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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
On Sep 24, 10:24 pm, sam wrote:
Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my delicate baby. Blessed be, Baha Purrs continue to go out from my foursome for a swift and complete recovery. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam (who know how frightening breathing problems can be) and Barnabus |
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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
still purring away here
Baha via CatKB.com wrote: Last Saturday morning I updated that Odessa was very much improved. Not ten minutes after I spoke with the tech at Orchard Park, I got a call from the vet on call that things were not as rosy as first thought. Our Odessa-Doll is still in hospital, in a little hutch-like thing where they're pumping in oxygen and nebulised antibiotics and something that will supposedly thin out the ick in her chest. That's the good news; the other good news is that last night is the first time since Saturday morning that we were not called out to the office with the possibility of something really dire; I feel like a parent whose baby has slept through the night for the first time. I entered an update ("I just talked with the clinic and...") Saturday early. The most recent info the young lady had was that Odessa had been sleeping well with the oxygen and was breathing clearly. Then she got such a coughing fit that her gums were starting to get blue. If you think Louie broke every known traffic law taking her to the Southtowns, it was nothing compared to that long drive. I was on my cell with the vet and we were momentarily cut off. Both the phone and the traffic. I rolled down the window and screamed, "Watch your goddamned SUV you bag of sh*t!-oy, Doctor, I think we had a dropped call!" Yeah, the phone came back on when I said THAT magic word. Remarkably understanding lady, this vet; but then, she has to be. This particular hospital is the best in the area but it is, sadly, the last stop for many poor creatures; and the doctors must hear things that make my outburst sound like Mother Goose. The word as of this morning is that Odessa's respiration has slowly been returning to cat-normal and she has her periods of coughing but nothing wild since late Saturday night. She has been having trouble eating because it seems to trigger congestion coming to the surface that she has a problem bringing up, but they've managed to get the ick out of her, suctioning and such. The cultures and such are not back yet, the symptoms and xrays point to pneumonia. Louie is prepared to chuck his classes until the start of next year to take care of our little Dolly, and to pay these good people (because believe me, this'll be even more enormous than Brandy's tooth trouble a few years back!) And this is why I married him. I cannot comprehend the enormity of that sacrifice, that he loves his babies this much that he'll push back his retraining. UB has been making it impossible for him, anyway: he has had three rounds of measles shots, the last one in 1978 before going to India, yet they will not accept his vaccine records. After going to temple yesterday, he has decided this is God's way of telling him there are more important things at work. Odessa will need care upon return, and will have to be sequestered a good while and medicated. But she's not out of the woods yet, so they say. Despite that, I am hopeful. Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my delicate baby. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
On Sep 24, 10:52 am, "Baha via CatKB.com" u18616@uwe wrote:
Last Saturday morning I updated that Odessa was very much improved. Not ten minutes after I spoke with the tech at Orchard Park, I got a call from the vet on call that things were not as rosy as first thought. Our Odessa-Doll is still in hospital, in a little hutch-like thing where they're pumping in oxygen and nebulised antibiotics and something that will supposedly thin out the ick in her chest. That's the good news; the other good news is that last night is the first time since Saturday morning that we were not called out to the office with the possibility of something really dire; I feel like a parent whose baby has slept through the night for the first time. I entered an update ("I just talked with the clinic and...") Saturday early. The most recent info the young lady had was that Odessa had been sleeping well with the oxygen and was breathing clearly. Then she got such a coughing fit that her gums were starting to get blue. If you think Louie broke every known traffic law taking her to the Southtowns, it was nothing compared to that long drive. I was on my cell with the vet and we were momentarily cut off. Both the phone and the traffic. I rolled down the window and screamed, "Watch your goddamned SUV you bag of sh*t!