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...and doing relatively okay. She was still pretty stoned when we brought her home, which made getting around the house tough for her. She was a bit restless, too, which didn't help matters. She'd stagger around, sit for a few minutes seeming to clear her head, then try moving again. She managed to make it to the litter box in the hallway twice to do her business, so she was enough with it to do that. Then she'd stagger back to the bedroom where we were, likely looking for reassurance, though she didn't really want to be near us very much. We'd been hoping she would settle on the bed with us and let the sedation wear off by resting with us, but...She was not having much of that, though; she finally settled herself on the couch in the living room for awhile.
She did finally settled down on daddy's lap on the bed in the master bedroom for awhile not long after spending time in the living room, mainly I think for warmth's sake. Around 1845 we decided she was un-stoned enough to leave the house and go do necessary grocery shopping for the impending holiday. By the time we got home around 2000 she was getting around the house just fine and the sedation seems to be completely out of her system now. She's eaten a bit of food, though not enough in my estimation, but she's at least showing interest in her food so that's good. She's had a bit of water to drink as well, so that's also a good thing.
She's still breathing pretty fast, but not as labored as this morning, so the removal of the pleural effusion helped her quite a bit. We're to monitor her breathing here at home; normal resting respiration for a cat her age is just under 30 breaths per minute. If she goes over 40-44 we're to give one of the vets a call to see what next steps are as it could be a sign she's collecting fluids in her chest cavity again...Gonna be an interesting time of it in the coming days...
As I think I've posted before this, we're not to give her any sub-cutaneous fluids until told otherwise. All other meds are to continue as prescribed. We'll give her her famotidine and her benazepril tonight, but no enulose--don't want to take a chance on her aspirating any of it if she's still got any of the sedative in her system. Will resume that again tomorrow night.
Poor dear looks a sight--she's shaved on her right side on the rib cage area where they did the procedure (with a little red pin prick visible where the needle went in) and a shaved bit on her right front foreleg where the catheter was for the IV they gave her for the fluids to sedate her. I'd post a pic of her but I don't want to embarrass her. ;) I'm sure she'll likely be seeking me out for warmth tonight when it's bedtime. I love having her under the covers with me.
Tomorrow I should be getting a call with blood panel results. I hope her kidneys are relatively stable since we'll be going into an unknown length of time being unable to give her the sub-cutaneous fluids. We'll be in consultation with both Dr. Lehal and Dr. Bajwa together to decide what steps to take next. It's a bitch working between two different vets, but we want Dr. B to have input as well since he's her regular vet and has back history of her care. Dr. Lehal is also willing to work with him to get him up to speed so he can re-take over her care once he's back in the office.
I'm ever so glad that Brookville Animal Hospital was able to take Jazz in today for us. The folks at Humane Haven Animal Shelter are so right--he is a top-notch veterinarian. We even got a 10 percent discount off the bill for being volunteers at the shelter! :) That was an immense help, as it was a pretty steep bill considering all they did for her today. Thank Bast for an almost empty Visa card balance. She's worth every penny, though. My sweet, sweet girl.
She did finally settled down on daddy's lap on the bed in the master bedroom for awhile not long after spending time in the living room, mainly I think for warmth's sake. Around 1845 we decided she was un-stoned enough to leave the house and go do necessary grocery shopping for the impending holiday. By the time we got home around 2000 she was getting around the house just fine and the sedation seems to be completely out of her system now. She's eaten a bit of food, though not enough in my estimation, but she's at least showing interest in her food so that's good. She's had a bit of water to drink as well, so that's also a good thing.
She's still breathing pretty fast, but not as labored as this morning, so the removal of the pleural effusion helped her quite a bit. We're to monitor her breathing here at home; normal resting respiration for a cat her age is just under 30 breaths per minute. If she goes over 40-44 we're to give one of the vets a call to see what next steps are as it could be a sign she's collecting fluids in her chest cavity again...Gonna be an interesting time of it in the coming days...
As I think I've posted before this, we're not to give her any sub-cutaneous fluids until told otherwise. All other meds are to continue as prescribed. We'll give her her famotidine and her benazepril tonight, but no enulose--don't want to take a chance on her aspirating any of it if she's still got any of the sedative in her system. Will resume that again tomorrow night.
Poor dear looks a sight--she's shaved on her right side on the rib cage area where they did the procedure (with a little red pin prick visible where the needle went in) and a shaved bit on her right front foreleg where the catheter was for the IV they gave her for the fluids to sedate her. I'd post a pic of her but I don't want to embarrass her. ;) I'm sure she'll likely be seeking me out for warmth tonight when it's bedtime. I love having her under the covers with me.
Tomorrow I should be getting a call with blood panel results. I hope her kidneys are relatively stable since we'll be going into an unknown length of time being unable to give her the sub-cutaneous fluids. We'll be in consultation with both Dr. Lehal and Dr. Bajwa together to decide what steps to take next. It's a bitch working between two different vets, but we want Dr. B to have input as well since he's her regular vet and has back history of her care. Dr. Lehal is also willing to work with him to get him up to speed so he can re-take over her care once he's back in the office.
I'm ever so glad that Brookville Animal Hospital was able to take Jazz in today for us. The folks at Humane Haven Animal Shelter are so right--he is a top-notch veterinarian. We even got a 10 percent discount off the bill for being volunteers at the shelter! :) That was an immense help, as it was a pretty steep bill considering all they did for her today. Thank Bast for an almost empty Visa card balance. She's worth every penny, though. My sweet, sweet girl.
