Puddy's gotta go back to the vet NOW!

I came home and she was lying down in the litterbox and when she saw me she jumped out and cried. She hadn't peed all day and she tried 3 different litterboxes but didn't pee. And she's having problems w/bowel movements again. It was outside the litterbox, all over the place but like mud, not diarrhea. Dr. Lee called w/her biopsy results but he didn't leave a message and he would've if the results were good. So I'm taking her in. He won't be in til tomorrow and only Dr. Lash is in but I have to take her. I'll keep you posted. Please pray.

Blessings,
Mary

OH my goodness!!! Puddy....what's wrong???? I will be thinking of you until we hear an update.

Oh my gosh! :eek: Not again! Puddy stay strong. Be a fighter!
Puddy, you'll be in my prayers.
Get well soon! :(

:( Oh Mary I am so sorry for wittle Puddy.. Hey me & the girls send lots of Whisker Prayers & Huggss.. We will keep you both in our thoughts & prayers with all paws crossed..

Oh my, poor Puddy. You have been through so much! I am anxiously awaiting a response! You are in my prayers.

PRAYERS for Puddy! I hope there is something to help her....even if the results are not great, it couldn't have gotten all bad so soon!


HUGS HUGS HUGS!!!!

I just got home. She had to stay. Dr. Lee came right in when they called him. He said she does NOT have any more cancer, so that's the good news. The biopsies came back negative. And he feels that the reason she's having trouble w/her bowel movements is that during surgery he squeezed out feces that were in her intestine that he were in his words "hard as rocks". He feels that it's just more feces that she's passing and that's what's causing her discomfort. But we don't know why she isn't peeing. So they shaved her hindquarters and started fluids again cuz she was a little dehydrated. He's going to do BUN and creatinine tests tonight and, if all is well, I MAY be able to take her home tomorrow. But she was so stressed tonight that he said he couldn't even take blood from her til she calmed down because he said the stress could kill her. God.

I felt so bad leaving her again. She was turned upside down in the carrier and putting her paw through the holes as if she was begging me not to take her back to the hospital. And I didn't get to say goodbye to her cuz they started her on fluids right away and they didn't want to get her any more stressed than she already is.

So tomorrow they'll call me w/the test results and I'll post as soon as I know something. Thanx again for your support, friends. We definitely count you all as family.

Blessings,
Mary

POOR Puddy!

GREAT news that the biopsies were negative...and I hope this other trouble gets straightened out soon...hopefully just a simple blockage, or less pee because of the body adjusting to one kidney?

Hugs to you and your baby!

Prayers for Puddy.

Checking back for results from the whitecoats. I am sorry that poor widdle Puddy had to stay again, and I pray that Puddy will be home again tomorrow, in Meowmies loving arms! Gary... can you send the Pet Angels to keep an eye on Puddy tonight? I am sure the company would be appreciated!

Glad to hear there is no cancer! Please keep us posted.

Poor Puddy!! I sure hope she can come home tomarrow, and will be on the mend!! Poor baby!

OH no!! Well Puddy, you've been a fighter all the way through this. And unfortunately, the fight is not over yet. You can do it girl!!! :D

Poor Puddy! So glad, though, that the tests were negative for more cancer! (Do you think the doc could give puddy something to calm her down? If her stress is life threatening, it's worth considering. Just a thought)

Prayers on the way!

I'm so sorry to hear that she's back in the hospital:( but I'm so glad that her biopsies are negative.:) Hopefully she'll be able to come home with you tomorrow. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

I am so sorry! Of course going through surgery like this seriously disturbes the system. I hope she's back to normal soon.

I haven't heard anything yet this morning but Dr. Lee is good about calling, so I'll give it a little while. He'll prob. give her valium for stress as he did before. She's so good until she's messed with; then her evil twin comes out. :eek: But considering that he told me that her kidney actually burst, I'd say she's doing pretty well. As soon as I hear something, I'll post. :)

Thanx again, friends.

Blessings,
Mary

Gosh, poor Puddy! She really deserves to have some comfortable time at home and not all this hospital stuff! Hope all goes well and you can bring her home soon!!

Nothing yet?? :(

Dr. Lee just called me cuz he says they're crazy busy and he wanted to answer my questions so that I didn't have to make an appt. w/him. Here's the scoop: Puddy is anemic, she has cystitis and her creatinine level is 5.something. He says that level isn't "bad" per se but he'd like it to be lower because she's operating on only one kidney. He hopes that this kidney isn't going to give out. BUT he said that all in all he's pleased w/how well she's doing. She goes back on subQ's every day again until we see how she's doing. And she has to take Levaquin (sp?), which is a powerful antibiotic and pain meds. If she remains too anemic, he'll start her on shots. Sigh. Poor little girl. I don't want to keep pumping her full of meds and poking her w/needles. But as long as I see she's Puddy, I'll do it. If I see she's suffering or just plain miserable, I'll have to help her in another way. But I'm going to keep a positive attitude and be glad that she can come home. We'll just take it on a day to day basis.

I'm off to go get her. I'll post when I get home and let you all know how she is.

Blessings,
Mary

Puddy, you have a awsome momma, you should be proud! cant wait to see that you are home and are doing better!

Oh poor baby! I hope you find her confortable and feeling more like herself tonight.

Hope you feel better, Puddy!

Prayers and HUGS for you and Puddy.

