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May 30, 2007
Kitty Emergency
Something has happened to Frisky.
Frisky has been doing so well now that she's on all her medications, but something has happened. Last night she never showed up for her dinner, so when we still hadn't seen her at about 1am, we started searching all over the house and couldn't find her anywhere. We checked the attic, the basement, under every bed even in the closed guest rooms, under couches, on top of closets, I mean everywhere. Finally, after searching the entire yard twice (even though Frisky is an indoor kitty) I found her curled up in a dirty little box under the steps in our garage. When I tried to pick her up, she could barely move and just slumped over in the box until I scooped her up and took her inside.
Once inside, her legs were shaking and I started brushing her to get the dirt off her pretty white fur, and we discovered a gash in her side. Apparently some neighborhood bully cat decided to slash my poor little Frisky. It wasn't too bad of a cut and it wasn't even bleeding, just a little scabbed over, so we decided to let her sleep the night behind the couch where she was hiding.
First thing this morning, I went to check on her and she was still behind the couch, not moving at all. Obviously I was terrified when she didn't move as I called and called her, but then she lifted her head up when I touched it. We took her to the vet right away where they gave her an IV with liquids, vitamins, and antibiotics. She spent the entire day sleeping and not moving anywhere, until she tried to jump up onto a chair and fell right over. We've been hand feeding her to get her to eat, but she just doesn't seem like herself anymore.
Tonight, we came home from dinner and discovered a drop of blood on the floor about the size of a quarter followed by another and another and another.... We looked Frisky all over and couldn't find anything wrong, but two of the drops of blood were up on top of a table (so it certainly wasn't the dog). We're very worried and don't know what to do for her since we can't find where the blood could possibly be coming from.
Poor Frisky:
Chloe has been very sweet to her and has been standing guard all day:
Please send Frisky all your best wishes because she really needs them!
Posted by lauren at May 30, 2007 07:22 PM
Comments
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Posted by: Cupcakes at May 30, 2007 09:01 PM
I hope you find her and she gets better.
Posted by: Jenifer at May 31, 2007 02:30 AM
i hope little frisky is feeling better ASAP
love you (and kitty)
brent
Posted by: brent at May 31, 2007 02:59 AM
Oh No! Frisky! Feel better soon!. Sometimes they get really scared and don't eat. Hopefully she will snap out of it today. Let me know if I can do anything to help!
Posted by: Jocelyn at May 31, 2007 12:59 PM
UPDATE: We spoke with Frisky's vet, and whatever it was that was bleeding seems to have stopped, so she said to not worry and make sure she gets her appetite back, which she has. She had SIX small meals before 10am today, she just couldn't stop eating (making up for yesterday I guess). She definitely isn't moving around as easily as she used to, but the vet said she most likely has arthritis in her back legs and that it will act up every now and then, but that Frisky won't be like this all the time. Thanks everyone for the comments!
Posted by: Lauren at May 31, 2007 01:07 PM