Vet can't diagnose our cat.

cshenk:

Did she give a recommended vet listing? Specialists perhaps?

Gave me two, I'm calling the college this morning.

"Mac Cool" wrote in message
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MaryL:

Are you within driving distance of a veterinary college? That is
often a good option.

Calling them today.

Good! Please keep us updated.
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MaryL

Incidentally, I am very concerned that your vet would have given a
rabies shot (or any vaccination) at a time when your cat is obviously
ill.

Yeah, after I read the complications that could (and did) result I pretty
much lost all confidence in that vet. The Rabies vaccine was like pouring
salt in a wound.

"Mac Cool" wrote in message
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cshenk:

Did she give a recommended vet listing? Specialists perhaps?

Gave me two, I'm calling the college this morning.

Colleges of veterinary medicine often require a referral. Be sure to
emphasize that this is an emergency, and have the name and telephone number
of your vet when you call them so you can give that to them.

MaryL

MaryL:
Good! Please keep us updated.

Last night was rough, the rabies vaccine caused his face and throat to
swell making breathing even more difficult. Out of desperation we gave him
a tiny bit of Benadryl. He couldn't have got much as he spit it out but
within ten minutes he was breathing easier. This morning he was showing
symptoms of a cold, runny eyes, runny nose, and sick breath (bad). But the
good news is that by the time we left for the hospital he was showing
improvement, he was moving around a bit, his pupils started contracting
and he sat in front of his water bowl mewing but didn't drink.

The hospital staff started him on oxygen, gave him a mild sedative and
removed another 150ml of fluid from his chest in the first ten or fifteen
minutes; more than our first vet accomplished in two days. Tonight they
are running a battery of tests, will rehydrate him, try to make him eat
and told me that tomorrow they will have a treatment plan. When we left
him today he was in a 40% oxygen environment, breathing easily and stoned
out of his mind. Good for him.

"Mac Cool" wrote in message
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MaryL:
Good! Please keep us updated.

Last night was rough, the rabies vaccine caused his face and throat to
swell making breathing even more difficult.


So, was the first vet indeed a "large animal" vet? Where are you, just
curious.

"Mac Cool" wrote in message
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MaryL:
Good! Please keep us updated.

Last night was rough, the rabies vaccine caused his face and throat to
swell making breathing even more difficult. Out of desperation we gave him
a tiny bit of Benadryl. He couldn't have got much as he spit it out but
within ten minutes he was breathing easier. This morning he was showing
symptoms of a cold, runny eyes, runny nose, and sick breath (bad). But the
good news is that by the time we left for the hospital he was showing
improvement, he was moving around a bit, his pupils started contracting
and he sat in front of his water bowl mewing but didn't drink.

The hospital staff started him on oxygen, gave him a mild sedative and
removed another 150ml of fluid from his chest in the first ten or fifteen
minutes; more than our first vet accomplished in two days. Tonight they
are running a battery of tests, will rehydrate him, try to make him eat
and told me that tomorrow they will have a treatment plan. When we left
him today he was in a 40% oxygen environment, breathing easily and stoned
out of his mind. Good for him.

I'm glad to hear you are getting such quick ;results. Please keep us
updated and let us know the diagnosis.

MaryL

MaryL:

I'm glad to hear you are getting such quick ;results. Please keep us
updated and let us know the diagnosis.

It is his heart. I have it written down somewhere but basically a bad
ticker. They suspect he will probably live another 6-12 months before
having heart failure.

cybercat:

Last night was rough, the rabies vaccine caused his face and throat to
swell making breathing even more difficult.


So, was the first vet indeed a "large animal" vet? Where are you, just
curious.

She doesn't have DVM in her title, it was something else like UVD I think.

"Mac Cool" wrote in message
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MaryL:

I'm glad to hear you are getting such quick ;results. Please keep us
updated and let us know the diagnosis.

It is his heart. I have it written down somewhere but basically a bad
ticker. They suspect he will probably live another 6-12 months before
having heart failure.

I'm so sorry. That is a dreadful thing to hear, but I am also very happy
that you chose to give him the best possible care.

MaryL

"Mac Cool" wrote in message
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MaryL:

I'm glad to hear you are getting such quick ;results. Please keep us
updated and let us know the diagnosis.

It is his heart. I have it written down somewhere but basically a bad
ticker. They suspect he will probably live another 6-12 months before
having heart failure.

Ohh no. God that's awful, I am so sorry.