The baby, pictured at right, is sick. This morning he was very, very sick with a temperature of 106.4. That is right on the edge my friends. Now, he is somewhat better. It was a really looong day. Here is the brief recap.
8:45 - kitten not good, Mrs. agrees, off to the vet.
10:00 - home from the vet, he is getting good care
11:00 - fever at 105
12:00 - off to pick up pies for Christmas in Pawling, NY
2:00 - fever spikes at 106.4 (we are driving home at this point...tears....)
3:15 - home from pie journey, drop off pies, pick up cat carrier, off to the vet
4:30 - at the vet, kitten doing slightly better (with cone on head), fever coming down
5:15 - at the emergency 24 hour vet center. Why? They can provide the 24 hour monitoring he needs right now. Cost- don't ask.
5:30 - kitten happy to see us and is purring - a good sign - temp down to 104
6:00 - home again, feed the other munchkins, check email, do some work
future at 9:00 - Mrs. will be calling the 24 hour center even though they would prefer we don't. There is no way that call will not happen. And if she wakes up at 2:00am, you bet there will be a call made then as well.
Christmas eve morning - get the blood work results, check the fever, determine if he is coming home or not. Hopefully they will figure out what is going on as sometimes these things have no rhyme or reason.
Christmas day - off to NJ hopefully and maybe home again the same day.
Why do these things always happen with pets at the worst times?
Later,
JH
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There's no good time for these things to happen. Our thoughts are with you and little guy.
As I started typing this our older girl hopped up and tried to get on the keyboard. She sends get well wishes too.
Hope your kitty gets better soon! I know how scary a sick pet can be. My beagle Gravity (6 years old) had her first and 2nd seizure last week.
Scary stuff. Hope curling is going well for you!
Curling junkie in Seattle -
cyndy
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