Pidgie needs prayers quick!; update; 12/21; She's gone; post #50

**catmandu** · 12-15-2009, 09:45 AM

The Found Ctas are so sorry that Pidges having those kind of troubles, that so embarrasing of a Clean Cat to have those issues!

We are praying that its nothing serious , and that Pidge will be well by Catmas Day!!!!

**Medusa** · 12-15-2009, 10:00 AM

We're home. She was blocked alright. He didn't want to give her an enema this time b/c her temp dropped dangerously low to 97.5. Initially he said "I have to ask myself "Is she dying?". That shocked me b/c Dr. Lee doesn't talk like that. However, once he got her cleaned out, her temp came up to 101 and he felt much better and so did I. I said "If you didn't give her an enema, then how did you get her cleaned out?" He said "We did it digitally". I didn't understand and and he grinned and said "Dr. L has smaller digits than I do". Ooooh! That kind of digital. He got everything out except one small stool and a hairball, which he said she'll eventually pass.

He gave me anti-nausea meds for her and lactulose and he told me to increase her Cat Lax dosage to 3 times a day instead of 2. He said that given her age of 21, she's doing pretty well. It's been 8 months since her last episode. He said that he has cats that are brought in that are only 2 years old that he has to do that with every month so Pidge is exceptional. I was concerned about it straining her heart and he said not to be but to keep in mind that as we age, things slow down and this may probably happen again.

They shaved her behind for me (Thank you. I was dreading that job.) I also smelled a familiar odor from when I had dogs, anal sac smell, and he said that hers were full. I didn't know that cats could have that problem but he took care of that for me, too. (Thank you again.)

So we'll see how she does today. I've had to reschedule taking my car in for some minor repairs and I asked if I could safely leave her for a couple of hours and was told that probably all she's going to do is poop, LOL, so go ahead. So in the basement Ms. Stinky Bum goes until I come home.

Thanx for the prayers again but if you can keep her in mind, I'd appreciate it. She's an old gal but a goodie.

Forgot to mention that LBK wasn't around when I left for Dr. Lee's this morning and he wasn't here when I got back home. I hope he didn't think I forgot about him.