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Scruffy in Hospital
Jan. 23rd, 2010 02:08 pmPoor kitty.
I heard him kathump-kathump in the hallway last night, he was breathing hard, sounded like he had lung issues. I noticed he wasn't able to stand properly. After observing him for a couple of minutes (for all I knew, he'd
Woke up Rick and we took him to the vet. Turns out he's got congestive heart failure and had a saddle thrombus, essentially rendering him numb in the rear legs, but in a lot of pain from the nerves yelping.
They got him on some good drugs and he's recovering. He's able to walk around some, but doesn't have full recovery of his strength yet, but at least he seems to be comfortable. They were able to reduce the congestion issue as well.
We don't know what his long-term prognosis is at this point, though.
Update: it may take him a couple of weeks to walk normally again, so we may not know immediately about his long-term quality of life. He only has one front leg, so he really needs rear leg function to walk properly. He's able to stand a bit more now, thankfully.
I heard him kathump-kathump in the hallway last night, he was breathing hard, sounded like he had lung issues. I noticed he wasn't able to stand properly. After observing him for a couple of minutes (for all I knew, he'd
Woke up Rick and we took him to the vet. Turns out he's got congestive heart failure and had a saddle thrombus, essentially rendering him numb in the rear legs, but in a lot of pain from the nerves yelping.
They got him on some good drugs and he's recovering. He's able to walk around some, but doesn't have full recovery of his strength yet, but at least he seems to be comfortable. They were able to reduce the congestion issue as well.
We don't know what his long-term prognosis is at this point, though.
Update: it may take him a couple of weeks to walk normally again, so we may not know immediately about his long-term quality of life. He only has one front leg, so he really needs rear leg function to walk properly. He's able to stand a bit more now, thankfully.