Serious question re my meezer Coco Puff *Update 4/25; Pidge not doing well; post #140

[phesina]

Mary, I hope the x-ray will provide some answers for you all. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

What a good boy Boo Bear is to be looking after the members of his family who need his calming energies and purrs!

Love, {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}, ~~~~~~~PURRS~~~~~~~,
Pat and kitties

[krazyaboutkatz]

Mary, I'm just now trying to catch up on this thread. I'm sorry that he's not showing any improvement. Hopefully the x-ray will show you something and that it'll be easily treatable. I'll keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

[Emeraldgreen]

I'm glad that Coco Puff is going in for the xray, better to be sure. If nothing shows up on the xray and Dr. Lee still feels it's congestion and build up, do you think steaming would help? I know the congestion is in his ears but it might help loosen stuff up and get things moving. Maybe you could stay with him in the bathroom and pet him so he doesn't get scared and then run your shower super hot to steam up the bathroom. Might not help but it might make him comfortable a bit.

I missed the thread on Yodie's ear infection, what happened with that? I think I read a few posts ago that you said it was contagious? It does make sense that maybe this is the same thing. Did Coco get the same meds as Yodie?

I hope that he will begin to get better very soon. I can only imagine how stressful this is for the whole household.

He hasn't returned to any of his spots; he lies in the middle of the hardwood floor in the hallway and when I walk up to him, he meows loudly. Maybe he's confused and that's why he sits there or maybe he feels safe there, I don't know.

Maybe he is thinking that if he puts himself out there in a weird spot like that, out of the normal, he'll be sure to let you know that things aren't normal for him. Maybe it's his way of asking for help. They are such smarties. Little does he know, you're all over it and he's going in for more tests.

[Medusa]

I'm glad that Coco Puff is going in for the xray, better to be sure. If nothing shows up on the xray and Dr. Lee still feels it's congestion and build up, do you think steaming would help? I know the congestion is in his ears but it might help loosen stuff up and get things moving. Maybe you could stay with him in the bathroom and pet him so he doesn't get scared and then run your shower super hot to steam up the bathroom. Might not help but it might make him comfortable a bit.

I missed the thread on Yodie's ear infection, what happened with that? I think I read a few posts ago that you said it was contagious? It does make sense that maybe this is the same thing. Did Coco get the same meds as Yodie?

I hope that he will begin to get better very soon. I can only imagine how stressful this is for the whole household.

No, they weren't on the same meds. Yodie was on a really potent antibiotic; I can't recall the name at the moment. However, there was no mistaking that Yodie had an infection because it smelled awful, to the point of making me gag even. And when she shook her head, stuff flew out of it. Coco's ears are 100% clear and there's no smell. I laundered absolutely everything that I could and what I couldn't launder I had dry cleaned so that none of the Fur Posse could get the infection.

I, too, thought about steaming him, Lara and I think I'm going to try that today.



Maybe he is thinking that if he puts himself out there in a weird spot like that, out of the normal, he'll be sure to let you know that things aren't normal for him. Maybe it's his way of asking for help. They are such smarties. Little does he know, you're all over it and he's going in for more tests.

No, they weren't on the same meds. Yodie was on a really potent antibiotic; I can't recall the name at the moment. However, there was no mistaking that Yodie had an infection because it smelled awful, to the point of making me gag even. And when she shook her head, stuff flew out of it. Coco's ears are 100% clear and there's no smell. I laundered absolutely everything that I could and what I couldn't launder I had dry cleaned so that none of the Fur Posse could get the infection.

I, too, thought about steaming him, Lara and I think I'm going to try that today.

[katladyd]

I am praying for a full recovery for your dear boy! What a precious meezer he is!

[Medusa]

Well, tomorrow is the big day for Booper Boy. He'll get his skull x-rayed in the morning. I broiled a steak for dinner and wondered why he wasn't underfoot hoping to get a bite or two or, better yet, sneak a bite or two. Then it dawned on me that if he can't hear, he probably can't smell anything either. That may affect his appetite because if you can't smell anything, your sense of taste is diminished. I just feel so bad about this. I sure do hope his hearing comes back. He seems to have lost his energy. I think he's really depressed. He doesn't interact at all w/the rest of the Fur Posse.

[moosmom]

Poor sweet Puffman. Get better sweetheart. We love you!!

[ChrisH]

Prayers on the way for a certain diagnosis and solution to be found tomorrow.

[Medusa]

Dr. Lee did the skull x-ray and a chest x-ray, too, because when Coco had the sinusitis, he was really congested and he wanted to make sure that he didn't have anything going on in his chest. All that he could see is some "fuzziness" in Coco's ear canal still. He tested his hearing as best he could by clapping his hands behind Coco and using a tuning fork near his ears. He believes that Coco can hear but that's he's indifferent to the noise. I told him that he was never easily spooked until last week and I posted about it here on PT. He said "Mary, I don't think he has a tumor on the brain and yet everything that you tell me that he is and isn't doing is all brain related. I'm hoping that this is just a nasty infection that hasn't cleared up so I'm going to start him on Zeniquin and I want you to either call me or bring him back for a followup in 14 days."

He asked if I ever see rapid eye movement back and forth in Coco's eyes and I told him that when I first rescued him that he'd had what my other vet called a seizure and his eyes moved back and forth like that for about 4 hours but he's never had an episode since. He said that Coco's eyes were dilated and his blood pressure was slightly elevated but he thinks it's because he was scared. He said to keep him on the Prednisolone and the Zeniquin and if there isn't any improvement in two weeks, my only alternative to see what's going on in his brain is an MRI. He told me that it's at least $1300 and most people don't take that option. I'm trying to stay optimistic and follow my own advice to "keep the faythe" but this is scary.

The poor boy vomited in his carrier on the way home, a first for him, but, thankfully, we were only about 2 minutes away from home. Wow, it smelled awful! It's funny, though, on the way to Dr. Lee's he protested and I heard "Raoul! Raoul!", as if to say "There, ya happy? I'm saying my name. Now get me outa here!" When that didn't work, it sounded as though he was saying "No! Run, run, run!" He was making me laugh on the way there; he sounded so funny. Please keep up the prayers for my little Raoul Boop. He's so precious to me.

[Prairie Purrs]

Sending more healing wishes for sweet Coco Puff! Here's hoping that this is just the lingering effects of an ear infection and that the medications will finally clear it up.

[Anikaca77]

I hope he feels better soon and that this new meds will help him..

Prays,
melissa

[Laura's Babies]

Awww! I hope the vet is right that it is just an infection. Poor Baby! He just knows he isn't right and probably scared to death. Of coarse you got prayers for that sweet baby and healing vibes coming that way. ((((HUGS)))) for you!

[Medusa]

I'm on my way back in to Dr. Lee's. I had to run out to the bank and when I got home, I found several piles of vomit. I thought it might have been Coco but it's Pidge. She's vomiting up yellow mucous and she's blocked and straining to poop. It's dripping out of her but I can see where she's blocked and when I touch her back there to wipe, she cries, so Dr. Lee told me to bring her in. When it rains, it pours. Prayers for my Pidge, please. She's nearing 20 years old now.

[phesina]

Oh my God, Mary. One thing after another.

Prayers of course for Pidgelet and Coco Puff.

[Prairie Purrs]

What a stressful day! I hope Dr. Lee can easily take care of Pidgie Pie's problem and that she's home and happy right away.