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cats, Mom, and flight
Dec. 26th, 2009 10:32 amWhen a cat does not eat for 2 days it's time to go to the vet. I've dealt with that several times, and the treatment was taking the cat home with an IV bag of lactated Ringer's and a large subcutaneous needle. The trick is to keep the cat hydrated until the crisis passes and the digestive tract and kidneys get a chance to restart.
It's not something the cat wants. The result is a big blob of liquid under the scruff of the neck. That often seeps down the shoulders and into the forepaws leading to a funny gait. The result is that in an hour or so the cat emerges from hiding and gives an evil eye on the way to the litter box. If there were words they would probably be "I just wanted to lie there and die but now I have to pee and it's all your fault!"
So my mom was a nurse, and days before her laparotomy she had starved herself above and beyond the call of duty. I don't think she anticipated just how hard it was going to be to restart her digestive tract after that much shutdown. An untreated cat would certainly have died.
Mom is feeling much better now, and soon I'll fly to see her. Alas for me that a significant security incident just happened on an airliner. The way it sounds there are likely to be a lot of passengers giving the evil eye to the crews about having to pee and it being all their fault. I hope the claws are not too sharp.
It's not something the cat wants. The result is a big blob of liquid under the scruff of the neck. That often seeps down the shoulders and into the forepaws leading to a funny gait. The result is that in an hour or so the cat emerges from hiding and gives an evil eye on the way to the litter box. If there were words they would probably be "I just wanted to lie there and die but now I have to pee and it's all your fault!"
So my mom was a nurse, and days before her laparotomy she had starved herself above and beyond the call of duty. I don't think she anticipated just how hard it was going to be to restart her digestive tract after that much shutdown. An untreated cat would certainly have died.
Mom is feeling much better now, and soon I'll fly to see her. Alas for me that a significant security incident just happened on an airliner. The way it sounds there are likely to be a lot of passengers giving the evil eye to the crews about having to pee and it being all their fault. I hope the claws are not too sharp.