-oy, Doctor, I think we had a dropped call!" Yeah, the phone came back on when I said THAT magic word. Remarkably understanding lady, this vet; but then, she has to be. This particular hospital is the best in the area but it is, sadly, the last stop for many poor creatures; and the doctors must hear things that make my outburst sound like Mother Goose. The word as of this morning is that Odessa's respiration has slowly been returning to cat-normal and she has her periods of coughing but nothing wild since late Saturday night. She has been having trouble eating because it seems to trigger congestion coming to the surface that she has a problem bringing up, but they've managed to get the ick out of her, suctioning and such. The cultures and such are not back yet, the symptoms and xrays point to pneumonia. Louie is prepared to chuck his classes until the start of next year to take care of our little Dolly, and to pay these good people (because believe me, this'll be even more enormous than Brandy's tooth trouble a few years back!) And this is why I married him. I cannot comprehend the enormity of that sacrifice, that he loves his babies this much that he'll push back his retraining. UB has been making it impossible for him, anyway: he has had three rounds of measles shots, the last one in 1978 before going to India, yet they will not accept his vaccine records. After going to temple yesterday, he has decided this is God's way of telling him there are more important things at work. Odessa will need care upon return, and will have to be sequestered a good while and medicated. But she's not out of the woods yet, so they say. Despite that, I am hopeful. Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my delicate baby. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted viahttp://www.catkb.com More purrs on their way for Odessa. Suz&Spicey |
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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
try this: sleep in one of his T-shirt for a couple of nights, then have him
wear it for a couple of nights, then take it to her, Lee, still purring for all of you, Baha via CatKB.com u18616@uwe wrote in message news:78b734a4d6782@uwe... Baha wrote: Last Saturday morning I updated that Odessa was very much improved. Not ten minutes after I spoke with the tech at Orchard Park, I got a call from the vet on call that things were not as rosy as first thought. They did a minor surgery, if you want to call it that, thinking that she had an obstruction of some kind, a polyp around her airway. Nothing. The throat and airpipe is clean, just those cursed lungs keep making ick that they have to suck out. Odessa is an ick machine. But they have her on some drug that is opening the bronchi up, and it seems to be helping. Louie officially pulled out of school this afternoon. He says retraining will always be there; he has his books he can do his "busywork" with, and he is disciplined enough to follow through. Class for real will wait until next year. I do not deserve such a man. We took Odessa one of my shoes, and she's cuddling up with it. It seems to relax her, in that little hutch...my poor lonely baby in there! Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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On 24 Sep, 15:47, (Gandalf) wrote:
He did have the decency to help, though. He could have just waited until you were gone. I think he felt bad about parking there.- Hide quoted text - What he said was he had parked without thinking because it hadn't occurred to him that it could be a problem (by which you can deduce he doesn't have small children) and he wouldn't do it again Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
Lesley wrote:
On 24 Sep, 15:47, (Gandalf) wrote: He did have the decency to help, though. He could have just waited until you were gone. I think he felt bad about parking there. What he said was he had parked without thinking because it hadn't occurred to him that it could be a problem (by which you can deduce he doesn't have small children) and he wouldn't do it again Well, that's good to hear! Nice to know some people are willing to learn. Joyce |
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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
Stormmee wrote:
try this: sleep in one of his T-shirt for a couple of nights, then have him wear it for a couple of nights, then take it to her, Lee, still purring for all of you, Louie decided to sleep with his jean shorts on, and Odessa's favorite wiffle goolf ball in the pocket, and we took it to her next day. she didn't whap it around her little hutch, but shoved it into the shoe. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...dotes/200709/1 |
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Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...
Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
Last Saturday morning I updated that Odessa was very much improved. Not ten minutes after I spoke with the tech at Orchard Park, I got a call from the vet on call that things were not as rosy as first thought. Our Odessa-Doll is still in hospital, in a little hutch-like thing where they’re pumping in oxygen and nebulised antibiotics and something that will supposedly thin out the ick in her chest. That’s the good news; the other good news is that last night is the first time since Saturday morning that we were not called out to the office with the possibility of something really dire; I feel like a parent whose baby has slept through the night for the first time. snip Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my delicate baby. Blessed be, Baha We continue to send lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for Odessa and hugs for you and Louie, Polonca and Soncek |
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