Emily is REALLY sick, she is gone

Hi Everyone,

Well my namesake (Emily) is REALLY sick with a URI. We went to the vet on Friday and I had them give her an antibiotic injection and I got some pills to give her at home. But I also found out that she had lost 1.5 lbs (she was only 6.1 lbs to begin with). I have been force feeding her Max Cal mixed with a little water and the antibiotic pills. She has now had 3 pills and the injection and seems to be getting worse. When I fed her this morning she was walking with a wobble and she is not fighting me at all. Emily usually hates to be wrapped in a towel, but now she isn't even complaining. :(

She is in the master bedroom and I just ran a hot shower to steam up the room (and hopefully help her breathing). I also have a humdifier in there for her. Does anyone else have any other suggestions??? I am really worried about her :( :( :(

Can you take her back to the vet? Sounds like she needs to be admitted for inpatient care at this point. :(

Unfortunately my vet is closed on Sunday and the only emergency vets in this area will not keep her over night because they close when the other vet offices are open.

I agree, a vet visit is imperative.

Your cat needs to be hospitalized RIGHT NOW!!! URI's are nothing to play around with! Can you get her to the emergency vet and pick up her and take her to your vet on Monday???

I live very close to an emergency veterinary service that is open 24x7 every day of the year but when I asked them to keep a kitten with a severe URI they said he was still better off at home and they refused to take such infectious cats unless their lives were in immediate danger. So, your vets may refuse. My regular vet keeps infectious cats in their restroom (heated and large) to protect their other sick clients. From what I have been told over and over as I've dealt with URI's in many cats, there is nothing they would do beyond what you are doing now. She's actually better off in your home, frightening as it is for you, and I do empathise with you.

Did the vet take blood to find out why Emily has lost weight? My thought is that Emily has an underlying illness, such as early renal failure or hyperthyroidism, that has caused the weight loss and made her more vulnerable to infections.

Keep doing what you are doing, especially the force feeding even though it's very distressing and scary when they are mouth breathing. I've always used AD, is what you are using from the vet?

Have you tried baby food(chicken/turkey)they can smell that OR tuna fish, that really smells! How old is your cat?

I know for human, crumbling eucalyptus leaves into hot water makes a steam that helps them breathe ... eucalyptus is usully available in the florist department of supemarkets. She'll be in our prayers.

There Are Vet Formulas Like Sciece Diet Ad Which Are Very Soft And Can Be Fed To Your Poor Emily.
Please Dont Hesitate Into Getting Emily To Your Vets, I Hesitated
And Because Of That My Precious Passed On.
We Are Praying As Hard As We Can That Dear Emily Will Be All Right.

Well right now she is staying at the emergency vet's office for the night. Their recommendation was that I let her go to the RB. Unfortunately I couldn't do that without giving her a chance, so she is with them tonight. They will warm her up, re-hydrate her, and give her antibiotics. She does have early kidney failure, so when they did the blood work the levels came back very poorly.

Please say a prayer or two for her...

I am so sorry. I will think positive thoughts for your Emily...

The best thoughts are coming Emily's way and yours too. What a terribly difficult time you are going through right now. Hopefully you'll find some comfort from your friends here.
How old is Emily?

HUGS and PT Prayers for poor Emily!

Rehydration has worked miracles before on cats...and with EARLY renal trouble, I hope it will do the trick!

She can't be that old...I hope her usual good health will stand her in good stead.

Emily, come back and stay with your Meowmie...come back to love and health.
Creator, power of life, God, all that is right and whole, please embrace and heal one of your beautiful creatures, Emily.

Sending best thoughts for Emily. I hope so much she can get over this.

i am soooo sorry for your poor baby being so sick.Do you think she'll be ok for an operation?Usually that's what they do when the URI is this bad...and usually as fast as possible.I'm saying when nothing else works.
Prayers are on the way for dear emily.

Oh no! You must be frantically worried and upset. It's amazing how much sub-q fluids can help cats; I have them on hand at home all the time and not just for the one CRF foster cat I have. If they can just pull her through the URI, the renal failure can be dealt with. I have a seriously ill CRF cat right now and just put her on Epogen injections which have obviously helped her already. Those, plus twice daily fluids and forced AD feedings have brought her back from near collapse.

I will be thinking positive thoughts for Emily.

Prayers for Emily. I am glad that she is staying at the emergency vets. At least you know they will monitor her all night and do what they can. You can have the peace of mind that she is being helped to the best of your ability.

In the morning, maybe your regular vet will have more suggestions. Maybe a different antibiotic.

I am so sorry to hear about Emily. Hugs, prayers and good thoughts for you and your sweet girl. Don't lose hope, the docs are doing all they can for her.


(((((hugs)))))

Emily is only 7yo, so she is very young to have kidney failure and it was only diagnosed about a month a half ago so we are only in the early stages of things.

Right now she is on an IV drip with a heated solution and IV antibiotics, and she is in a heated cage.

I hope that the re-hydration will help and if she needs to continue it at home I can do that. She just needs to make it through the night... :(

But thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

my colby and lucy have early kidney failure,both are about 7 years old.very hard on us wondering why so young and hoping so much they get many more years.
Emily will get extra prayers from me and i'll make sure mike says some to for her.
:( get well emily...please stay strong.

I am so glad you got her in to a vet.

Prayers for Emily from RI, and {{hugs}} for you.

I'm so sorry to hear this sad news.:( I hope that she'll begin to feel better soon. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way. Please take care. (((HUGS)))

Prayers for Emily.

Will keep good thoughts and prayers that things look better in the morning for Emily.

Have you been in touch with the emergency clinic to see how she is doing?

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, I actually just got off the phone with the vet clinic. They said that she is resting comfortably. Her body temperature has started to increase (it was really low). Unfortunately her electrolytes are still really high, but they will check them again at 2AM.

Please keep her in your prayers this evening...

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Please keep her in your prayers this evening...

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We will.

More prayers for Emily. I hope that as her temp gets back to normal, her body can start setting everything else back to where it should be.

{{{{hugs}}}}

Prayers rising for Emily.

Just saw this thread, sending prayers for Emily!!

I so hope Emily is feeling better now, and her temperature back to normal. Sending her lots of healing thoughts.

Well she made it through the night :D but she is not out the woods yet. I picked her up from the emergency vet this morning and brought her over to my regular vet.

She is still having great difficulty maintaining her body temperature but at least her kidney levels have dropped significantly. When the BUN was first measured yesterday afternoon, the machine could not do a reading that high (>130) but now she is down to 45 (the high normal is 34).

She is being kept in an incubator and on warmed IV fluids and antibiotics. They will re-test her later this afternoon to see how she is doing.

Your thoughts and prayers are working, but could I bother you to say another one for her today...

No bother, that's for sure. Will keep those prayers going for sweet Emily.....

The vet just phoned me and told me that Emily is unable to maintain her body temperature despite everything they are doing.

The time has come for me to go say my final farewell to her :( :(

Oh no, I'm so sorry. :(

((((hugs))))

I don't believe it! What a horrible shock to you, you must be distraught. I can't type much since I'm at work and already in tears. I'm just reeling from the suddeness of this. I can only hope all goes peacefully as you say your farewell which is always so bitterly hard.

I am so very sorry. I don't get over to the Cat side much, but this thread has caught my attention several times. {{{hugs}}} :(

I am so terribly sorry for you. You will be in my prayers. ((HUGS))

I am so sorry for your loss. RIP sweet Emily. You were loved and will be sorely missed.

I am so sorry. Prayers for you and Emily.