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missroseroseYesterday afternoon, Mr. Jerry Brown started throwing up and acting listless. When he wouldn't eat and wasn't getting any better today, we called the vet's office for an emergency visit. The blood work showed his thyroid levels as being off the charts; the consequent metabolic increase (specifically high blood pressure) seems to have taken most of his sight.
We got him some thyroid medication and fluids and brought him home. Hopefully his system will calm down enough so he can eat; past that, about the best we can hope for is that the medication will keep his thyroid under control and that he'll adjust to living without much sight. We don't move our furniture around much, so that's a plus, I suppose.
Brian and I are trying to decide what to do with our upcoming trip. It doesn't seem fair to ask our friends to take care of what is rapidly becoming a high-maintenance cat for two weeks, so we'll probably need to discuss it with them. Plus it would make better financial sense to cut things short, since regular vet visits and blood work are likely to be a bit of a liability. But at the same time, we've been looking forward to getting out of Juneau for a while for months now. So it's kind of frustrating.
But the worst part of it is just seeing Mr. Jerry Brown look so confused and unhappy in what should be his happy home.
We got him some thyroid medication and fluids and brought him home. Hopefully his system will calm down enough so he can eat; past that, about the best we can hope for is that the medication will keep his thyroid under control and that he'll adjust to living without much sight. We don't move our furniture around much, so that's a plus, I suppose.
Brian and I are trying to decide what to do with our upcoming trip. It doesn't seem fair to ask our friends to take care of what is rapidly becoming a high-maintenance cat for two weeks, so we'll probably need to discuss it with them. Plus it would make better financial sense to cut things short, since regular vet visits and blood work are likely to be a bit of a liability. But at the same time, we've been looking forward to getting out of Juneau for a while for months now. So it's kind of frustrating.
But the worst part of it is just seeing Mr. Jerry Brown look so confused and unhappy in what should be his happy home.
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Date: 2008-08-25 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-25 04:54 am (UTC)Mr. Jerry Brown
Date: 2008-08-25 06:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-25 07:54 am (UTC)Even if not, Taco got on for most of his last two years with minimal eyesight, and effectively blind for most of the last year. Cats esp. in home environments seem to get on well enough by smell, hearing, and memory. There is hope.