way out of whack. So right now we’re not sure if the lab values are because of dehydration and not eating for 3 days (apparently, cats should not go more than 48 hours without food of some kind) or because of some underlying disease process that’s causing the vomiting. Still a possibility of a hairball blockage as well, so I also get to force goop into her.
Tonight, she spent an hour or so lying in my lap on the couch. She protested every time I moved her. As I carried her back into the bathroom to feed her again, she started vomiting again. Again with blood in it. Back into her makeshift bed, got most of a dose of Reglan into her. A couple hours waiting for it to stay down, then managed to get about 20ml of watered down baby food chicken into her, and some more hairball goop.
Carrot seems very discombobulated by the entire thing.
