My neighbor found Madison in their vacant house.... right next door!
She was gone for TWO MONTHS.
She is not in good shape.
She is very skinny (8lbs.), her eyes were completely dialated, and her limbs were stiff, her liver values were way high which could either mean she ingested something toxic or the lack of food led to high ammonia levels damaging the liver. I took her to the vet and she had a seizure while in their care so we took her an hour north giving her IV fluids to an emergency clinic where they wanted to charge me $900 to keep her over night and do tests.
Yeah. Fuckin. Right.
So I had them give her anitbiotics for her liver and I took her home. I brought her to my work vet for more blood tests the next morning... the important part here is that she survived the night with no more seizures. Her liver values improved so I didn't have to put her down thank god. Next I took her back to the Roseburg vet where they ended up giving me Amoxi and A/D and charged me $317. Freaking leeches.
This all happened last friday. She's much improved.
I feed her every 8 hours, medicate every twelve and when she wakes me up every 20 minutes I give her 3-6 mL of water to keep her hydrated since she can't do anything herself.
She poops and pees fine but then needs a bath since she still can't stand fully...she is getting really good at holding her head up enough to eat out of the dish herself.
So we're taking it day by day.
I am just glad to have my kitten back. I honestly never thought I'd see her again.
2 comments:
yeah for kittens coming home. my little got caught in a house being remodeled for a three day weekend and i was devastated. i can only imagine how you felt.
welcome home kittah! :)
Double-yay!
And boy, do I know how you feel about vet prices. When my Maggie got so sick I had to put her to sleep, it cost me $800 to figure that out. Seriously.
And, since I've read the new news, triple-yay that she's doing better!
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