Neutered male kitten has possiable anesthesia induced stroke

[sue via CatKB.com]

My 4 month old kitten was neutered and after 24 hours was home and acting
normal. His mother was also sprayed and is fine. After about 6 hours he
stated rocking his head up and down and his eyes were trembling up and down
he was very stiff and could only stand in a "arch back" position. My vet
said he as still under the anesthesia and give him suger water and make
sure hs is not dehydrated. I took him back to the Vet who put him on a IV
and gave him anti-inflam and DEMSO for brain swelling. Any ideas of what
happened to him? Stroke, blood clot or some other brain injury? He has a
50/50 chance to make it through the night. Any helpful meds. to try? I need
some suggestions of where to go from here? He is slightly improved but
seems very brain damaged.

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[Candace]

sue via CatKB.com wrote:
> My 4 month old kitten was neutered and after 24 hours was home and
acting
> normal. His mother was also sprayed and is fine. After about 6 hours
he
> stated rocking his head up and down and his eyes were trembling up
and down
> he was very stiff and could only stand in a "arch back" position. My
vet
> said he as still under the anesthesia and give him suger water and
make
> sure hs is not dehydrated. I took him back to the Vet who put him on
a IV
> and gave him anti-inflam and DEMSO for brain swelling. Any ideas of
what
> happened to him? Stroke, blood clot or some other brain injury? He
has a
> 50/50 chance to make it through the night. Any helpful meds. to try?
I need
> some suggestions of where to go from here? He is slightly improved
but
> seems very brain damaged.
>
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Oh, no, I'm very sorry. Poor little baby. It's rare but it happens
sometimes. I sincerely hope he'll be okay and please let us know what
happens. It's so unfortunate as you were doing the right thing by
getting him neutered.

Candace

[sue via CatKB.com]

Today he actually got up and went to use the liter box at the Vets. So that
is a big imrovement. He is pretty much the same not eating, staring in
space,still on a IV. Vet said he would determine if he is brain damaged
Sat. Should I worry about hepatic lipidosis from not eating? Should he take
diazepam for the seizures? Anyone know if we are doing all we can? Greyson
is a sweet pet to my 3 boys they are heartbroken and so am I.

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[Karen]

"sue via CatKB.com" > wrote in message
...
> Today he actually got up and went to use the liter box at the Vets. So
that
> is a big imrovement. He is pretty much the same not eating, staring in
> space,still on a IV. Vet said he would determine if he is brain damaged
> Sat. Should I worry about hepatic lipidosis from not eating? Should he
take
> diazepam for the seizures? Anyone know if we are doing all we can? Greyson
> is a sweet pet to my 3 boys they are heartbroken and so am I.
>
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I am so sorry about this. I think you just have to wait. Maybe the IV gives
him enough nutrition he doesn't want to eat? I think it is a *good* sign he
used the litterbox on his own though.

[sue via CatKB.com]

Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am having a
hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
My heart hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later and
our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
ago. Thank you for reponding and your support.

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[sue via CatKB.com]

Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered procedure. I am having a
hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
My heart hurts for my son's grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later and
our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
ago. Thank you for responding and your support.

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[Elle]

I am so sorry, Sue. This was not your fault. I am glad you're doing the
autopsy. Take care, Elle

"sue via CatKB.com" > wrote
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered procedure. I am having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
> responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
> My heart hurts for my son's grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
> dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
> maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later
and
> our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
> ago. Thank you for responding and your support.

[Justin L]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:02:01 GMT, "sue via CatKB.com"
> wrote:

>Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am having a
>hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
>loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
>responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
>My heart hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
>dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
>maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later and
>our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
>ago. Thank you for reponding and your support.

I am sorry to hear about this. :(

I can't imagine how I would feel if this would have happened to my
kitten Elwood when he was neutered.

Hopefully they can learn something from the autopsy to prevent this
from happening to anyone else's kitten.


Justin

[Karen]

in article , sue via CatKB.com at
wrote on 3/25/05 7:02 PM:

> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
> responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
> My heart hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
> dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
> maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later and
> our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
> ago. Thank you for reponding and your support.

I'm really sorry :( I don't know how to impress upon you that this is VERY
abnormal. Thousands and thousands of kitties have this procedures done
everyday and this does not happen. Please don't feel you "did" anything to
him. I'm really so sorry.

[kitkat]

> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:02:01 GMT, "sue via CatKB.com"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am having a
>>hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
>>loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
>>responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
>>My heart hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
>>dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
>>maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later and
>>our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
>>ago. Thank you for reponding and your support.

Wow. I am just so saddened and sorry to hear this. I can not imagine how
I would feel in the situation. My biggest fear of anesthesia is just
what happened to you. As I sit here and try and decide what to do about
my own cat who needs dental work and will have to be put under for it, I
really wonder!

