Oops

I spoke too soon last night about my cat being better. Within an hour of posting she started vomiting again. So this morning I spent three hours at the vet with her. It took longer than when I go to the doctor.

Picture my stressed out sick cat in a litle carrier, sitting in the vet's waiting room. There is only one other dog in there. Then along comes a big huge dog, who's owner says is still a "puppy." Big huge dog makes me nervous cause I fear my cat going ballistic in her carrier (she's a little high strung). Thankfully big dog sits across the room from us. Then along comes a man and a woman with eight black lab six week old puppies. Yes, eight yippy, crying dogs. They sit a few seats down, I have since moved abby's cage to the other side of where I am sitting. Receptionist comes out to pet the puppies. I briefly fear she will attempt to pet Abby and loose a finger. As I'm thinking this, in walks two pit bulls, followed by some other big dog and a smaller dog. so it's my cat and close to 15 dogs. She did the only thing she could do, layed in her carrier and played dead. Yes, I know she was playing cause I poked her once to make sure. Yep, she moved.

Thank goodness they called us back to the room. More waiting and every once in a while you could here the sounds of heavy panting as dogs walked past the room (where were the other cats?) Vet comes in, let's Abby out of her carrier. Abby was fine until she touched her bladder. Then the technician found out why it says that Abby may bite in here chart. She didn't bite her but she came close. This was followed by some growling, hissing and a little poofing of the fur.
They took her back, got some Urine (through a small needle inserted through her abdomin into here bladder), took some blood, did some x-rays. I thought we were done and the doctor would be in soon with the diagnosis. Wrong, they had to reshoot an x-ray. More waiting. Finally the doctor came in, not sure what is wrong with Abby. There is no blockage. There is a slight bladder infection and some billirubins (spelling ?) in her urine. Billirubins are secreted by your liver and normally don't belong in your Urine. The doctor was conserned about her liver, since she is slightly over weight and won't eat. However, I decided to hold off on sending the blood work off due to the expense of it. I have since recalled that when you have been throwing up for a while, your liver enzimes and stuff can get thrown off. Mostly from dehidration. Therefore, I Dr. Sarah (not really) have concluded that her liver is probably ok. It's just from being sick.

So technically, we don't know what is wrong with the cat. So we are just treating her symtoms. She has an antibiotic for her bladder, an antibiotic for her GI tract, and some nausea medicine. Thats three medicines I have to force my cat to take twice a day each. It's been less than a day and she already runs when she see's me coming. Especially if she notices the medicine syringe thingie in my hand. So I have to chase her all over the house, drag her out from under tables, then hold her down and try to get all the liquid medicine down her throat. I end up with it on me, and usually dripping from her mouth.

How much did all this cost you might ask? $145.00! If I had sent the blood off it would have been another $60 something.

On the way home from the vet I saw a car with lettering on the back I didn't understand. I got the top part, it said "Think God" it was the bottom lettering I didn't get, "It's the speed limit, problem?!" I thought it meant something along the lines of "The speed I'm going is the speed limit so back off." Then, they sped past me doing at least 10-15 over. So that left me wondering if it meant something else.

Well, my nephew is here...