She stood on all fours the entire drive home, as if to say "Mess w/me. Go ahead." She looked like such a little outlaw. LOL She scampered out of the carrier as soon as I brought her in the house and she ran over to the fountain and she's still drinking from it yet. The antibiotic is zenaquin; I was wrong about the name before. And she's still on pain meds and an appetite stimulant. But at least I know why she wasn't peeing. I feared that the other kidney was shutting down but she has cystitis, so we'll get that cleared up. She's in good spirits and I can tell she's glad to be home. I know I'm sure glad to have her. We'll be snug and warm tonight; it's sleet out there now and I'm going to bed early tonight w/my Pudster and the fur posse.

Thanx for being there, everyone. It means a lot. :)

Blessings,
Mary

Mary!!! MANY prayers for Puddy and you!!! Sandra

If I had gone through nephritis, peritonitis, cystitis, (and a bunch of other "itis's") and major surgery, I sure wouldn't be standing all the drive home and running as soon as I got home. That just tells you what a strong little girl Puddy is. I watch her in amazement and I take lessons in courage and strength. She's my heroine. I absolutely adore this cat. Of course, I love all my cats but Puddy is special and I knew that from the moment I first laid eyes on her at 5 weeks, when I picked her up w/that metal cast on her leg and she hissed at me. I said "Oh, I gotta have this one." That was nearly 13 years ago, after many warnings that she may not live to be a year old. HA! Puddy showed us all. I love my Puddy. And I love all of you for being such a source of comfort and understanding. (Can you tell I'm happy? LOL)

Blessings,
Mary

I'm so glad to hear that she's now home with you and acting well.:) I hope she'll start feeling better soon.:)

{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}


(I know YOU'LL let me hug you...but what about Puddy??? :D )

Glad things are looking so good for your Energizer Bunny with Attitude! ;)

LOL Now that's a different story!

She's doing great this morning. She slept well, sometimes w/me, sometimes in her room. She was eating this morning when I got up and she used the litterbox last night. So all is well. Now, if we can just keep it that way. After all, it is the weekend and we all know that it's programmed into a cat's DNA that, if they're going to get sick, to do it on a Friday night. :p

Blessings,
Mary

I am so glad that Puddy is feeling better... and most importantly, is home again with her Meowmie! Keep feeling better Puddy! You had us all worried!

Just got home from an appt. and I had to leave Puddy in her room while I was gone and, boy, was she ever squawking when I walked in! I figured she just wanted outa there but she's pacing and squawking right now, so I guess I'll just keep an eye on her. She doesn't appear to be in any pain so maybe it's the cystitis making her feel like she has to pee when she actually doesn't. I have someone coming to give me an estimate in about half an hour, so I'm hoping she'll be ok. Typical Friday in this cat household.

Blessings,
Mary

Getting sick on Friday?
In Tigris' DNA it's major Christian holidays :D

I'm so glad to hear Puddy is doing well. She is one amazing lady. And you are right. We can learn a lot from the kities how to cope with sickness.

I have been following this thread and I am so happy to hear that Puddy is doing much better and pray that she continues to do so.

She truely is a fighter, that's for sure. :)

All things considered, she's doing pretty well, I'd say. She was restless last night, though. Puddy is so independent but since she's come home, she follows me everywhere and if I leave the room, she squawks. LOUDLY. She slept w/me last night and if I even took my hand off her, she cried. I think the whole thing was just too stressful for her. She's been so good w/taking her subQ treatments but the last couple of times, she cried and trembled. That is NOT Puddy. And she seems to have developed some sort of tic; her head jerks 3 or 4 times every couple of minutes or so. She goes in to see Dr. Lee on Wednesday and I'm sure going to ask him about that.

Blessings,
Mary

Oh gosh! Poor little girl! She is probably just terrified of everything that is going on. I hope that it gets better, and that she won't need all the meds and treatments. She sounds totally overwhelmed by everything. Hugs and kisses and gentle scritching to the dear girl.

Sounds like poor Puddy just needs her meowmie and Lots Of Love. She'll soak it up like a sponge...and I am sure she will get back to herself soon.

HUGS to you both!

Puddy had a pretty good night; she slept well, either w/me or in her room. She didn't appear to be so frantic as she has been for the last couple of days. And when it came time to administer her meds this morning, she was her ol' feisty self. That tic does have me concerned, though, and I'm hoping it might just be due to all the meds she's on, which she'll discontinue after a while. But overall, she's pretty much the Puddy I know and fear, er, uh, rather, that is, love . ;)

Blessings,
Mary

I missed this thread earlier - sorry. I'm glad to hear Puddy is doing better, although she has this tick, that, I would be concerned about too. I hope it's due to the medicine and will stop once she off it.

Oh poor girl having to go through all this, she must have been so stressed out. :(

What she needs is peace and quiet and a lot of loving from mommy, and I know she'll get it. :) Please give her extra kisses and gentle scritchies from me.

Get better Puddy!

Puddy!! Glad to hear that you seem to be getting back to your "old" self. I know that makes Mom very happy!!! ((((hugs)))for Mary!!

She has her moments when she's herself but when it comes time to take her meds, she cries and clings to me for dear life and she just trembles the entire time. This is when I'm just giving her a pill and her her pain liquid which I just squirt onto her gums. You should see her when I give her the subQ treatments! Puddy has always been feisty, so that isn't it. But she calms down when I talk to her. But nothing calms her down now. She just cries and trembles. I feel so bad. I sure hope I've done right by this little girl. I don't want her to be miserable. Everyone at the vet's office is so nice; I can't imagine that anyone was mean to her because she was mean to them, trust me. But I don't know what else is going on w/her. She's been through surgery before and hospital stays, too, and she's never been like this.

Blessings,
Mary