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.

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[inamac.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for Min. I know how horrible it is waiting for nes from the vet - but she got to you in the first place, which is a good sign.

Of course pets are family.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Coming inside is not the most revealing sign for Min, she would crawl across hot coals if she thought there might be kibble at the end of it. I am trying to reassure myself with the facts that she was still eating today and that local vet (who has seen her before) sent us to emergency vet for treatment for Min's symptoms to make her more comfortable, not because she thought Min was in dire danger of death. And her lungs are not wet or crackly and her X-rays showed very treatable pneumonia last week, when her lungs were similarly not wet and crackly.

So if it's possible to make analogies between cat and human lungs, then I am hoping that this is more at the bronchial irritation level when Ventolin and Flomax will be able make a solid impact in helping her pull through.

Thank you for the crossed fingers!