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Emergency
I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was
straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Awww, Marina, I'm so sorry about Frank. It is awful to think that your baby might be hurt, and a thousand times worse to think you may have, inadvertently, done it. We're sending purrs that everything will be all right and that Frank heals quickly and completely (and that he forgives you). Hugs, CatNipped |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Awww, Marina, I'm so sorry about Frank. It is awful to think that your baby might be hurt, and a thousand times worse to think you may have, inadvertently, done it. We're sending purrs that everything will be all right and that Frank heals quickly and completely (and that he forgives you). Hugs, CatNipped |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Awww, Marina, I'm so sorry about Frank. It is awful to think that your baby might be hurt, and a thousand times worse to think you may have, inadvertently, done it. We're sending purrs that everything will be all right and that Frank heals quickly and completely (and that he forgives you). Hugs, CatNipped |
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Mega purrs for Frank's quick recovery. Maybe in your understandable hurry
to get medication into him you bruised his jaw in the struggle.. If so, he'll be okay in a few days. Try not to worry too much that you caused it, if you did, it wasn't intentional. And maybe you didn't, anyway. I once killed a hen by giving her liquid medication that she needed.. She struggled and the liquid went straight into her lungs and she died (drowned) almost immediately. I felt so bad about that. Tweed "Marina" wrote in message ... I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Mega purrs for Frank's quick recovery. Maybe in your understandable hurry
to get medication into him you bruised his jaw in the struggle.. If so, he'll be okay in a few days. Try not to worry too much that you caused it, if you did, it wasn't intentional. And maybe you didn't, anyway. I once killed a hen by giving her liquid medication that she needed.. She struggled and the liquid went straight into her lungs and she died (drowned) almost immediately. I felt so bad about that. Tweed "Marina" wrote in message ... I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Mega purrs for Frank's quick recovery. Maybe in your understandable hurry
to get medication into him you bruised his jaw in the struggle.. If so, he'll be okay in a few days. Try not to worry too much that you caused it, if you did, it wasn't intentional. And maybe you didn't, anyway. I once killed a hen by giving her liquid medication that she needed.. She struggled and the liquid went straight into her lungs and she died (drowned) almost immediately. I felt so bad about that. Tweed "Marina" wrote in message ... I had to take Frank to the emergency vet today. This morning, he was straining on the litterbox, then a little gas escaped and two small, hard poops. Oh, I thought, he is constipated. I broke out the paraffin oil. Took some in a dropper, and had a huge fight with Frank before I managed to squirt a little in his mouth. He screamed like a banshee and jerked around so it was hard to get the dropper in his mouth. Some time later, I noticed he was holding his mouth open. He refused to eat, and as the day wore on his jaw swelled up. I finally called the vet school hospital, which is open 24/7, described the situation, and they told me to bring him in. He got examined under sedation and x-rayed, but they could find nothing wrong. The vet said the jaw is perfectly mobile, and not loose at all, like it would be if something was broken. Well, they sent us home, but Frank is just the same. He holds his mouth open, and his tongue in between. I was so scared that I had hurt him while giving him the paraffin oil. At least that did some good, when we got home he went directly to the litterbox and made an oily deposit, and then he peed in the other one, so that end should be good. His jaw is obviously very sore, and it's swollen. If we could please have some purrs that it heals by itself. The vet is going to ask the radiologist to take a look at the x-rays on Monday, to make sure nothing's broken. Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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So sorry to hear of Frank's trials. Purrs for him to recover soon.
I'd suspect that his sore mouth might well be why you couldn't get him to accept the dropper in the first place - the only time my Kensey RB gave me a hard time we later found out that he had a canine-tooth hole (from a fight with the local tombully) right through his tongue. Best wishes Gordon & the TT -- Feline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat "Marina" wrote in message ... Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. |
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So sorry to hear of Frank's trials. Purrs for him to recover soon.
I'd suspect that his sore mouth might well be why you couldn't get him to accept the dropper in the first place - the only time my Kensey RB gave me a hard time we later found out that he had a canine-tooth hole (from a fight with the local tombully) right through his tongue. Best wishes Gordon & the TT -- Feline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat "Marina" wrote in message ... Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. |
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So sorry to hear of Frank's trials. Purrs for him to recover soon.
I'd suspect that his sore mouth might well be why you couldn't get him to accept the dropper in the first place - the only time my Kensey RB gave me a hard time we later found out that he had a canine-tooth hole (from a fight with the local tombully) right through his tongue. Best wishes Gordon & the TT -- Feline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat "Marina" wrote in message ... Frank wants nothing to do with me and I just want to hug him and tell him everything will be alright. He glares at me and stalks off if I come near. I'm so sorry if I caused this. |
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