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She's great! Thanks for asking. She woke me up about 500 times last night because I wasn't giving her her tummy rub.So how is joy doing ??
Yes, definitely.Great news, and once you have all your questions answered, I'm sure you'll be much more at ease.
My beautiful, favorite cat, Joy Noelle, is sick.
Yesterday I happened to be passing by one of the rooms that has a litter box--and she was peeing on the mat, not in the box. I just stood there gaping at her; she never potties outside a cat box.
She finished peeing and sat down a few inches away. She didn't know I was behind her. I called out to her, "Joy...Joy Noelle?", and she looked at me and groaned "mmmmmmm"
I scooped her up and took her to my room; she was moaning the whole time. The minute my live-in helper got home I told her; I was almost in tears.
We had both noticed things recently, like being able to feel her hip-bones. We had made an appointment with my vet--who my helper used to work for--for her regular checkup next Tuesday. But we called and they said to bring her in right away.
My vet gave her 100cc of fluids (she was dehydrated), and drew blood and urine for a full lab panel. He sent us home with antibiotics, and will call when the lab results are in. We're all thinking renal failure...but maybe we're wrong, and it's just a little bladder infection.
Here's a recent pic of her sleeping on her favorite piece of furniture: me!
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Please send prayers, healing thoughts, whatever your thing is, our way. I've had her since she was ≈5 weeks old, and she'll turn 15 in October. I adore her...
Her treatment plan will include subcutaneous fluids every other day:
I most definitely will!Give her an extra tummy rub for us!
Yes, they're all catnip lovers! Especially Joy Noelle. She knows the exact drawer in my rolltop desk where the container of Cosmic Catnip is stored. When she sees my hand going for its handle, watch out!Just curious but I've read that about a third of cats are indifferent to catnip. Are any or all of your cats big catnip fans?
She's not tall enough! I mean, she can reach it, but wouldn't be able to pull the drawer open at that angle.I'm surprised Joy hasn't figured out how to access the drawer. It took child proof locks on our cabinet doors and drawers to keep our cat out of them. Cats are crafty.
You are in my thoughts buddy.Back to the vet tomorrow. He wanted to see her today, but we couldn't do it. So tomorrow, to address her near-total not eating, and being cold. I'm scared to see what the scale shows...