Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
After reading your earlier post, all I could think was "Good Lord - NO - why are you putting Mary thru this? Enough is enough!!"
I hope Pidge is stabalized for now and the meds will soon kick in. Maybe if you don't let her lay around too much and make her move around some, that it will help along with the Lasix to keep more fluid out of her lungs.
I know you must be caught between a rock and a hard place concerning both vets. It just sounds to me -IMO- that Dr. Lee's practice is maybe too big to give the personal attention that Dr. B can. It seems like it's his staff and not him, but unfortunately there's no way to get around dealing with them first before you can get thru to him or another vet. It must be totally frustrating for you.
Of course you know that the poochies and I are sending well wishes and prayers for Pidge, and you also.
No, it isn't Dr. Lee or actually even Dr. Feeman. I've got to get the point across to Dr. Lee, since it's his clinic, that when someone calls crying and saying "I'm scared! She can't breathe and her tongue is hanging out!" that it isn't a frivolous call. Both Dr. F and Dr. B said that if I had waited, Pidge may not have made it. Her lungs were already beginning to fill w/fluid. When that happened to Puddy, she was gone in an hour, so I knew that I didn't have any time to waste. By the time Dr. F called me back, it was 1 1/2 hours past closing time, so even though it was nice of him to finally call, it wouldn't have done me any good because their clinic is an hour away and everyone would've been gone.

Dr. B and her tech both commented on how strong Pidge is. She really fought them. So maybe she stands a good chance of the meds working and I'll have her for a little while longer. But I thought that way about Puddy, too. I don't want to sound defeatist but congestive heart failure is serious and when a cat is as old as Pidge, it's tough for them to fight. Dr. F told me to keep a close watch on her over the weekend. WHY does this always happen on a weekend??? She's going to sleep w/me tonight, like it or not. I'll never sleep a wink, knowing that she could be downstairs and not breathing.