... and the Bad

[kybearfuzz]

Before I left for my trip, I had noticed that Maggie had been drooling a bit. I wasn't necessarily worried about this, as Maggie has a bad habit of licking the soap in the shower. I had stopped leaving bar soap in the shower for that reason, but I thought she had gotten a hold of a sliver of it.

When I got home from the airport on Friday, I found three incidents of cat barf with hairballs in the family room. I didn't panic as this happens with cats and Maggie was up and happy to see me. I put my bags down and went upstairs to find speckles of blood on the carpet in the living room, along with some dried drool and blood on the Maggie's blanket on the back of my sofa where she sleeps.

Okay, with this, I panicked.

I put her in her carrier with no fight from her and drove to the veterinary ER nearby. They did some blood tests and some x-rays. They found her stomach had a lot of food and gas in her tummy, but no blockages. The veterinarian concluded that she probably had been overeating, resulting in the cat barf. The cat barf likely irritated her esophagus, which resulted in the blood in the spit-up and on the carpet. The vet gave her an anti-nausua shot, an antacid shot, an antibiotic, and fluids. She wanted me to give her bland food for the next day to ease her digestion. Maggie seemed better and I drove her home before Mike showed up for the weekend.

Maggie seemed better on Saturday with no incidents of cat barf or drooling.

At 3 AM this morning, Maggie began violently convulsing on my bed, waking me up. By the time I got the light on, she had fallen from the bed and was seizing on the floor. Mike woke up and stayed with her while I got dressed and got her carrier. By the time I got the carrier, Maggie was awake but disoriented. She didn't fight me getting in the carrier. We drove her to the Vet ER again and luckily the same veterinarian was on duty.

We were there about an hour and Maggie seemed to be back to normal, even a bit more affectionate (which is usually isn't). The vet recommended leaving her for a day so they could observe her. They're not sure what is causing it, but they'll conduct some more tests. The vet said she'll call me tonight with an update. So we left Maggie at the vet hospital and headed back to my house to get a bit more sleep.

I'll be going back to the vet tomorrow morning to see her. Hopefully, they'll have good news.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an allergic reaction. I hope she's ok!

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

Heres hoping that Maggie (and you) pulls through this with flying colors.

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell. How scary. Fingers crossed for her - and for you.

[geometrician.livejournal.com]

I hope this works out okay. I know it is scary. Years ago we had a very old cat that developed occasional seizures in the last few years of her life. The would come on, last about a minute, then she was fine. We weren't sure that she wasn't having a pinched nerve or something, but we never did find out what it was. One time she seized while I was petting her, and she latched onto my hand and bit down hard. My god, it was painful. And there was nothing I could do but wait for her to get over it. Fortunately, I did not end up with an infection from it.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Hugs! I am wishing the best for Maggie.

[barak.livejournal.com]

Gosh I hope the kitty is okay!

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I hope she's ok! *hugs*

[dendren.livejournal.com]

hugs hugs hugs we are going through some stuff with Max kitty, it's stressful and horrible I know. I hope all works out a-ok for Maggie. xoxoxoxoxo