More on the poor sick kitty

Vandal has responded well to the blood transfusion and the antibiotics. The vets have pretty much decided that he had gone septic, but we're not entirely sure what the underlying infection was. With the low hemocrit, we suspect kidney infection. He's still a very sick kitty, but his blood sugar has come up (so they are stepping down the glucose support), he's standing on his own, and he's demanding petting. He's going to spend today at the regular vets, but we're hoping he'll be home tonight. This is costing both arms, both legs, and our first-born son.

Note the time stamp: I'm not posting from work. I spiked a 103 fever myself last night. My head aches, my joints ache, but the fever is down with Tylenol. Now I know why I've had a headache for two days -- and yesterday was stressful enough to convert it to a migraine. Yuck!

S

More on Vandal

Vandal is home for the evening. He'll be going back to the vet tomorrow, but he's home tonight. If he gets sick again, he'll go back to the emergency vet (and we have all the stuff he needs for IV support). We've got a kennel we use during camping that he'll stay in overnight.

His hematocrit (percentage of hemoglobin in his blood) went down to 16.5 this morning, but has come up to 17.5 by this evening. He's eating solid food -- prefer his dry food. So this is all pretty good news.

On the Sue front: I've still been running fevers even with Tylenol and ibuprofen. I'm still joint and muscle achy, and a little headachy as well. I'm probably staying home tomorrow and possibly seeing the doctor myself. I think it's viral, so no antibiotics (I hope). But if I'm feverish tomorrow, having a doctor check me out is not a bad idea.

S