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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Wednesday to Wednesday- A week in review

Last Tuesday night I noticed that my cat Apollo seemed ill. He was not eating and had puked several times. My neighbor(who works for a vet)came by and evaluated his condition. She determined he had a UTI and said we should get him to the vet as soon as possible. I needed to go to work so I scheduled him in for 5:00 pm the next day.

Wednesday dawned and I found my cat huddled in the bathroom under a table looking near death. I started to cry. I realized I could never live with the guilt if I came home to find him dead so I called in for work the morning at the last minute. I was a mess!

I finally got him to the vet and they said I had brought him just in time. They kept him there all day on an IV and gave him medicine. When I finally picked him up, he was much better. $500.00 later I got to take my pet home. It was worth every penny.

Throughout the week, his health continued to improve. I was proud of giving him his medicine without any help (I know it's not a big deal but I was proud).

Today we had his follow up and he is healthy. Yeah! I bought him a healthcare plan so he can get his teeth cleaned and get his vaccinations. Total kitty costs will come to about $900.00 for the year. This is rather ironic, because that's exactly the amount I have in a medical savings plan for my own health care costs beyond insurance. Still, heatlhy cat= mentally healthy cat's mom.

6 comments:

miz astrid said...

Oh man, didn't know 'til just now that he was that sick...glad he's doing so much better!!

Denver Refashionista said...

Thanks lady. I'm glad too.

Emms said...

Oh my goodness...I have SOOO been there with one of our kitties!
I'm glad that it all turned out good. And kudos for giving him his medication...that is tough (and rough!) !And kudos to kitty too, for taking his medication!

Emily

Lisa Emrich said...

That's great he's doing better. Cats can deteriorate so very quickly when something's wrong. You are a good kitty mommy. Lots of purrs to you.

Diane said...

Oh I'm glad your baby is better now! I know if something like that happened to my Daisy girl I would have done the same thing.

Glad all is well now!

Denver Refashionista said...

Thanks everybody. I too am pleased at my kitty's return to health. Hopefully I will feel better soon too.