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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2008-03-01 11:07 pm
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It's not good ...

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 [profile] 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.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2008-03-01 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, matey. Yes, she definitely has more personality than a lot of the people people I know. It's just heartbreaking when you can't DO anything. And now I'm thinking, should we have gone back to the vet earlier? Should I have demanded antibiotics while they were culturing the cells from her tests? Should I ...

I don't know how parents do it, I really don't.

The positive vibes will either help in her cure or send her off peacefully and without pain. I will keep the updates updated.