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Chris & China (GA)

Chris & China (GA)

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Things aren't much better today. She is still eating, so that's good, but she's still spending all her time in the room furthest away from everybody and she just lays there.

I bring her in to do her testing/shooting and feed her and she goes right back to the back of the house. She's never shown any interest in that room before.

At +5, I fed her and then put her in the litter box....she got out, walked to the next closest litter box (about 5 feet), got in and peed.....got out and went back to the back.

Her rear legs still seem very weak.....when she lays, they are "splayed" instead of being tucked up under her....the left seems worse than the right

I feel so awful.....I know it's not true, but I feel like I did this to her :(
 
Chris & China said:
Yesterday

Things aren't much better today. She is still eating, so that's good, but she's still spending all her time in the room furthest away from everybody and she just lays there.

I bring her in to do her testing/shooting and feed her and she goes right back to the back of the house. She's never shown any interest in that room before.

At +5, I fed her and then put her in the litter box....she got out, walked to the next closest litter box (about 5 feet), got in and peed.....got out and went back to the back.

Her rear legs still seem very weak.....when she lays, they are "splayed" instead of being tucked up under her....the left seems worse than the right

I feel so awful.....I know it's not true, but I feel like I did this to her :(
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Aww man. Sorry to hear that. I wonder why this is happening.

Frosty always had issues with his back legs, we assumed it was from the muscle loss from cushing’s. He was on b12 for a month but I’m not sure whether it helped. He gained muscle and strength on Vetoryl, the lost it all the past 2 weeks. Now we are starting over.

He also stretches his back legs out when he lays, never tucks them in.

Could she just be debilitated after surgery and need some physical therapy? (Happens in humans). We put frosty in the living room or a room he doesn’t like and make him walk to where he likes to be 2-3 times per day. I don’t know if this will help, but worth a try.

Poor baby. Hope she feels better soon. ❤️
 
Sending heaps of feel better vines for China. And hang in there vines for you both.❤️

Is there any chance that her potassium might be low? That could be a possible reason for her splayed hind legs.

How’s the circulation in her hind legs? Do they feel warm or cold?

Also Azalea took longer to clear anesthesia after her two surgeries, she was ckd and around 18yo at the time. I think doing subq fluids helped her to flush the toxins, too.
 
Oh Chris, with her going to be in a different room than she usually spends time is and a real indicator of not feeling well. I hope she will make the turn ASAP . Glad to see her numbers coming back into blues. Today's 115 is a good sign. I am sorry, I forget, did she have any extractions?
 
Chris & China said:
She only had a dental....no surgery.....she's had a dental every year since she was diagnosed and she's always come home perfectly fine until this time.
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Could she possibly have had a bad experience (with some peep involved?) at Dental... unbeknownst to you? This happened to Nelli once with a tech who was releasing her… I witnessed the behavior and was blown away, appalled. She might be mad at you because of this, acting the way she is? Just a thought.
 
Chris & China said:
Just 1...….her first dental she lost 8!!

They said her mouth looks great and is healing well
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Does she act like she could potentially have had a stroke? Are both her eyes normal....no third eyelid? I’ve seen casts develop Horner’s syndrome from anesthesia but her symptoms don’t really match up with typical Horner’s.

I’ve had three friends whose older cats had anesthesia for a dental and ended up with Horner’s. None of them had an ear issue but it does make me wonder if there’s any potential for that in China. It’s just with Horner’s, it is typical that there would be a droopy eye, third eyelid showing, and/or dilated pupils. etc.
 
rhiannon and shadow (GA) said:
Will she not even come to your bed to sleep? Would she accept you joining her in some way?
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No...every time I bring her into the "living area" of the house (where I spend most of my time) she goes right back to her place in the back area.

I do spend time with her back there, but with all my back problems it's hard for me to get down on the floor with her for very long
 
from some of my quick reading, it sounds like it might be a good idea to go to your usual vet and let them look in her eyes to see that her pupils are reacting properly. I see several cats have problems after a dental and anesthesia and if it isn't something else , then they do get better. But if she did suffer some neurological damage, your vet might be better at recognizing it.
I'm praying it's just she needs a few more days for the effects to wear off.....
 
I am so sorry she's having such a bad experience this time :( Will be continuing to pray for you and China, and sending vines of light and healing to her. I really am hoping she starts to show improvement soon.
 
HWright said:
Is there any chance that her potassium might be low? That could be a possible reason for her splayed hind legs.

How’s the circulation in her hind legs? Do they feel warm or cold?
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They did bloodwork Friday and again Saturday …...the only things off were her BUN and WBC on Friday and both numbers had come down enough Saturday they felt she could come home.

They are warm.....that's one of the things I checked first to make sure they were getting circulation!
 
More vines for China. Sometimes cats hide from us because they don’t feel well and don’t want to advertise it. It’s a way to hide vulnerability from preditors— part of an animal’s self protection.

I hope things will be better today.
Hugs and scritches
 
Sounds like her experience was very stressful. Maybe she just needs more time to recuperate? Maybe when you pick her up she's afraid she's going back to the Vet?
If she's eating ,that's a GOOD sign.She'll join you when she feels safe to ?
Sending healing Energy to you both. :):bighug:
 
Marje and Gracie said:
I’ve had three friends whose older cats had anesthesia for a dental and ended up with Horner’s. None of them had an ear issue but it does make me wonder if there’s any potential for that in China. It’s just with Horner’s, it is typical that there would be a droopy eye, third eyelid showing, and/or dilated pupils. etc.
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Fwiw
George is deaf as a door post since his dental, now I don't know it was the anesthesia or if there was some how trauma to his auditory nerves during the procedure he had a horrific infection and a lot of teeth extracted.
 
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