Prayers for my Pidgelet, please! *Update 11/23*; she's losing weight; post #285

[Medusa]

PM me your address and I'll send you a couple - and mine aren't sickening sweet! I'll be doing more baking in earnest in a couple of weeks when I get back from vacation!

That's good news so far about Pidge - no fluid in her lungs and the mass is gone. Lucky Pidge that you got her help in time. Hopefully you'll get more promising news when you pick her up later. Fingers, toes, paws, wiskers - all crossed here!!

I wasn't hinting, Ellie, truly I wasn't. (Did that come across as sincere enough? LOL) Thanx for your generous offer, even if I did extort it out of you. And thanx for the prayers. My little girl needs them.

[pomtzu]

I wasn't hinting, Ellie, truly I wasn't. (Did that come across as sincere enough? LOL) Thanx for your generous offer, even if I did extort it out of you. And thanx for the prayers. My little girl needs them.

Hey - I didn't take it as a hint - more of a compliment of sorts. And I'm serious! I love baking for people!!

[Medusa]

Hey - I didn't take it as a hint - more of a compliment of sorts. And I'm serious! I love baking for people!!

Maybe it's a good thing we don't live near each other. I felt my hips expand just talking about this.

[phesina]

We're all in there praying and chanting and dancing and sending our healing energies along to dear Pidgelet.

Love from us

[Medusa]

Well, it's the worst possible news. Pidge isn't hyperthyroid; she has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In a nutshell, Dr. Lee said "Your cat could die at any time, even tonight. She's a ticking time bomb." To add to it, her kidneys are bad, so he can't put her on subQ's because she needs Lasix to keep the fluids out. He put her on a beta blocker, too. Here's the worst part of this whole day: I felt like I had been punched in the stomach; I couldn't even cry. So when I left I didn't notice that Dr. Lee hadn't signed the prescriptions! So when I got to my pharmacy, they wouldn't fill anything. So Pidge has no Lasix, only one prescription that Dr. Lee called in. The other prescription that she needed, he wrote two separate doses. One said to give her 1/4 tablet once a day, the other said 1/4 tablet 4 times a day. The pharmacist said to me "This is inexcusable. Does he not know how to write a Rx? I will not take responsibility for killing your cat w/an overdose." So of course, Dr. Lee's clinic was closed by the time all this transpired, so all I could do was leave him a voice mail. Pidge has one Rx to see her through tonight and according to the pharmacist, it should hold her over until she can get some Lasix in the morning. She won't have any tonight. When Dr. Lee picks up that voice mail, he's going to need asbestos earmuffs to listen to it, I was so bloody angry! I paid a huge sum of money to be told that my cat is going to die, only to find out that he wasn't even attentive enough to write a proper Rx to keep her comfortable tonight. To say I'm angry is a gross understatement. He and I WILL talk tomorrow, I guarantee it!

[Anikaca77]

Awww Mary I'm so sorry. You have been through so much lately and I can't even image what you are going through right now. I went through what you did, Anika was laid to rest 2 weeks exactly today and I've been following this thread hoping for the best for Pidge.

I'm so sorry Dr. Lee didn't pay attention to what he was doing. That's just not right. I sure hope you can make Pidge comfortable tonight.

I don't blame you for being angry. Poor Pidgelet.

Mary all I can say right now is that I'm praying and thinking of your and Pidgelet tonight and tomorrow and however long you need us to pray for we will be here.

Prays & Hugs,
Melissa & Rob
Anika (RIP Oct. 6, 2008), Claudia, Ashley, Sebastian, Hermes, Fiona, Athena, and Osiris

[jazzcat]

Oh Mary ((((HUGS))). I just popped in to get an update on Pidge and my heart is breaking for you. I'm so sorry the news is this bad. I pray that Pidge isn't in pain and that you can make the most of your time with her.

The vet not signing the prescriptions is a terrible mistake. I totally understand your anger.

[Prairie Purrs]

Oh, dear. I'm so sorry. My thoughts will be with you and Pidge tonight.

[Emeraldgreen]

I'm so sorry. It shouldn't be this hard. I'm praying that she will be comfortable through the night and that you will be able to get the meds with the correct prescriptions tomorrow morning. The news is devastating and made so much worse when things are going wrong with meds and communication. I think it might be as you once said, that he is such a good vet that he has taken on so many clients but perhaps has taken on too much. I don't blame you for being angry but I pray that this will all somehow work out, that she will make it through tonight and get onto the meds tomorrow and... with LOTS AND LOTS OF PT PRAYERS, that she will go on to live with you for many, many more months and longer. I know Dr. Lee said that she could die at any moment and it is overwhelming. But she also could live on and it could work out. Please hang in there, keep the faith and know that we are with you.

[pomtzu]

Mary - like so many others, I just don't know that there is anything I can say to make you feel any better. You know that you and Pidge are in my prayers.
This whole situation is so distressing for you, but then to have Dr. Lee add to it is just totally inexcusable.
And lately it seems like so many of the PT pets - dogs, cats, young, old - have gone to the Bridge or are very sick. What's going on??? - I wish I knew. Every day anymore, it's just one sad story after another. Some days I don't even really want to read anything on PT!
Please remember the verse I sent to you before: "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." No matter what happens with Pidge, I hope you can find peace and comfort in this.
A gentle pat to Pidge and hugs to you Mary.

[phesina]

Oh.. my... God....

Oh Mary, I am so sorry.