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Sunday February 12th 2012, 8:18 pmWe sit and wait and worry. The room is loud, in that sound echos easily. The tiled floors and brick walls are neutral palettes, attempting to cause one to feel at ease, but it doesn’t really work. A flat screen TV is playing Disney’s Tarzan, we have to watch it twice while we wait and worry. Our poor little Tabitha, our speckled furry little girl, is sick. This is not the first post I wished to have about her, but this is all their is today, right now. We’re tired and worried, waiting, sitting on a large brown leather sofa. Tabitha is so weak, we feel hopeless, and scared. Our cats are our children, our family, I’m not sure if anyone can really understand that. I do know other people with pets can get it I think, but it can be hard to explain sometimes. The onset of whatever this is was so sudden, one day she is running around, happy and healthy, the next she is like this. The doctor is running tests, blood work-ups, her T-cell counts are double their normalcy, but yet she has no fever. Other tests to send off to the lab, meaning more waiting and worrying, we will not have answers quickly, we will not have them today. The x-rays reveal very little, only that her tummy has filled with fluid, swelled and distended, obstructing the x-ray imaging, impossible to tell what is causing the fluid build up. She has trouble walking. Wendy is trying not to tear up, we’re so very worried. Its a very quiet drive home, we fear we’re going to lose her. Tabby has almost no energy, so we hover and dote, making sure we get her to eat and drink something.
I have nothing left to say but…
Horrible
February 12th 2012
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Hello Allison
Thank you so much for reaching out, we appreciate it very much. It’s 2am here right now, and we’re remaining vigilant in hopes that we’ll have some form of turning around point. She can’t really move much, no energy, but she is on medication so now we have to wait and see. We’re hoping to have some answers from the vet tomorrow (well, today since its morning here). She is also scheduled to see her regular vet as early as possible. We’ll be staying up taking shifts until we can head down to the hospital.
“Our cats are our children, our family, I’m not sure if anyone can really understand that. I do know other people with pets can get it I think, but it can be hard to explain sometimes.”
I understand. We have two lady cats and an almost-one-year lady baby and most people don’t understand when I say that our girls (as we call Luba and Emília) prepared us well for Marta. Different needs, different interactions, same love.
Comment by Pedro 02.13.12 @ 5:38 amHello Pedro
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and empathy with us. “Same love” is a perfect statement.
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I’ve been reading your “experiments” all year, but this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to comment. I am so very sorry to hear about the illness in your family. I know how difficult it is when a beloved pet is sick. The hardest part, I think, is the lack of communication. They have no way of telling us where it hurts, and we have no way of reassuring them that we will do everything possible to make them well again. I dearly hope Tabitha recovers, and my thoughts will be with you until she does.
Comment by Allison 02.12.12 @ 9:56 pm