Wow...wish the vets here had that green paste. I could've used it when trying to catch Hopper & Hissy. When it was down to just trapping Hissy,my vet gave me a sedative pill. She detected the taste in the food & didn't get enuf in her.
Good Luck w/Pickles (love the name) PM.
Eliniki...it sounds like Sumi is coming along fine, & it must be a load off your shoulders knowing the pain meds didn't hurt kidneys any.
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sumi getting spayed
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sumi pulled out one of her stitches last night. I'm hoping she wouldn't try to swallow such a hard lump of nylon thread, but I'm now torn between putting her through the huge stress of taking her back to the vet tomorrow (not open today) and hoping it's ok to leave it til Saturday, when she's due to have them out anyway. The wound looks clean and neat, and has already started to knit. There's one stitch left, but I think it's a harder one for her to get at. She is not by any means acting normally. She is hardly eating now, and not moving from her bed or ours much. She is mostly sleeping, is affectionate, but goes into bouts of staring into the distance. She did come up on the bed for a cuddle this morning, but is still in pain - the area around the wound is flinching a lot, and she seems wobbly on her legs. She can't use the leg on the wound side to scratch - it seems too sore. Surely this is not normal? It's exactly four days since her operation.
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Eliniki...I don't want to alarm you in any way but, it sounds as tho Sumi does need to see the dreaded vet again tomorrow. With it being 4 days since her surgery,she should be getting around pretty good by now. Altho she shouldn't be doing any jumping due to the possibility of tearing the incision. If the incicion area looks clean & like it's on the mend...there may be something else going on inside.
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I agree with feral, rather take sumi back. This doesn't sound normal. The longest I've ever had a cat 'down' after a spay was two days, and that was under extraordinary circumstances (she was pregnant, had been stuck in a snare for 3 weeks, and was literally hours away from dying - they spayed her when they repaired the damage from the snare to help ease the stress on her body). You're right to be worried. Take her back.
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sumi's condition was deteriorating during today; she didn't move from her spot on our bed for 7 hours, seemed unsteady before that when she walked around a little after I lifted her down, refused any further food after I hand-fed her a tiny amount early this morning, bit my hand (then licked it) when I touched her flank, eyes getting dimmer and interest in surroundings less. So we brought her to the emergency vet, a place I hate, but luckily there was a listening vet on, who had time to answer a lot of questions. We had a blood panel done, but it couldn't supply white cell count, so vet had to assume there is infection present, going by elevated temperature (not too high-40'). Results: liver perfect; kidney same: urea slightly low (vet says in keeping with very little food intake over past few days, and reassuringly the other side of what I had feared re metacam/kidney function deterioration). She is also marginally dehydrated, as she would no longer take her syringed fluids for me. In absence of white blood cell count, vet is considering peritonitis, and keeping sumi in tonight. she is treating her with IV fluids and an antibiotic for possible infection. The wound where she took out one of her stitches is clean and healthy, and the vet says she won't even put the missing stitch back, as there is another internal one there. She says we will lose time if we wait til morning to get white blood cell count at my vet, as an infection could bring her down a lot more by then. The antibiotic is Synulox. She is also giving sumi Buprenorphine for her very evident pain. I will ring them in a few hours, and they will ring me if necessary, through the night. I'm picking her up at 6.45am, and depending on her condition, will either leave her at home, or bring her to our vet. It appears that poor baby sumi was unlucky with her spay, and that this crisis is not related to metacam. I will keep you posted. Naturally we are beside ourselves about our baby.
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Please send some TDK healing light to sumi again, TDK family. She has been so unlucky in her short life so far. Just spoke with emergence vet and she is much the same. I am hoping the antibiotic will start to kick in soon. The painkiller has not had a huge effect so far. Please send light, energy and prayers for my baby.
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Oh, Eleniki, poor wee Sumi. This is not what I was expecting -- or hoping -- to see. Sending her heaps and heaps of healing energy and keeping her in my thoughts, and you too. I hope the meds start to kick in really soon and she starts to get more like her old self. Please keep in touch, we will all worry about her. {{{{Eleniki}}}}
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Lots of white light and prayers for this little baby and for you, too, Eleniki.
