Saturday, July 03, 2010

Kitty Cat Crisis!

For those not in the "know", two weeks ago we took our little three-legged kitty, Seven, to the vet. She was very lethargic, clingier than usual and had little head tremors every now and then. After blood work showed slightly low electrolytes, the vet gave her some fluids and we took her home. Saturday night she couldn't hold her supper down and Sunday morning she began some very disturbing seizures every half hour or so!

After a trip to the emergency clinic, more inconclusive blood tests, and another trip to her regular vet, she was prescribed phenobarbitol for the seizures. Her situation got worse, she couldn't stand, her equilibrium was gone, her eyesight seemed to have gone, she barely ate and we scheduled an appointment to have her put down.

But, then, after a web search, we found other people with cats that had similar symptoms. Their cats had strokes. And many, with time and help, recovered! We canceled our vet appointment and after a week and a half, Seven has made an incredible recovery. She's still a little weak and unstable, but she can jump up and down from the bed, cries to be fed in the morning with the other cats and seems more like the old Seven every day!

Hopefully she'll keep up the recovery!

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