Daily Archive for December 1st, 2005

At the Kitten Hospital

Published on December 1, 2005 in Pets. 0 Comments


Things are looking up for Little Gray. She’s doing about 90% better than she was 24 hours ago. I’m thinking she’s going to pull through this. Captain has kept a close eye on her when I could not. He’s been a big help. He stands by the little make-shift hospital and keeps an eye on her.

She’s eating well and using the restroom on her own. The little thing actually waddles to the litter box. She’s doing well with the Enfimil that I picked up for her at the store. It’s lactose-free so she’s digesting it very well. She’s on solids right now. She’s eating like a horse and drinking life a fish. Mic says she will mostlikely pull through 100% but that it may take up to two weeks for her to get there.

 

At first Little Gray couldnt walk or use the restroom on her own. I did what mother cats do for newborns (no, I didnt lick her! that’s what Slave Girl said, “ya licked her!! LOL). I used a wash cloth so she could use the restroom. I had to make some touch decisions last night. Was I going to do CPR if she stopped breathing. I decided not to because if her little heart stopped then it would be like the vet said, trying to win a losing battle. The good thing is, I do know how to give CPR to a dog or cat because when I worked with seizure patients they taught us CPR for adults, children and animals. The seizure training came in handy when helping out Little Gray. We felt rather prepared because we knew what to do and what not to do. My neighbor suggested the baby formula. She lapped that up quick.

It has been an ingredibly long 24 hours. Slave Girl may be here this week end to help out. We can take shifts in caring for her. I hope she can make it over here. Right now I could use some sleep and a good meal. I’m tired and very cold. Without a doubt winter is here! Cap and I threw the football around a bit tonight after I took out the trash. He loves rolling in the snow.

I’ve got to get some sleep.

Maureen of Morton’s Pride

Lake-a Gray Girl Update

Published on December 1, 2005 in Pets. 1 Comment

Thursday, December 01, 2005
11:23 AM

I talked to Slave Girl around 2:30 AM. I could barely talk I was crying so hard. Little Gray was seizing every few minutes and her jaws were shaking so hard and stiff that I knew she had to be in pain. Her eyes were dilated beyond belief. I kept the lights low so that it wouldn’t add to her pain. I talked to Mic for a few minutes also. His 83 year old father is in the hospital with pneumonia. He was dead tired and on his way back to his fathers house. This man is going to have to stop sometime, somewhere. He says he’s coming by here today. I can make something for him to eat because I know full well he doesn’t have time to stop and eat anything. I can do that much for him. And heck, I’m a trained Chef. I can whip up something good for him. Ah, he loves stake fries. That’ll be something he loves. Oh, and he likes bread pudding. I’d better start on that.So, the kitten was seizing and twitching uncontrollably. Mic said to feed her water through a plastic syringe that I have. I gave her water every 5 min. At first she didn’t want it but I had to do it so I just gave her a few drops at a time and waited for her to be too tired to fight me on it. Well, when I talked to Slave Girl she said to me, “Let’s hope for a miracle.” I replied, “I could use one.” The doctor said later, “She’s not going to make it through the night.” I talked to them a few times and they told me not to get my hopes up because she wouldn’t make it through the night and if she did she would die shortly after. So, I put her on my stomach and relaxed with her. We were awake with her until around 6:30 AM. I fell asleep with her on my belly. When I woke up around 9:30 AM she wasn’t on my stomach anymore. I was frantic because I thought maybe I rolled on her or something. I’m too fat for that. If nothing else would kill her I certainly would rollin’ on her. I got up to look for her. I didn’t have to look very far. She was curled up close to Captain. He was licking her head. That’s my boy! THAT IS MY BOY!!! Damn he’s good! I have no idea how she got over there from on the bed to on the floor across the room with Captain but that is where she was. I smiled so big because man he just doesn’t seem to stop. Last night he scared her so bad when he went to check on her. He knew he scared her so he kept his distance but this morning he had her close to him and licked her little head. It was too cute and so typical of what Captain does for me.

I can’t say if Lake-a Gray Girl will make it or not. What I can say is, this morning she used the litter box on her own. She lapped water on her own and she stood up on her own without falling over. Right now she’s under my feet as I type this update. Cappy’s nose is right at hers. I suppose that’s where his nose will be when I’m cooking for Mic.

Until again,
Austin’s August

Kitten Name Change: A Moments of Paws

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Lake-a Gray Girl

Published on December 1, 2005 in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Pets. 0 Comments

the kitten ingested some of Cappy’s medication. she’s toxic. her eyes are 100% dialated. she’s had seizure after seizure. her nerve system has been effected. the vet says she wont make it through the night no matter what is done for her. he said its a waiting game that we wont win. he said to put her down. mic says to give her water all night and wait it out. so we’re watiting it out.

me

this is one day where having DID is good. one of us freaked out and cried so hard but we heard someone inside say that it wasn’t helping and he came out and will be caring for her. we’ll take turns doing that until the body requires us to sleep.
Captain is fine. he is close by. he stays very close to her. he licked her head a few times but it scared her so he just stays close instead of going up to her. this is my fault. we didnt keep that medication up well enough.