Aroara's saga continues...update #77(with graphic picture)

I keep updating this thread mostly for myself. So this way I will have a written record of things that I can tell the vet tomorrow.

In the last 3 hours, I've been able to get a little more than an ounce of rehydration water in her. I also smashed up half of a Lysine tablet and mixed part of that with some of the water also. She had a little runny nose. She showed a little more interest in her food after getting some fluids in her. She may have eaten a couple pieces of food. She at least licked them. LOL Her ears and paws don't feel warm to me, but I think she has enough of her grumpy attitude that I'm not going to attempt taking her temperature with a regular thermometer. We're under 12 hours until she'll be back at the vet's office now!

How is sweet Aroara today??

I guess "hospitalized" isn't quite the right word, since we don't have an animal hospital but she's still at the vet's office. I took Aroara in to the vet at 8:15 and left her due to my crazy schedule for the day. My mom stopped in at 3 to check on her. Her temperature was elevated when I brought her in, so they changed the antibiotic. They decided to keep her overnight and see if her fever is down tomorrow. She got fluids, and they said she still wasn't eating. Today one side of her face, the right side, looked swollen. I mentioned that to them. They said that her eye was swollen. The found one very tiny spot near her eye but aren't sure what caused it. Maybe a swat from one of the others, or they mentioned a tick. She is on Frontline Plus because of the increase in ticks this year, so I don't know if that is what the spot is from or not. Basically we just don't know what's wrong. I hope that the new antibiotic will help.

Poor Aroara.:( Maybe she was allergic to the antibiotic that she was taking and this caused her face to become swollen.:( I sure hope that she'll recover quickly and that whatever she has can be easily treated. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

More prayers for Aroara. Please get better soon.

Poor sweetheart. :( Prayers on the way.

Aw, sweet Aroara, feel better soon.

The CREW sends thier prayers and is letting you that they are pulling for a speedy recovery.

PT Prayers for dear Aroara!

As for the swelling being caused by antibiotics - it can happen in humans. When my sister first went to the hospital many years ago (she had MS), she had had a seizure - and then got some kind of infection. She had never BEEN on antibiotics.

Well holy cow, did we find out in a hurry that she was allergic to all KINDS of them! She was puffed up and red for a day or two, even after the drug was changed. Took a while to find the right one.

I hope they have found the right med for your baby, and that she will be home soon.

{{{{hugs}}}}

Any news with Aroara? I hope the vet has found the cause of the swelling and fever.

I just got home. I stopped in to see Aroara and get an update. She is acting much more like her normal self. She's "roar"ing constantly. That's my complainy girl. LOL I got to go back and see her for awhile. Her face is still a bit puffy but not as bad as it was yesterday. Her fever was down to 103.7 this morning from 104 something yesterday. It was 103.2 last Friday when I had her in there though. They are giving her a pill antibiotic. He wants to keep her another night though and see how she is in the morning. She did eat a little today they said. He still doesn't know what is causing the swelling. It is down some, but still there. He's hoping the antibiotic will get rid of it, but if not he said he might have to go in and lance it. So that's all I know for now. She may come home tomorrow. But then I have the problem of what to do with her while I'm gone for parts of 3 days. The girl I have coming to take care of the others would never get a pill down Aroara. And the vet's office will be closed Fri-Sun. The exact days I'll be gone. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get to it and see if she has to keep taking the pills. I can't ever remember having to pill a cat that wouldn't eat it hidden in something. But if she isn't eating alot, it'll be harder. Thanks for the comments and concerns.

Awe... poor Aroara. I hope that the fever comes down and the swelling will go away. I'd hate to think of her having to have something on her face lanced.. ouch!

I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers and hope that she'll be better during the time while you're gone so you won't have to worry so much about pilling her.

I know your vet is officially 'closed' - but surely there are patients there who have to be medicated and watered and fed?

See if they will board Aroara til you get back...I think she and you will feel better.

And we can do a little fundraising here!

I hope that the new antibiotics will help her and that she starts feeling better and recovers quickly. If she's still on the pills then maybe you could have one of the vet techs come over to your home to give her the pills or like Catty1 said you may be able to just leave her at the vets and some one can stop in and check on her and give her the pills. She'll remain in my thoughts and prayers.

I don't know which antibiotic Aroara is on but you could ask your vet if they could give her a Convenia injection. It is a rather new injectable antibiotic made by Pfizer that is similar to Clavamox. It's one shot and equivalent to 2 weeks of giving pills two times a day. Tiger has had it quite a few times and I think Freedom has used it on her pets as well.
Your vet may not have it just like mine didn't when I asked about it but they said they could call a nearby clinic and 'borrow' some which they did. They were really impressed with it and ordered some in and are administering it to lots of patients now. I guess it would depend on the type of antibiotic he wants her to be on. Here is a link to the Convenia website.

If that's not possible, maybe you could give her a dose on the morning that you leave and on the night you return so there would only be 4 doses missing inbetween (if she gets them 2 x per day). And hopefully by then she will be willing to take a pill in a pill pocket that your pet sitter could give? I break up the pills in half and give them in two pill pockets so there's no chance of them biting down on the pill.

Glad to hear that her fever is down and that she is eating a little bit!:) That is awesome!!!