Yesterday was a nightmare vet day, and it's not over yet!

[kimlovescats]

To start with, I had an appointment at the vet for Tabitha ... regarding her chronic eye infection, and for new blind girl Abby, just to see what the needs (if any) were for her eyes. I also had a scheduled appointment for my vet to come out to my house to give rabies vaccinations to 10 cats.

Ok, first Abby: She has no eye at all in one socket and only a very teeny tiny undeveloped one on the other side. So, Dr. Lavalley said that nothing seemed to be irritated or rubbing, so no need to do anything at this point. At this point I am happy ... little did I know! Abby gets her rabies shot and is good to go.

Next: Tabitha's eye is examined, there are ulcers typical of chronic herpes virus. First thing my vet asks is "has she been tested". Heck yeah, by YOU, long time ago! Then to my dread, she says, "how old was she"? Arrrg, she was a tiny one .... thought I was being proactive, like they always suggest, right? *sigh* Seeing my fear mounting rapidly, she says well let's just try another antibiotic .... HELLO????? Do you expect me to wonder now? I think NOT! Let's do the darned test again and NOW! As you can imagine, it was the longest 10 minute wait of my life. Thank GOD it was NEGATIVE AGAIN!
So, Tabitha got a different antibiotic eye ointment, and some Immune System pills to take 2x daily. She was already current on all her shots including rabies. *sigh*

OK ... so now "all that's left" is the house call to vaccine 9 more kitties (after Abby). Well, of course I mentioned that pound rescue Baxter has the URI, so his shot has to wait. So, now only 8 to do.

Dr. LaValley was amazed to be greeted at my door by my 3 doggies and about 11 kitties at the time. She even commented on how impressed that I could have so many pets and still have a 'nice' home! LOL! If only she knew!

Well, the gathering and scruffing of 8 kitties was wild to say the least, but Smokey Pokey took the cake! NO, that was the flesh off my hand and arm!!! After a painful trip to the bathroom, Jerry, Doc and I burrito wrapped him at least 2 other times. Finally he just gave up and laid perfectly still. Now why couldn't he have just done that the first time?

Finally all kittie were vaccinated and Dr. LaValley left ... all is well ... right? WRONG! (next post)>>>>

[kimlovescats]

About an hour after Dr. L left, I noticed that Grace was vomiting. No big deal for her as she always has hairballs. Well, she continued wretching and vomiting, and then she started panting from the mouth! Trying not to panic, and spent even more money at the ER vet, I watched her closely. I knew I had some epinephrine injectable in the fridge, but wasn't sure of the dosing, and was really scared to actually use the stuff.
Next thing I could think of was Benadryl liquid ... I always keep that on hand! So, I squirted some in Grace's mouth and I think she got it down fairly well. I monitored her closely in a kennel and it seemed to calm her and she was breathing normally again. I continued to watch her, and look online for helpful information. Well, to add pain to misery, my ISP was down! For HOURS!!! Of course, my vet was unavailable as well, so I played it cautiously by ear all night.

Grace got out of her carrier and walked around and followed me upstairs to work on Amanda's room cleaning for her party tonight. She seemed fairly "ok" but she threw up again twice, once under each bed! I decided that she just had to stay in a carrier while she was still vomiting. I put her in my bedroom and continued cleaning upstairs. When I went back down to check on her around 6:30 a.m., there was a bad odor. She had vomited up with blood in it! I was terribly concerned by now, and knew my vet would be in the office in about an hour or so.

Soooo, needless to say, my Grace is at the vet, on fluids and possible IV antibiotics. I just called and they said she was tolerating the fluids, no vomiting. I am supposed to check back at 4:00 and see if she can come home tonight! PLEASE pray for my Grace, she is my Alpha Kitty .... the first one we got out of all the rescues we've taken in over the past 5 years. If anything happens to her, especially over a STUPID rabies shot, I will be crushed beyond belief.

Worried Mom Kim

[Lacey]

Oh my! That is a rough vet day! Prayers for sweet Grace!

[jenluckenbach]

Prayers for Gracie. But good news for (most) of the rest.

[nibblets]

Poor Grace ...I'm praying that she is better right away.

[catmandu]

What a terrible day,you are having.And know,that Prayers are on thier way,for Grace,and Tabitha,and that we are sending a Few Found Cat Angels,over,Tiger Angel,and Orangey Angel.to help out.

[RobiLee]

Prayers for Gracie.

Wow, that was some day with the vet. Whew!

Robin

[christa]

Goodness Kim! You sure can't do anything without some excitement, can you? *insert sarcasm*

Poor Grace . . . sounds like she's having a rough time . . . That's what PT Prayers are for!!!

Keep us updated on how she is! I hope that this isn't serious! Or at least no more than a bad reaction to the shot.

[Laura's Babies]

OH GOSH Kim!! I had to go away and calm down before posting to this. GOD Girl, you seem to keep having it dumped on you.. Poor Grace, can rabies shots do that to some of them??? REALLY? Can it? I have never heard this so that is why I am asking... I HATE having to get my babies updated on shots and if now I have to worry about this added to how they act sometimes.... PHEW!!

Good news on Tabitha and lets keep all fingers and paws crossed that this new med works!

Sounds like good news on Abby too.

Now prayers are on their way for Grace. Be sure you keep us posted on her as soon as you hear something..

[catnapper]

Oh Kim... I am speechless! Its now almost 6:00 here -- have you heard about her? What a terrible, frustrating day. Many prayers coming over, especially for Grace, and then lots of little ones coming over for Tabitha and Abby.

[ladywizz]

and i thought my vet bills were bad!
god bless ,and thoughts are with you.

[K & L]

That's terrible. Do they think the shot causes all of this? Have you heard anything?

[kimlovescats]

Thank GOD, my Grace is home and seems perfectly fine! Not much of an appetite yet, but do ya blame her? Dr. LaValley said the blood was just irritation from all of the vomiting ... she didn't vomit even once all day at the vet. She just gave that all to meowmmy at home! They gave her fluids, to perk her back up, and you'd never know what she had been through, but I tell ya, the gray hairs are quickly creeping through this nasty orange glow I recently added!

Thank you for the prayers, no more rabies shots for Grace or my doxie Gretta. She recently had a really bad reaction only minutes after getting her rabies shot ... thank the Lord we were still at the vets. I hate these darn shots, and the ONLY reason I get them is to keep Rabies Control from raiding my home!!!

[Cataholic]

Wow. That is about all I can. Thank God it is all over.

[rg_girlca]

Oh Kim, I am so sorry you had such a stressfull day. (((((HUGS)))))

I hope and pray that the new medication will finally clear up precious Tabitha's eye condition and I am so glad to hear that Grace is doing much better. Poor baby.


Just one question. Even though your cats are indoor, they still have to get a rabie shot if you live in the U.S.?