10:10 - Thursday, Apr. 26, 2007
Sick Kitty
So a week or so after we took Dusty to the vet he seemed to be better. The things they did to him there & the special food & medicine we gave him seemed to have done the trick. But then the food was gone & we went back to the old stuff. He's been sick again since. I am still giving him the 'medicine' - it's this tube of gooey stuff that's supposed to help for hairballs, but I don't think that is the case anymore, because his stomach is still not happy. It was gradual, first every few days, then every couple, and now every day again. I came home yesterday to 3 huge spots of puke. Of course he won't go on the hardwood or tile or linoleum where it would be easy to clean, he finds a nice peice of carpet that is next to impossible to clean (especially if I don't catch it until I get home & it has dried/hardened). Or on the furniture once - yuck! Good thing I could just take the couch cover off & wash it. He also puked on one of Frankie's stuffed toys so I had to throw it away. I threw out the carpets yesterday, they were not too good anyway, one just for shoes etc. at the back door & then the small one in the living room I intended on tossing when we moved anyway, but I am starting to freak... If he pukes on the new slip covers I just bought, I will be so upset! Them if he starts destroying our new home, carpet, furniture etc. I will just die! So as sad as I am for the poor guy, I am so frustrated with the whole situation.
So I called the vet that we took him to. She didn't tell me much to help. She suggested I go back & buy more of that special food, maybe he has just developed a sensitive stomach. So these cans are not only quite pricey, but Cupid doesn't really like it & hardly eats it, so it's unfair for her to have to suffer, but what can I do? She's not sick, so I guess eventually she'd just get used to it. But who knows if this will even work? And can I spend this much money on the cats now? She wasn't overly helpful & said she couldn't say much more without blood work so to call her back in a few days if it doesn't change. So what, another $260 vet appointment in that case to tell me NOTHING like last time?!?
I am just so stressed about this I could cry. We just don't need another expense right now, ot other shit to worry about. I feel so bad that he is sick, but I just don't know what to do. I love Dusty very much, I really do, but what is best for him & for us if we can't fix this problem? He can't be happy puking all the time, and I know our new home is worth a whole lot to me too...
I don't want to put him down or give him away, I really don't. So we'll try everything we can (to a certain extent, if the vet says a treatment is going to cost far more than we can afford, I don't know) to help him, but if we can't, I just don't know what we'll do.
I'll be so sad if I have to lose my baby... but I will also be so sad to see him so sick all the time, and also sad to see my new house turn to shit because of it...
Ugh. Am I a bad kitty Mom for even considering this?
I guess we better get pet insurance for Frankie since he is outside a lot & can pick up so many things, as well as being the breed he is the dangers of spine problems. Dogs are much more expensive & lots more to think about, and I don't want something like this to end up having to get rid of him...
Cupid I am not worried about, she is 11 and has always been a healthy cat, Hank says she's got an iron stomach! I always figured these cats being indoor would be just fine & nothing could happen to them...
So pray for my baby for me! I want him to come to the new house all happy & healthy, all of us as a family will come in fresh and start our happy lives & future puke & stress free!!!
If in the next month & a half.. if the problem isn't solved... do I bring him with us? ... Ugh... what a yucky feeling to even think about...
PS: Diaryland is really driving me friggen nuts! It's not letting me put in entries, then it might put it in 2-5 times, then I edit one to fix it & it's fixed for a day & then fucked up again the next... ARGH! When is this shit gonna be fixed?!?!? :'-( WAAAAAAAAAAH!
