My poor Daisy

UPDATE: Wed., Dec. 20

Daisy is home. She's on Metacam for pain. She is eating, as well. Phew!

Tuesday, Dec. 12th

Our little tree is looking pretty sad. Looking back in time, I heard

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Daisy loves the tree

a strange noise in the living room. I presumed there was a cat in the presents. When I put the tree on, I noticed it was missing some more lights. The top portion had gone.

Wednesday, Dec. 

Poor Daisy. Hubby noticed Daisy didn't eat during the morning ritual. There was a throw up the day before. She always jumps up on her table, and then he gives her a bit of cream after breakfast. She's not even drinking that. She did try to eat some wet food, which is highly unusual for her. She religiously tries to cover up wet food as if it was poo.
She is drooling excessively, and has very bad breath, which is really unlike her.

Saturday, 5 p.m.

I phoned the vet, the emergency service passed on the message. We had her into the ER at the vet's 8 p.m. Saturday night. The vet on call had just done a cow c-section to remove a dead calf. What a night for her.

It looks like there are some lesions in her mouth, giving her pain. They've been noted on her chart awhile back. She didn't want any food. There is a reddened circle on the end of her tongue. (Sadie had this when she licked some ice on the window, and her tongue stuck many years ago.)

The vet weighed her. Last year she was 9 lbs., Saturday, only 7 1/2 lbs.

We tried her on two different kinds of wet cat food. No attempt to eat. No temperature. Her heart rate is good.
The vet gave her three large tubes of subcutaneous saline. By the third, I had to sit down and have JB hold Daisy. I was feeling flushed and light-headed. I'm not good with needles at the best of times.
Then, I thought I could add water to her kibble to make it soft. She didn't touch it all night.

Sunday, Dec. 17

Daisy slept on my feet all night. She still won't eat. I put her wetted kibble beside her and she started drooling, but wouldn't eat. I found a 2 oz. syringe in my bathroom equipment. I managed to give her a half oz. of water twice Saturday.
She looked way too quiet. She slept all day. My heart breaks.

Then there is little Hooper, who has his rabies shot Monday, we'll take Daisy in as well. You can see leakage under his eye, both have issues. Everyone has settled into their own sleeping spots.

Monday, Dec. 18

Hubby put her on his lap blanket,
where she slept all day Sunday.

I woke at 3 a.m., stoked the fire, where Daisy slept in the basement. I had nightmares. I let her sleep. She came upstairs after dawn, couldn't eat. Hubby put her back on his blanket, but she moved to the caterpillar. Hooper came up on my lap. She growled. He didn't budge and ignored her. Then, he saw a deer on the front lawn. He jumped away, onto the far arm of the chair. There are 8 deer in the yard.

Daisy is in hospital, with an IV drip for fluids, meds and food supplement.

I think the scenario we've gone with is she burned her tongue chewing on the Christmas tree, such as it is.

Hooper's eyes are still watering, they are very red underneath his eyelids. He's sneezing a lot, all over my laptop, too! The vet tested him for chlamydiosis. First, she put a drop of red stuff on his eye ball, then poured a liquid in his eye and used an infrared spectrum light, but it did show the bacteria. This is good. He's on Tobrex ointment, twice a day.

Chylamydiosis refers to a bacteria based chronic respiratory infection, caused by the Chlamydiapsittaci bacterium. Cats that have developed this infection will often exhibit traditional signs of an upper respiratory infection, such as watery eyes, runny nose, and sneezing.

He's also on cat chew, Optixcare Lysine, twice a day. He's not a cheap rescue kitten! We paid $190 for him. The two vet appointments, including Daisy's emergency trip 8 p.m. Saturday, are up at $431.  It does point to the fact that there are many stray, rescue animals who simply need to be put down. To keep them comfortable, there is a price.

Hooper visits Annabelle

Anyway, Hooper roared home, and ran downstairs to greet Annabelle. "I'M BACK ANNIE!" and sat with her on her bed! Annie didn't budge. This is a good thing. Hooper enters a room like Kramer.

Tuesday, Dec. 19

Daisy is still at the vet's, on IV. Hooper is having a blast. He wants to know where the water goes.
He's not great with the eye goop, it stings, but it is necessary. He eats the pill willingly.

Hubby got up early, used the snowblower on the driveway. We had 3 cm yesterday, but the thermometer has gone up to zero. We anticipate freezing rain.

I have to do the walks later. In the meantime, hubby has gone to deliver Meals on Wheels in his Christmas outfit.