LC: Skeeter an Ayla hadda go ta the V-E-T yesserday morning. Ayla got "micro-chipt" an is on some anniebiotics fer some oozy stuff.
I'm worried about Skeeter, though. He got brought in cause he's not usin the litterboxes annymore much. Sometimes he does, but he usally just seems ta ferget what theyre for, ya know? Its as if he thinks he is outside an annywhere is OK.
He is also fergettin that me an Ayla are his fambly. Weds night, he suddenly attacked me. Not like wrasslin, but like I was a invader. The Big Thing hadda pull him offa me an I was real scared. Then he immediately chased Ayla in the house! The Big Thing hadda close him inna room by hisself all the rest of the night.
So Ayla says the V-E-T looked him all ofer an said he dint look good, then took him into anofer room. She could hear him howlin and moanin. Apparently, the V-E-T took somma his blood an somma his pee, an mebbe other stuff. Skeeter is gettin anniebiotics too.
That afternoon, the V-E-T called The Big Thing an said Skeeter hadda be brought in first thing this mornin!
Skeeter was terrible upset ta see the PTU again this morning! TBT hadda struggle ta get him init.. Skeeter hadda stay at the V-E-T all day! When he came back, he hadda cloth on one leg, the ofer was shaved some, an he was woozy and scared...
THE BIG THING: First, about Ayla. She seems to have a slight infection that may or may not relate to her botched spay operation. It does not seem serious. At the moment, anyway!
Second, the vet called yesterday and said that Skeeter either has a serious infection or his kidneys are failing, an they needed to put him on an IV drip today to help figure it out. The IV drip will allow them to measure how well his kidneys are functioning. He is on antibiotics in case it is "just" an infection.
When I picked Skeeter up this afternoon, the vet advised me that I need to bring Skeeter back in on Monday morning for further blood tests to see if some measurements have improved. Sadly, he advised me that Skeeter's "numbers" (I assume something like uric acid ppm or dead white blood cells - I didn't ask for the details) started at 6.9, should have gone down to 2.0 and was only down to 3.9. The preliminary assumption is that one or both of Skeeter's kidneys are failing.
He was concerned enough that he made sure to say that if Skeeter's behavior or condition changes suddenly during non-office-hours this weekend to bring him to the emergency clinic immediately. The followup blood test to be done Monday morning should provide a more definite diagnosis.
Monday will bring good news or bad. I must wait. But it is going to be a long weekend for all of us here...