Sam's place

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Hello kitty, you will be missed.

The kitten has been acting like it's drunk for about a month. Taken to the vet and given a check-up. The vet...(who is fairly new at the job, just out of school) thinks it is a vitamin deficiently, and proscribes...stuff. "Feed her this, give her that, and put these in her ears twice a day."

A month later, no change. Actually, the kitten is looking more drunk, and less able to walk a straight line. So, on Tuesday morning, after watching her flop on the ground like a fish out of water for a couple of minutes, off to the vets office again. This time, we got the 35 year veteran veterinarian. He took a look into the kittens eyes, looked up and said... "She had Feline Distemper, either in fetus, or just after birth. It's messed up her nervous system and is making her unable to walk, or move correctly."

He then goes on to say something about Cerebral Holo-somethingorother...Translated into English, it means that her brain sends out a signal to her left leg, and her eyes blink. She is also in the stage where the pain is getting to her, as she mews loudly whenever she is moving.

Long story shortened, we are taking her to the vet, one last time. She won't be coming back. The roomie and I decided that we'd rather she not suffer any more pain than she already has.

9 Comments:

At 11:51 AM, Blogger Boulder Dude said...

Poor kitty...

The sad thing is if you had seen the good vet the first time they would have been able to find this and take care of it.

*waves good by to grey kitty and gives Sammy a hug*

 
At 12:41 PM, Blogger ktbuffy said...

Awww... poor kitty. Not a good week for felines in the blogosphere.

 
At 3:28 PM, Blogger ***Dave said...

Indeed. Sorry to hear about it, Sam, and my most sincere condolences.

 
At 3:43 PM, Blogger Timothy said...

Yikes!

Poor Kitty.

Poor Sam and Roomie too.

Definitely a bad week for pets. Sorry for your loss.

 
At 6:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh Sam.... I am SO sorry!

That's all I can say... I'm trying not to cry so I can finish this, but thinking of what you're going through makes me think of my kitties.

*BIG HUG*

You know where to find me if you need to talk, okay?

*goes to find a box of kleenex*

 
At 8:47 AM, Blogger Jackie said...

Sorry to hear about your kitty. Your doing the right thing by not letting her suffer.

 
At 11:19 AM, Blogger Lela said...

I'm so sorry to hear this. My sincerest condolences to you and your roomie. *hugs*

 
At 4:05 PM, Blogger Ladienyte said...

I'm sorry about kitty, Sam. Hugs for you ... I feel your pain.

 
At 4:10 PM, Blogger CapAtomyc said...

Absolutely Sammy. Sorry to hear it. Thinking about you and yours.

 

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