*sigh* Poor Wibble

[lwood]

As some of you might remember from this pair of posts, as well as this pair and these pictures from countgeiger, I helped my cat George into the clearing at the end of the path fourteen months ago.

Not long after that, his littermate Wibble turned up hyperthyroid (this is often what it means when an old cat becomes a bag of bones: it's feline overclocking). Well, at least we knew the routine by now--and unlike her brother, she could take thyroid medicine twice a day without obvious adverse effects. We started treatment, figuring that at her age the nuclear option would cost more than relatively inexpensive pills, given the amount of time she likely had left.

The past couple days, while she's always had a delicate tummy, now she's throwing up more than usual (including the thyroid meds, of course), including a clear, slightly bilious vomitus under my desk this morning.

While she's been drinking more than usual, her eyes are sunken, a sign of dehydration.

The vet doesn't have any appointments today--while I could sit with her in a carrier in the vet's office on an emergency basis until someone had time...I don't think that's fair to Wibble, in a strange box in a strange place with no real access to water when she's drinking as much as she is.

There will be an appointment tomorrow instead.

We'll see what happens.

-- Lorrie

Comments

[knittingwoman.livejournal.com]

so sorry. I was just talking yesterday to my brother about their 14 year old cat who is having some similar issues including the thyroid ones.

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Thanks...