Posted 2 years ago by Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom #
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Eliniki...I'm so sorry that Sumi has gone in a bad direction. It is no doubt, a kitty owners worst nightmare when having their babies neutered or spayed. I Pray also that the meds & painkiller begin to kick in so they can heal sweet little Sumi. I can imagine your beyond yourself with worry but know that your TDK Family will help with as many Prayers as You & Sumi need to get this turned around.
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Collected different kitten this morning! Antibiotics and fluids working! Ravenous again, home now, just had two full bowls of chicken mushed in broth! Mewmy rushing to work for an hour, then back to take sumi to her own vet for further fluids and full blood panel, with white blood cell count this time. Post later, thank you so much for support, you are all so thoughtful.
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What a relief!!! Thank goodness you've got your baby back. :)
Posted 2 years ago by Kitten Whisperer #
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Just read the entire post, what an anxious time you've been having Eleniki. I'm so glad that Sumi is doing so much better now.
Posted 2 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #
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Poor little sumi was very distressed when I brought her back to her own vet this morning. Her temperature showed a rise again, back to 40', so they kept her in, which I was reluctant to allow, because it's so noisy and frightening for a kitten used to a quiet, calm house. They have a small, crowded back area there, with howling and barking constant. She just doesn't understand how I can do this to her. So, more fluids and antibiotic, and painkiller. She's bright, alert and showed some interest in some food, but the temperature is staying at 40' today so far. It's late afternoon here and I'm picking her up in 3 hours or so for the night. I'm praying that her temperature will have come down, and that she won't need another day there tomorrow. The vet says the stressful environment could well be adding to the high reading. They're being vague about what caused this infection, and exactly where it could be. They suggested that sumi may have pushed it into her body through her wound, which she licked and pulled at, but the wound is perfect, clean and knitted already, so I think they're just trying to lead away from the idea that an infection could have been caused by bad hygene during the operation. Please continue your wonderful white light, TDK. Did you know it has been shown in research that sick humans who have had prayers said for them have made better recovery than those who have not? Proof, if we needed it, that TDK power works.
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sumi is snug on our bed again after her 3rd day at the vet's. Vet thinks rise in temperature may be associated with stress of visit, but there is an infection there, and the temperature is also her body's way of fighting it. She has antibiotics for me to give her at home now, so we'll just hope that everything settles back down within the next day or two. She eats when she's at home, but not at the vet's. She also pees at home, but can't at the vet's, then rushes to the box once we let her out of her carrier at home. That does seem to be stress. She's still not herself at all, but the vet says there's no cause for worry in the longterm.
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sumi is much better tonight, I am so relieved and happy to report! She was perky and interested in exploring the house again for the first time in days, although she is still pretty shaky on her legs, and very thin... She is happy again though - oh how awful it is to see a little cat depressed - cuts the heart like a knife. Thank you all for your support and good wishes for her - see, they really do work!
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On the advice of many cat lovers and my vet, I had my two spayed at 4 months. Their recovery time was overnight. By the day after their surgery, they were back to chasing each other and playing just like always.
I did a lot of research on spaying at a younger age. The main reason for doing it as soon as possible is the organs are not fully developed and the surgery is easier on them. The main reason for not doing it is the organs are not developed and there is a chance for a problem. There is always a chance for a problem
Right now, Bella is asleep on my lap while I type this. Luna is at the foot of the bed curled up asleep. They will get up and play for a while, then go to bed until morning -- when they will really romp through the house.
After reading and talking to the vet, I am glad they are through the surgery, recovered, happy, and healthy.
Good luck, from Bella & Luna
Posted 2 years ago by Luna Bella #
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Sending {{{hugs}}} for Sumi.
Posted 2 years ago by Moonshadow_NZ #
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Luna Bella, reading your post makes me realize how abnormal sumi's post-op behaviour was, and how I should have twigged that she was sick earlier than I did. Luckily she is insured - boy am I glad I decided to go ahead with it after her last illness at only 11 weeks, because the overnight emergency vet alone cost €330 and I don't even know how much my own vet cost, as they deal directly with the insurance people. The emergency vet already cost almost four times the amount I paid for insurance for her for the year. It's kind of strange isn't it, that the operation at our vet made sumi sick, and then we have to pay for them to make her better.... the good news is that she is really on the mend here - she is playing and jumping tonight, though her usually voracious appetite is not quite back yet! Thanks for all the well-wishes!
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