Well, they let me bring her home!!! I can't say enough how happy and relived I am. I am just really puzzled.

First, I am sorry for doing this so late, I had to bring her home and feed her and try to give her some meds. You all know the drill. The good news is that she ate like she was starved, which I am hoping is a good sign. I just hope she keeps it down. The vet said that they put food in her cage, but that as scared as she was she would probably not eat it. I agreed, but that means that she is happy to be home.

The poor girl is shaved on both sides and her belly. I guess they had to do that for the ultrasound. It was just a real shock to me. She did exactly what I thought she would and crawled into her closet when she got home and hasn't left yet. If I get a chance I will get a picture and post it. It looks so funny.

It was also really nice that all of the vet techs that were working came and said good bye to her. They didn't do that for the people that checked out right before me. That made me feel a little better about her being there, because I feel it means that she hopefully was loved while she was there.

Anyway, I really am happy, but they never found anything wrong with her (can I say that one more time). In fact, it was exactly the opposite. All the blood tests that they ran, the x-rays and the ultrasound all showed that she is extremely healthy for a seven year old kitty. All her blood work was exactly where is was supposed to be, most of it on the excellent side. There is nothing wrong with any of her organs, and the ultrasound showed that they were actually in better shape then the norm for her age.

There best guess is that she had some sort of bacterial infection or something akin to a severe stomach flu. However, I am glad that she had the care that she did. Even if we don't know, I do know that she was really was sick and needed the care that she got. She may have come through OK without it, but I think she will recover faster and I have a little peace of mind, because of it. I don't regret anything that was done or any of the money that I spent. I think that it was all worth it. Even if I was a nervous wreck.

Of course we are not completely out of the woods yet. I need to feed her a bland food diet. She also has some anti-inflammatory drug to take and I also have to give her Pepcid for a few days. However, it is just a watch and wait at this point. If she starts to get her symptoms back she will be back at the vet so fast it will make your head spin. We will not be waiting again! Also, Russian Blue gave me a site to post to that has vet techs that look at it. I am goign to post the symptoms there and see if someone can give me another opinion. I really would like to know even though she seems to be better.

However, if you don't mind I am going to think that her recover was due to all of you and your thought and prayers. You were all so wonderful and kind to us. The power of PT worked once again. I am not quite sure how to thank you all, but I will think of something. Once again, know that you were happy to hear about her progress and that you didn't mind. I still appreciate the fact that you continued to send your love, support and prayers no matter how many times I gave updates. I still get tearing thinking about how much you all cared and continue to.

Well, that is about it as this point I will let you know how she is doing tomorrow or Wednesday. I have to get my life back to normal and catch up on all of the things that I ignored while I was worried about my girl.

Also, I just read thorugh this and let me apologize for how choppy, jumpy and disorganized this is. I would normally try to fix it, but I want to get this out so the people on the east coast will hopefully be able to see this before tomorrow

Thank you and all our heartfelt love and gratitude,
Bob, Joey and Bryan