Odesa still in hospital, and it sucks...

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

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Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
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Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my
delicate baby.

Blessed be,
Baha

Continuing purrs untill Odessa is home and well.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

On Sep 24, 10:52 am, "Baha via CatKB.com" u18616@uwe wrote:
....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. ...
.... Blessed be,
Baha

--
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Best wishes for Odessa's rapid and complete recovery and for your
nerves and Louie's education.
Annie

On 24 Sep, 08:52, "Baha via CatKB.com" u18616@uwe wrote:

Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my delicate
baby.

There are BIG purrs for Dolly coming from the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On 24 Sep, 08:52, "Baha via CatKB.com" u18616@uwe wrote:
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!"

On par with when I had taken Dave out of hospital a few days before he
was discharged and because the "Half Moon" was closed we went to our
favourite Chinese, which was something of a long haul. Coming back at
the one kerb where it was too high to pull the chair over someone had
parked in front of the dropped section so I couldn't use that so there
I am trying to get the chair up a steep side and not suceeding and my
angel appeared in the form of a young man who helped me and between us
with some dificulty we got the chair up

"Thanks" says I "Sorry about that but some inconsiderate f***ing
b***ard has parked in the way"

His reply "That's my car"

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
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.

Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my
delicate baby.

Blessed be,
Baha

Purrs continue for Odessa and for you and Louie.

Jill

Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for my delicate
baby.

Blessed be,
Baha

Purrs are continuing.

Baha via CatKB.com u18616@uwe wrote:

Thanks and blessings to you all, who are pulling and purring for
my delicate baby.

Purrs continuing! I'm glad she's improving, even if it's a slow process.

Louie is a saint!!

Joyce

On 24 Sep., 17:52, "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

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Love and light and healing purrs from us here in Germany.

Bettina

"Lesley" wrote in message
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On 24 Sep, 08:52, "Baha via CatKB.com" u18616@uwe wrote:
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!"

On par with when I had taken Dave out of hospital a few days before he
was discharged and because the "Half Moon" was closed we went to our
favourite Chinese, which was something of a long haul. Coming back at
the one kerb where it was too high to pull the chair over someone had
parked in front of the dropped section so I couldn't use that so there
I am trying to get the chair up a steep side and not suceeding and my
angel appeared in the form of a young man who helped me and between us
with some dificulty we got the chair up

"Thanks" says I "Sorry about that but some inconsiderate f***ing
b***ard has parked in the way"

His reply "That's my car"

Lesley

LOL! I wonder which of you was more embarrassed.

Joy