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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. |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat.
"Mac Cool" wrote in message ... MaryL: Are you within driving distance of a veterinary college? That is often a good option. Calling them today. Good! Please keep us updated. -- 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. |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat.
"Mac Cool" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
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. |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
"Mac Cool" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
"Mac Cool" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
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. |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
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. |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
"Mac Cool" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Vet can't diagnose our cat. UPDATE
"Mac Cool" wrote in message ... 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. |
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