Weekend update

[christopher575]

Friday was a pretty normal day until Sam started vomiting. Not just regular vomit like you expect from a cat who ate too fast or has a hairball or overdid it with the grass, but a complete evacuation of all stomach contents, followed by several rounds of foam. Plus diarrhea. That's how we found out the 24-hour emergency vet is just six blocks away.

They didn't find anything wrong with him, so he got subcutaneous fluids and some anti-nausea meds. He spent the next twelve hours or so sitting in the spot where we left him on the couch upstairs. Then I couldn't find him, which really worried me. When cats are dying, they go hide. Thankfully, he'd made his way downstairs and up onto their perch.



He seems pretty normal now. Whining for his food. Glaring at us for not feeding him yet. All that Sam stuff. He's currently on a bland food diet of rice and chicken, which he's gobbling up.

Our neighbor left us another big bag of apples. I already had some that I bought, so it's apple central around here.

Comments

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping Sam continues to improve!

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Thank you. <3

[hardvice.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Glad he seems to be OK. Speedy recovery, little buddy.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

He's almost as annoying as usual now. :)

[steven.livejournal.com]

How's he doing now?

Heinz has been through that same thing. It's stressful.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Gobbling up his white rice and chicken like a champ!

[entropic-system.livejournal.com]

Hope Sam's okay and those apples...looks like pie-time, my friend.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! How old is Sam? Yours are indoor cats aren't they? Mine have episodes like that when they have eaten a bird they have caught. A couple of days without eating and they seem to sort themselves out. He sounds like he's on the mend now though :)

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

He's 14, which is why we took him to the vet. If he was younger, it wouldn't have been as scary.

Sam and Steve are both indoor-only cats. Probably for the best in this neighborhood, as there are at least six outdoor cats who hang around, and I could picture a lot of fights. Steve especially gets very worked up when he spots them out in our yard.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I might make pie if I wanted to eat it. But I don't want to eat a bunch of pie.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Poor kid, I'm glad he's ok! That can be very scary.

[molasses.livejournal.com]

sending tons of love for Steve and all your family.