Pigeon is still at the vet and will have an exploratory tomorrow to find out what the mass in his stomach is all about. While they are in there, they will clean him out because his stomach and his colon are once again full of stool and he is unable to poop yet again. He wants to come home, he is trashing the place according to one of the vet techs. If you would like to send a few dollars to help pay for this procedure, we would welcome the help.
Mike had a left-heart catherization yesterday. He is still in the ICU. He has been diagnosed with multi-vessel coronary disease with 70% of his heart blocked. To make matters worse, the blocked vessels all show evidence of disease.
He will have 4-6 stents put in tomorrow morning and although the average recovery time for this type of procedure is 4-6 hours, they are not optimistic that he will stay in that “normal” range. His kidney disease has advanced as well and he has a UTI to top things off. He is in good spirits and since arriving, his rhythms have finally settled down into what they call his normal rhythm thanks to the oral meds they put him on. Their plan is (unless he goes south of them) is to put him into the PCU after his procedure.
This morning, on the way home from seeing him, I stopped to get gas and when I opened the back door to grab my purse, a kitten jumped in my truck! Surprising, because Kota was in the truck and thankfully, he is used to cats. I also had a cat trap in the truck, so I quickly put him in the trap and went in to talk to the employees to see if the kitty belonged to someone.
She has been there about a week, they said and they have been feeding her, but no one wanted her. I went back to the rear of the building where they were putting food out and I saw Cheetos and popcorn on a paper plate! No one has fed her anything but junk food which is odd because they sell cat food in their small store. I brought her home, she inhaled a whole can of friskies cat food. I gave her a bath- she was crawling with fleas- and dewormed and de-flead her took her to the vet where she tested negative. She will be spayed on Tuesday. Her name is Chevron and she is the friendliest little kitty. She’s a tuxedo short hair with some unusual patterns on her back and chest.
Neon is recovering well from his surgery. He is fighting an URI but the vaporizer is helping him to breathe so hopefully in a few days, he can go off to a new, loving home.
It has been cold here and we haven’t had heat now in five days. Our furnace kept winking out, so I called a serviceman who came and slapped a condemned sticker on our furnace and turned off the gas! The casing is cracked. Hopefully we will have a new heater by next week. Last night, even with two space heaters going it was 40 degrees in the living room. The serviceman told me about a heater that would kick out more heat it’s called the dish and Costco sells it. Problem is, I don’t have $60.00 to get it right now, so Kota and the kitties will just have to pile on to the bed and help keep me warm. I think they are piling on the bed because of the electric blanket, but that is just a guess on my part. LOL God Bless long underwear and flannel onesies!
And now you are all caught up in my life-
More eventfulness in your life – none of which you really need!
Considering Mike had earlier asked to go to the hospital – unheard of, as you stated – his good spirits are understandable. He was undoubtedly frightened. It sounds like he now has a doctor who know what to do for him. May upward progress be his.
Chevron looks pretty healthy, considering how she was living. Do you think she was recently abandoned? She obviously had not lost her trust in people – or maybe she just knew who to trust!
They canceled the procedure due to the fact that because Mike’s kidneys aren’t up to par, the dye from the last procedure is still in his system. He will be in surgery on Monday. Now, he is grumpy. I know he was geared up to having this done and hopefully starting to get better so I understand his grumpiness. At least now he can eat!
I have no doubt that Chevron has an owner but I wasn’t about to let a 7 month kitten stay outside when the temps were predicted to dip into the 20’s. Once she’s spayed, I will put up notices that she has been found and see what happens. But rarely do owners come forward saying we have their cat(s). That’s the sadness of rescue and I wish everyone would just chip their cats and kittens so we can find the owners.
Chevron was just waiting for you to show up! You attract cats like a magnet attracts metal! We lived without heat when our electicity went out about 18 months ago, but we have a gas stove which kept big pots of water hot. We used those hot pots as radiators, but the upstairs was very cold, which is where the bedrooms are. Here’s hoping that the furnace arrives soon!