It's not good ...

[blamebrampton]

Just back from emergency cat hospital. Min was gasping for breath when she came in this evening so we whisked her over to our vet and they popped her on oxygen and then sent us over to the specialist vet on the other side of the Bridge.

Our local vet was all: they can give her better treatment and help her to get some more air in, and she might need to stay there overnight.
Emergency vet was rather: prepare yourself for the worst, she may well not make it.

We are now back home, very sombre, and just hoping that emergency vet is one of those "I'll give you the worst-case scenario because then I'll look really good when it doesn't happen" people.

I am very worried. I know she's just a cat, but she's our Min cat and she's a part of the household. Not to mention her many fans around the neighbourhood -- she's the most famously bad tempered cat in the Inner West and people take it as a mark of achievement if they can convince her to let them pat her.

On the less important to me side, this meant the 6am USEST Springsmut posting was late (I was roped into that this afternoon when I foolishly answered an IM from nqdonne. I should know only to chat with her in her mornings when it is always amusing goss time.) If you know anyone who was deeply disturbed by that, just reassure them that it was an actual emergency.

Comments

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

*snorts*

Brilliant story. Just brilliant.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have to say that Cycling Girl was one of my preferred alter-egos. My favourite band once bought me drinks after a gig and told me that they all called me Nice Girl because I had been to see them play dozens of times and never once attempted to sleep with the lead singer. I was too chuffed that they liked me to confess it was because I actually fancied his brother, but considered him miles out of my league due to his Ineffable Mystique.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

She isn't just a cat. No cat is just a cat, they are a family member just like a dog or any pet is. I know my cat thinks he owns the family. But he's definitely a part of it!

Oh, and I forgot to add that I hope Min is okay soon.

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO. That's an even better story! Was this an Aussie band btw?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

An Aussie band I used to see in England and Norway. It wasn't until the next day that I started to think "Nice? Me?!"

[jadzialove.livejournal.com]

Aw, D, I'm sending good thoughts your way, and hope she pulls through. Sounds like she's just ornery enough to pull it off too! ::hugs::

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You're quite right about the pecking order! We rescued another cat once and Min insisted he leave, to the point of attacking the duvet where he had been sitting earlier in the day before we locked him back in his sequestered room.

We found him a new home in a house and with a family that I refer to as kitty paradise, Min watched us leave with him in a box, and come home with neither the cat nor the box. She was SO loving that afternoon and for the next week. We decided that she thought we'd bopped him on the head on her behalf.

Thanks for the good wishes. I'll call the night vet in a few hours and see if she is still breathing.

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

By 'nice' they probably meant 'stalkerish' and 'weird'.

:D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

If stubbornness is a survival factor, it's definitely on her side!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh I stalked Nick Cave far more. And Billy Bragg for a little while.

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

You're going to tell me you were watching Black metal bands, aren't you? I can't think of any other musical connection between Norway and England.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

No, that was The Triffids. They were the band that really made me keen on Australian music -- up until then I had always thought that the Birthday Party and Nick Cave were British.

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

*snert*

I never really 'got' Nick Cave. I was more metal than Goth, although I did the whole Bauhaus thing at 12 to 14.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I believe there was a rule that said one must do the Bauhaus thing.

I went out with a boy who looked EXACTLY like Nick Cave for a while, it was v odd. And he was a musician, which was even odder.

The Norwegian metal scene was very good, even though I wasn't into it I was really aware of a lot of talent.

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! *hugs you and your Min*

I hope that everything will go all right! It's so hard to lose a not-just-an-animal, because they are always a part of the family.

*more hugging*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's going on for 5am, and I think that will be a decent hour to call the night vet and see how she's doing. After that I might just be able to get a little sleep ...

[prilbrum.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. It is so stressful worrying about what an animal companion is feeling, too. I always wish I could be in their heads. Yep, your cat is part of the family and you are doing well by her. Good luck!!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! If only I could go by previous events, she'd be back home tomorrow in perfect health and landing on me with loud purring when I was finally catching up the sleep I am missing tonight. As it is, I would settle for needily demanding kitty ventolin at two-hourly intervals.

[no-mad-skillz.livejournal.com]

I did the whole Bauhaus thing at 12 to 14

*butts in*

I was wondering why the conversation had veered from Nick Cave and Billy Bragg (two of my ex's favorites, btw) to architecture. Thank God for Google, or I might have looked really foolish.

[no-mad-skillz.livejournal.com]

The whites are always a good place to start. *nods judiciously* ;)

Fingers crossed for Min, and for some sleep for you.

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Like everyone else said, good luck!

And I love her name <3

[dragonfly-lily.livejournal.com]

Hugs! Hugs! Hugs!

My dogs are my children. You're cat is just as important.

[alex-s9.livejournal.com]

She's gonna be fine, you just wait.

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Oh hell, honey - I have things crossed for you. I know how desperately it breaks me when my animals are sick, and losing one is... devastation itself. So I'm hoping and wishing that your Min does ok and is home snarking and people again in no time.

Sydney pollution is a nightmare for asthmatics - lets hope they can find a balanced treatment that can keep her safe and comfortable.

*hugs loads*

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

my heart goes out to you and min and that boy you both live with. will not repeat what everyone else is saying about worth and family etc. love is love and having something we love die (or threaten to die) is always traumatic. wish there were something i could do from over here. [*cuddles you both*]