It has been an interesting few days around here. I suffered through a huge snow storm (yes, in April) that knocked out my power from Wednesday night till Saturday around noon time. One one side of the major side road that is well used that I live on, a power line pole fell down in the middle of the road and they didn't take care of it until late Saturday night / early Sunday morning. It was VERY frustrating.
Anyway.. Thursday morning, Em woke me up sneezing and coughing. It was 5:30 AM and there was no light. I sent my DH out to find me some, and by the time he got back there were many drops of blood all over the sheets, my pillows and myself. NOT fun. Her breathing was hard, and she seemed to be hurting. Killed me that I couldn't even properly clean off her face since I had no water - let alone hot water. (on a well) I called the vet, and he suggested some steroids, which I put her on. Wednesday she suffered. Thursday seemed better, and Friday she actually seemed fixed. No congestion, no runny nose, no blood - nothing. I kept up the antibiotics, but I weaned her off the steroids. Then the bloody nose and the congestion started back up. I started her on a half dose of steroids, but it didn't seem to help. Yesterday I put her back on the full dose - hopefully, after today, she'll be better. I hate the steroids - as it messes with her blood sugars, but I'd rather her be able to breathe. I am a fan of her breathing.
Monday we had a MAJOR scare with her. I was sitting on the floor talking on the phone with a friend about the crazy psycho vet I used to work for, and how he is FINALLY getting his due.. or at least they are starting to give it to him - he is under investigation.. for what at this point I'm still not sure. But that's okay. After the phone call was over, I had Em, Jack and Ollie sitting near me. I tried to gracefully get up in the small space I was sharing with three cats, and sadly I started to step on Em's tail. She freaked so Jack freaked. That made Em freak out even more.. I tried to make everyone calm down, but they all ran into the bedroom and went under the bed, where the growling continued, and they wouldn't listen to me. I called for DH and we got them to separate and come out from under the bed. Em was staggering. She was panting and looked as if she was in shock. I picked her up and tried to soothe her.. her back legs wouldn't contract, they stuck out rigid. I laid her down on a pillow, and she was pretty unresponsive for a few minutes. I cooed at her, and stroked her, and she started breathing normally and came out of it. She wasn't interested in moving till I got out a bag of treats. That perked her right up. It would have been funny if I wasn't so freaked out. Poor Jack had NO idea what happened and was so confused and sad. I offered him some treats too, but he was confused. I tried to calm him too, and he came over and he and Em made nice. I then brought Em out into the other room to cuddle with her, but she wasn't all that interested. Jack came too, and he walked up to her again and they made nice again. when there are treats involved, all is forgiven :)
And then, because of the snow, she hasn't been able to go back outside again. Well, that's not true. She's been going regardless. Standing around in the snow and rain and getting all wet.. she didn't care. I do.. so I would bring her back in. Yesterday we went for a walk around the house. She loved it. I brought out my camera and took some video of it.. She's now down to 10 lbs. I am in the process of losing her, I know it, and I am so not ready..
her walking to the back of the house
her walking to the front of the house
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