Emergency Prayer Needed For Emma... UPDATE

[Ginger's Mom]

Although I haven't had a chance to respond here, Emma has been very close in my thoughts all day, and prayers have been sent out for her recovery.

[kb2yjx]

I am so sorry to read about Emma!!! Many prayers heading her way, and that all goes well on Wednesday!!!

[Jessika]

I would like to thank you all so very much... she still has not gone on her own, but she has tried to, which to me speaks volumes. That means she can feel that she has to go, she just can't...

I know sometimes when animals go through trauma like this they can lose certain functions but can regain them back later, sometimes it takes days to weeks. The Dr was actually surprised when they brought her in yesterday that she WAS up and walking around, despite her injuries. So they do have high hopes still!

Again, thank you all so much, it means a lot.

[Catty1]

Maybe she WILL heal yet!

You're able to express her bladder, right?

What about her intestine?

I hope the vet gives her a little more time when he sees her tomorrow. And I hope he can clear her bowel and let it rest a bit.

She is TRYING to go! What a girl...if she can feel she has to, then maybe the rest of the system just needs a bit more healing.

BIG PT PRAYERS for EMMA!

[Jessika]

GOOD NEWS!!! Hubby and I checked on her just now, and there is a small amount of feces in the litterbox!! Not a large amount, maybe the size of my thumb, but I'm pretty sure it isn't something that just "fell out" on its own, you know?!

GO EMMA!!!!

EDIT: Yes, I am learning about manual expression BUT have not physically done it on any animal yet... I was going to talk with my clin med instructor tomorrow and ask if maybe she'll help me during lunch or something and show me how to do it. She's a wonderful instructor -- today she let us microchip all the kitties, and my class got to do it -- its the first time I've used a needle on an animal before and I was able to microchip my kitten Shelly... it was so cool!

[Catty1]

YAAAAY!!!!! GO EMMA!

Oh, if she can poop on her own, even a bit - who knows what a couple of weeks will do? I am SURE the vet will give her some extra time!

And maybe she will pee, too.

MORE PT PRAYERS! GO, BABY EMMA!


(umm....just realized "go" has more than one meaning.... )

[krazyaboutkatz]

This is great news about Emma!!! Now hopefully your vet will give you some good news tomorrow and I also hope that everything will go well. She'll continue to remain in my thoughts and prayers.

I do have one question though. Since she still hasn't been able to pee on her own, will she be okay before the vet expresses her bladder again? I'm asking this because I know when male cats become blocked it's very important to get them to a vet and unblocked asap because the urine can build up in their systems and eventually kill them. Maybe females are different.

[Jessika]

This is great news about Emma!!! Now hopefully your vet will give you some good news tomorrow and I also hope that everything will go well. She'll continue to remain in my thoughts and prayers.

I do have one question though. Since she still hasn't been able to pee on her own, will she be okay before the vet expresses her bladder again? I'm asking this because I know when male cats become blocked it's very important to get them to a vet and unblocked asap because the urine can build up in their systems and eventually kill them. Maybe females are different.

To be honest, I'm not sure, but I DO know that if you aren't comfortable or experienced with manually expressing a bladder you shouldn't do it because it can be very easy to rupture it, and that of course would cause a whole new world of problems for this little girl.

HOWEVER!! I went in to show my MIL that she went to the bathroom just now, and discovered along with defecating earlier -- SHE URINATED!!!!! Again, not a whole lot, but she urinated!!!

She has a vet appointment tomorrow, I'm sure the Doc will manually express her again and/or hopefully do something to help remove some of the feces, and I will also speak with an instructor about showing me how to manually express bladders in case I need to help and will feel comfortable with doing it.