Jack aka Jackalope aka Jackaloaf aka JackOLantern aka The Big Purrbowski

[the_siobhan]

Jack's return home from the vet lasted less than a week. He was obviously still feeling pretty shitty and over the next few days he gradually got worse. By Thursday he had stopped eating again and Darrell took him back to the vet where they did more fluids and mixed in a little antibiotics and painkillers. Saturday he came home once again, a little wobbly but eating and drinking on his own.

By Sunday he had gone downhill so fast he couldn't even walk and was very obviously in a lot of pain. We packed him back into the cat carrier and drove him to the emergency vet. They drew blood and told us his blood glucose was at 1.6. (Normal for a cat is around 7.)

I got a call from Darrell earlier today and according to the vet he's responding well to treatment. They did an ultrasound to see what's going on in there and while they don't have the results back, they suspect a severe infection. He'll be there for a few more days while they run more tests and keep monitoring him. Meanwhile he has thoroughly charmed everybody who has worked with him.

When he finally does get home I'm going to change his nickname to The Million-Dollar Cat.

Comments

[sabotabby]

I hope he's okay. He's such a good cat.

[mr_sharkey]

Fingers crossed for the little guy :(

[50ftqueenie]

Awww, poor little guy. Hope he feels better soon.

[kest]

Best wishes to him and you.

[runcible]

I am thinking lots of good thoughts for that handsome slab of orange!

[nicklausse]

Hang in there, Jack (and Jack's people)!

[elusis]

Cat! Stop scaring/bankrupting your monkey caretakers!

[tcpip]

Unless I have the scale completely wrong, that's a big cat!

Speedy recovery Million-Dollar Cat!

[the_siobhan]

He is most definitely a cat of presence.

[greylock]

Oy. I hope he recovers. Do they think it can be linked to his plant-eating?

[the_siobhan]

See we thought so when he first got sick. But if it was just the plant he wold have either died or recovered by now. There some underlying issue that the vets just can't seem to pin down. Maybe the plant just brought it all to a head.

[greylock]

Damn. Cats: immortal until they're fragile.

I hope he bounces back.