Edward Cat

[elainegrey]

Following up on last night's semi-cryptic post.

Last night, around 1 am, Edward Cat's blood work came back indicative of congestive heart failure with nothing in the fluid from around the lungs (pulmonary edema? i guess) indicative of cancer. There was some chance his breathing difficulties were triggered by fluids he received on Thursday[1]. Given that, there are reasonable chances that he can receive treatment and be better, at least for a while. So he's been hospitalized today with some hope that they can stabilize his breathing, give him some drugs for the fluid build up and to help him eat, and feed him (with a feeding tube) to get his eating started again -- and then he might come home. And it's possible maybe we give him regular meds  and he's OK for a while.

We got home, had a bit of alcohol to sedate and counter coffee, and then were asleep -- my watch says 3:20 am. I was up around 7. I just called and learned they're doing rounds: we'll hear how he is in a few hours.

[1] "Decompensation into fulminant pulmonary edema may be precipitated by a stressful event, anesthesia, intravenous fluid administration or steroid administration. " https://academy.royalcanin.com/en/veterinary/management-of-the-cat-with-heart-failure

Comments

[loligo]

Sending good thoughts!

[elainegrey]

Thanks, i appreciate them.

[dewline]

Wishing the best for Edward, whatever that may be.

[zippybeta]

Hope you had good news.

[elainegrey]

Thank you. I'm glad we had clarity from taking him to the vet that death would be soon, and as he was hiding from us at home, i think he knew too. This way we were with him.

[weofodthignen]

I hope they can get him back in balance again. Thanks for the update. You must both be exhausted.

[lyr]

That sounds relatively encouraging. I hope he continues to do better.