Well, good news & bad news. Sophie came home with us on Friday and was pretty lively most of the weekend although it's clear that she's sick and showing her age. I've been in charge of getting the pills down her gullet and Doug & I have been tackling the IVs together. She gets fluids every other day and they usually perk her up, but she HATES getting them - I can't blame her.
Last night though, she went downhill. She ate really well yesterday afternoon and then stopped eating. She even turned her nose up at her favorite treats. Around 4am, I heard her get up and she just went in the hallway and sat. If you've ever had a sick cat, you know that that is not a good sign. So I followed her around and she went and hid in the living room. I wound up getting a blanket & pillow and I laid on the floor where I could see her & she could see me and eventually she came over and curled up next to me.
A little while later she got sick & vomited a lot of fluids. She's been drinking a lot of water and in her quest for water last night, she went to jump up on the bathroom sink. Fortunately she realizes that she just can't make that leap anymore and instead chose to jump on the toilet first. Well, the lid was up and the poor thing fell in the toilet and was just standing there with her head & front paws out of the water. Good thing I was being an over-protective mommy, otherwise I don't know how long she would have been in there.
We wound up taking her to the vet's this morning and she's down to 4 lbs. 9 oz., so they changed her meds and we're hoping that perks her up. Unfortunately she doesn't seem to be doing much better and we'll probably wind up back at the vet's tomorrow.
Sorry for the sad news. Needless to say, nothing else is going on. I caught a nap this afternoon and Doug watched her, so I'll probably be on the night shift again tonight. Luckily Doug's been on vacation, but he goes back to work tomorrow.
I'll keep you updated.
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