Peanut Update

For those not in the know... Peanut's health has been steadily declining, especially since our move to Ohio. We have an appointment tomorrow morning to have her put to sleep. My eyes well up just typing that, but it's time. She has been an amazing little kitty and she's lived a good life. She's lived in more states than most people and she's even gotten to fly with Greg piloting an airplane. Even I haven't had that opportunity! She's been a part of Greg's life through thick and thin -- she's seen graduations, triumphs, weddings, babies and more. So, if it moves you -- just keep her and Greg especially in your thoughts tomorrow...

Here's a flashback photo of Greg and Peanut from 2007 ish?

Annoyed

It's totally not her fault - but ugh!! Today we gave Peanut a flea prevention treatment. The stuff you have to squeeze at the base of their neck...

Well, I'm not sure if we got it too far down or what? But either she's been able to lick it, or it's just not being absorbed or something. And -- she's been curled up on the big armchair that matches the sofa for the past few hours... She just got up and there's this nasty oily wet patch now on the cushion.

Just add that to the weird pooey looking spots tht just appeared yesterday on the actual sofa - grrr. Guess now we really really need to take the slipcovers in to be dry cleaned. What a pain.

I wonder if I need to put a blanket or something down everyplace Peanut likes to lay down until we're sure the stuff is absorbed.

Hello Baby!

Yikes... you can definitely see the change from week 24 to week 26. Baby Baden is making themselves known!

And because she's so darn cute... a picture of "lounge kitty". Sorry it's a bit blurry!

Peanut Update

Well, the little lady is home, but she's still not feeling all that great. She's not gagging anymore at the sight of food - but we still can't get her to eat. I'm giving her a couple more hours, then I'm going to try to syringe feed her. That'll be a treat.

She had her kitty ultrasound yesterday and the preliminary results from the tech (not the full doctor consult) indicate that she has a bulge in the wall of her heart between two ventricles and that her pancreas is irritated and off-color. Greg and I have been talking to Yvonne, and googling kitty pancreatitis. It's scary. She needs to let the pancreas rest - but if she doesn't eat, she can develop Fatty Liver which is very dangerous in cats.

The vet this afternoon said if we can't get her to eat - even with the syringe by tomorrow, they'll have to try the steroid drug for the pancreas. The catch is that steroids and heart conditions are usually trouble - but her not eating may be bigger trouble.

Poor baby. It's like you can look at her and just tell that she doesn't feel well. She has been sleeping alot since she's been home, but we expected that. I think she was pretty stressed staying at the vet's and just being home on her bed was enough to send her to dreamland. So, now she's well rested - and I'm able to medicate her pretty well (tiny pills and syringe stuff)... so we just need her to eat. Sigh.

Keep thinking happy kitty thoughts.

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.