I imagine something else was wrong with Greyson that you could not have
known about.

At any rate, purrs and love from the cats and me.
Pam, Luna and Jasper

[KellyH]

"sue via CatKB.com" > wrote in message
...
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered procedure. I am having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
> responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
> My heart hurts for my son's grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
> dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
> maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later
> and
> our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
> ago. Thank you for responding and your support.

I'm so sorry! How tragic :(
--
-Kelly
kelly at farringtons dot net
"Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG

[Candace]

sue via CatKB.com wrote:
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am
having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later.

I can understand how you might feel that way, even though it was not
your fault in anyway. You were doing the "right" thing and this was
some freak fluke that occurred. I'm very sorry about your poor little
kitten and my thoughts are with you.

Candace

[Kim]

I'm so sorry for your loss and understand how you're feeling. I've often
thought how horrible it would be to "do the right thing" (i.e. spay or
neuter) and have it go so wrong. Poor little Greyson...

"sue via CatKB.com" > wrote in message
...
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am having
> a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
> responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
> My heart hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
> dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
> maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later
> and
> our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
> ago. Thank you for reponding and your support.
>
> --
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[-L.]

sue via CatKB.com wrote:
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am
having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I
feel
> responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have
him .
> My heart hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard
time
> dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I
agreeded so
> maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up
later and
> our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a
year
> ago. Thank you for reponding and your support.
>

Don't beat yourself up. It's possible he had an undetected injury and
he threw a clot, or that he had a reaction to the anesthesia which
caused or mimiced a stroke. It's not common, but it happens. Hugs to
your kids - that's gotta be tough.

-L.

[blkcatgal]

I am so sorry to hear this. You have my condolences.

Sue

"sue via CatKB.com" > wrote in message
...
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered procedure. I am having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful,
> loving family member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel
> responsiable because if I did not have this done we would still have him .
> My heart hurts for my son's grief. We are in shock and having a hard time
> dealing with how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so
> maybe this will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later
> and
> our kids will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year
> ago. Thank you for responding and your support.
>
> --
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[sue via CatKB.com]

Thank you to all of you for your sweet words of encouragement.The vet
thinks it was a blood clot. But they said they will never know. His brother
who we gave away to a good family had the same proceedure and is fine. I am
not sure how to get over the shock, I miss him so and I cry every 15 min
when I think of him. I still look for him when I open the Frig, and expect
him to jump in my lap when I sit down. I have never had such a sweet cat,
he loved to roll on his back and play with his tail. He never ran away he
just waited to be picked up so you could pet him. His mom is wondering
around the house calling him. I FEEL like it was such a needless death. I
can't say I will ever put another animal in that situation it is not worth
the risk. I also can't help but think something went wrong with the
procedure. Thank you for listening.

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[Monique Y. Mudama]

On 2005-03-26, sue via CatKB.com penned:
> Greyson died today 3 days after a simple neutered proceedure. I am having a
> hard time dealing with handing a perfectly healthy, playful, loving family
> member to someone and having it die 3 days later. I feel responsiable
> because if I did not have this done we would still have him . My heart
> hurts for my sons grief. We are in shock and having a hard time dealing with
> how it happened. The Vet asked to do a autopsy, I agreeded so maybe this
> will not happen to another kitten. We will pick him up later and our kids
> will bury him next to our 17 year cat who died less then a year ago. Thank
> you for reponding and your support.

I'm so sorry =/ This isn't your fault. Any surgery has a very tiny chance of
complications. It's like falling off a bicycle -- your kids do it thousands
of times, but yes, there's a tiny chance that one fall could happen just the
wrong way and something awful could happen.

I hope that your vet finds the cause in the autopsy so that at least you might
have some closure.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

[Herb's a handsome, charming devil and Ed's jealous]

"sue via CatKB.com" > wrote
> Thank you to all of you for your sweet words of encouragement.The vet
> thinks it was a blood clot. But they said they will never know. His
brother
> who we gave away to a good family had the same proceedure and is fine. I
am
> not sure how to get over the shock, I miss him so and I cry every 15 min
> when I think of him. I still look for him when I open the Frig, and expect
> him to jump in my lap when I sit down. I have never had such a sweet cat,
> he loved to roll on his back and play with his tail. He never ran away he
> just waited to be picked up so you could pet him. His mom is wondering
> around the house calling him. I FEEL like it was such a needless death. I
> can't say I will ever put another animal in that situation it is not worth
> the risk. I also can't help but think something went wrong with the
> procedure. Thank you for listening.

Sue, neutering is the right thing to do. You did the very best you could by
this kitten. Hang in there.