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