Over the last 5 weeks we have gotten two new Feline Members to our Family. So, the grand total is...1 Dad, 1 Momma, 3 Boys and 4 kitties.
We got Maggie from a dear friend who had to re-home her. Maggie is the sweetest little cuddle bug! She’s pretty skittish and usually stays in our bedrooms. When it’s time for bed though, Maggie is up on the bed (usually laying on my chest), purring away and giving kisses.
We got Sox close to 2 weeks ago. Sox was my Grammy and Papahowdy’s cat and with them both gone, Sox needed a new home. Sox has never been around other cats and is used to two very quiet people...and my house has 3 boys. Sox can be sweet but takes awhile to get used to things.
Rock and Sissy have been great adding 2 new kitty girls to the house. Rock just wants to play all the time and Sis just wants to snuggle them. Thankfully, all 4 babies are able to easily navigate around the house and each other fairly easily.
However, around the time we got Sox, Sis got sick. We saw puddles of yellow liquid in a couple of places and didn’t think much of it, until we saw that it was coming from Sis. It turns out that it was bile. At first we thought it was a hairball that had gotten stuck, but Sis just not getting better. I put her in bed with me and she curled up around my arm and she stayed there from 9:30pm to 4:30am without moving. My Baby Girl was sick and she needed her Momma.
I took her to the vet and they did blood work and ex-rays and it turns out that Sis has a few very small stones in her bladder and has some very high liver levels. They gave her some fluids and gave us some meds to give her. We are hopeful that the meds will help take care of everything, but I’ve been watching her like a hawk.
Sis was very weak and jaundiced and wasn’t able to eat or drink anything, when I took her in to the vet. Now, she’s eating and drinking (she’s also getting treats after every medication time) and her sweet, little nose has finally turned pink again! She’s perking up more and more each day, but we will know for sure once we go for her follow up appointment once she’s done with her meds. For now, it’s meds, treats and all of the Momma snuggles she wants.
