Peanut, Our Fur Baby

Poor Peanut is not doing well. Each morning, the highlight of Peanut's day - we let her sit on the edge of the tub and drink water from the tub before we switch the shower on. A couple days ago, she slipped getting out of the tub and we think that's when she broke her jaw. We had NO idea! A day or so later, we woke up to kitty getting sick. Every now and then, she does get the hairball - but this was not the same. She just didn't look like she felt well. She slept all day long on the sofa, not moving at all. Greg came home from school, and when Peanut got up to greet him, she got sick again. Off to the emergency vet we went. The nice vet at AM/PM Animal Hospital checked her out. That's when we discovered the broken jaw and the missing tooth. They were able to run some bloodwork while we waited, and a thyroid test would go to the lab in the morning. The bloodwork indicated a possible Urinary Tract Infection in addition to some constipation. Poor baby. The vet gave her some antibiotics and a shot to help with the nausau. Peanut couldn't keep the meds down, and got sick on the way home. In the morning, she was sick again - so I packed her up and took her back to the vet. She looked so sad and miserable. I felt horrible. Her vitals the next day indicated that she had lost over half a pound overnight! Since we couldn't get her to eat or drink anything, we knew she had to stay and get an IV. They were able to give her fluids and antibiotics at the same time. The vet also did an enema to get the constipation moving. My poor baby... it was a domino effect. Her jaw hurt, so she wasn't eating or drinking which was causing constipation and a uti - and possibly making her sick to her stomach on top of it all.



I just talked to the vet about 30 minutes ago. They were able to get her to go poo, and she has some liquids in her now - which should make her feel better. The vet said she's more talkative now, which is somewhat of a good sign - she was pretty quiet when we left her there. The problem the vet said is that they tried a couple different types of food - and Peanut looked at them and gagged! They said if they can't get her to eat, she'll have to stay another night. Another possible cause for the nausau could be Pancreatitus !!! But, the normal treatment for that is a steriod, and since P has a heart murmur, that's out.



I'm freaking out. How could this all happen so fast? Please think happy kitty thoughts for us.