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Concolor - by brown cat - has been having thyroid and breathing (due to fluid buildup around one lung) problems lately. He was doing better on medicine, but this morning he didn't show for his "treat" (Pill Pocket with medicine, and he loves those). Took a while, but I found him in the far corner of the basement, conscious but laying on the floor and having difficulty breathing. Don't know how long he'd been like that.

I immediately took him to the vet. Con was the second cat in respiratory distress to come in that morning, and they were also dealing with a choking dog. I'm coughing and panting when outside; apparently, something is blooming. I know Con has allergies, and if those are bad on top of the fluid buildup around one lung...

I had to leave him. They promised they'd give him O2 and check him out (including X-rays) and let me know. So I'm staying near the phone.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: United States, Kentucky, Frankfort
Current Music: "I'm So Tired" by The Beatles.

Ringtail is doing better. The real test will come tomorrow, when they take the catheter out and see if he blocks again.

On top of everything else, he has an upper respiratory infection. This cat never goes outside. Neither of the other cats has been sick. Did he get it from me? I've been a bit under the weather, too, but by the time he got sick I was over it.

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: None, currently.

My 14 year old cat, Ringtail, is in bad shape. I knew he was sick, thought it was a kidney or bladder infection since he was constantly dribbling urine, took him in to the vet first thing this morning. Turns out he had a mostly blocked urethra. He's never had this sort of trouble before.

They have him on an IV and several medications and are going to catheterize him in a bit. The vet was reluctant to give odds, but considering Ringtail's potassium level, thought he had only a bit better than even chance to rally.

He's been a very healthy cat most of his life, but about a year ago became very sick and lost a lot a weight. He never completely recovered from that.

Current Mood: anxious
Current Location: United States, Kentucky, Frankfort
Current Music: None, currently.

My oldest cat Ringtail took a turn for the worse last night, so I brought him in to the vet this afternoon. It doesn't appear to be serious, but since it's been hanging on for so long and since he's thirteen and since he's still recovering from that bad skin infection two months ago, he needs to be doctored every day. For two weeks.

Current Mood: aggravated
Current Location: United States, Kentucky, Frankfort
Current Music: None, currently.

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