Thursday, November 1, 2007

Stardust's endoscopy, ultrasound... and biopsy? AHHH!


So, today Stardust was going to go inpatient to have her stricture fixed, get an endoscopy and ultrasound. The night before was like this picture. Stardust has been feeling better, but not all the way better, and she spends a lot of time letting me hold her and then grabbing my arm so that she can nuzzle it. Despite what the vets said today, she is very sweet. :}

It was hard to let her go. Terinati dropped me off at work, and I had to watch him drive off with my kitter-pea, just hoping nothing would go wrong.

You can imagine my delight when I called Jesse as work was ending and he said the specialists had advised we could pick her up! Hooray! But, it cost $1816.... OWWW... in addition to the $750 already spent. :( But, what else can you do for your best friend when they're sick and don't have their own funds?


But, here was the kitty I got back, and the report that came with her: The endoscopy showed a normal esophagus! In about the same amount of time that it took for the stricture to occur, Stardust healed up again! Hooray! So, it's good it's not the esophagus itself. No evidence of stricture or inflammation in the esophagus. In the stomach, though, there were a few mild areas of inflammation/irritation noted, but very mild. However, the small intestines showed diffuse inflammation and irritation. So, as a result they ended up doing stomach and intestinal biopsies. !!! Sure, if they said, "Can we do this?" I would have said yes anyway. Money doesn't matter. Her little life does! Kitty lives are already short. I want hers to be as long and happy as possible!

Anyway, I was surprised to see the shaving, which I hadn't thought about but make sense in retrospect. And they wonder why she wasn't friendly with them. :b Duhhh?


Poor kitter-pea . . . :(

Anyway, they are going to call us next week with the results of the biopsy. They suspect the cause of vomiting, which caused the stricture, may be inflammatory bowel disease. I'm not sure how to treat that, but since it's a listed disease, hopefully if that's what it is, they can treat it. * puffles * So much work! Stardust has been through a lot!

The worst part, though, is that in our excitement to take Stardust home early (she's still drunk and meowing at things for no reason and purring like she's got catnip shoved up her nostrils, while wobbling around mumbling like a crazy person, btw), we forgot her medicine at the specialist!! :( Terinati is going back tomorrow morning. Can I tell you how much I love this man for putting up with all of this trouble and listening to me remind him over and over again how to take care of her when I can't do it myself? She should be okay until then, but I still feel like an idiot. I reminded myself no less than three times on the way there. I guess 20 minutes waiting for your furr-baby to come out behind those closed doors does that to you, though. :}

Anyway, so that's the update! More to come, I'm sure...

--Dreamsenshi

4 comments:

  1. Wow! That's expensive. :P I'm sorry all that cost so much. But I'm glad to hear things are looking better. I think the bowel imflammitory thing is something humans can get too, so it should be treatable by changing her diet I think.

    Thanks for posting the notice about your blog on MySpace. You never kept up with your blogs before, so I honestly hadn't been checking this one! I will from now on. :)

    We have some friends that totally didn't understand why we cared so much about Leeloo... They would let their kids kick the cats on their property and all sorts of other stuff. (Because the cats were breeding like crazy because the other people on the property wouldn't spay them. And they were causing problems because tehre were so many of them.) Well the recieved a dog from family, and ever since then, their attitudes toward animals have TOTALLY changed. It's been a huge relief to see them come to our side and finally understand that ANIMALS ARE PEOPLE TOO! :D

    Alright... that's a HUGE comment to leave on someone else's blog... So I'm gonna stop now. haha

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  2. I am sorry to hear about Satrdust not feeling well. I know how it feels to watch your pet feel sick, and fill like you can't do anything to make them feel better. I am going to try and give you a call later on today if that is ok. Amanda O.

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  3. How frusterating to see Stardust not feeling so well and to keep getting those large medical bills! But, you're right, what can you do for your best friend? Health and happiness means the world! :)

    Hang in there, it sounds like things are getting better....love you and love ya Stardust! :)

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  4. How frusterating to see Stardust not feeling so well and to keep getting those large medical bills! But, you're right, what can you do for your best friend? Health and happiness means the world! :)

    Hang in there, it sounds like things are getting better....love you and love ya Stardust! :)

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