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11:02:2005 Entry: "Ann : The Caligula Saga Continues"
The Caligula Saga Continues
Last night, we took Caligula in and decided to leave him at the vet's overnight since it would be hard to deliver him in the morning for surgery. They called this morning to say that he has a fever of 104, so they didn't do the surgery. His white blood cell count is low, which means he's fighting an infection, but the rest of the blood test showed in the normal range. There is a small chance that the fever is caused by the mast cell tumor when they aspirated it, causing a release of histamines. My suspicion--and the vet agreed with me--is that it's from a tooth abscess, which is why his underchin was swoolen. Perhaps why his fever was normal yesterday was because we brought him in soon enough before a fever took hold from the abscess. I'm hoping that's what's going on, that it's only a tooth abscess that can be cured with a tooth extraction and antibiotics. Hopefully by next week his fever will have subsided and we can do that, plus the mast tumor removal. He's coming home tonight with antibiotics, and we will need to reschedule another checkup and surgery. I can't believe all this is happening. My emotions are just a rollercoaster with these cat situations these past few days.
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Poor him. It's usually traumatic for cats (and sometimes catowners) to visit the vet, and now he must go back soon - it's probably good he doesn't know that.
Posted by Nico @ 11:02:2005:11:57 AM CST
I know, poor kitty. He's always such a good patient, too, probably because he's too scared to fight. He's really a creampuff.
Posted by Ann @ 11:02:2005:12:12 PM CST
The white blood count is a little odd, but I think there is some sort of infection going on.
Posted by Stan @ 11:02:2005:07:07 PM CST
It's weird, his chin doesn't look swoolen (swollen? sp?) anymore. Maybe the antibiotic is starting to affect whatever it was that was swelling up his chin. I hope this is good news, meaning that the swelling is/was caused by a tooth abscess, as that can be taken care of. The worst news would be that the swelling under the chin would be cancer, but the vet said that was very rare in a cat his age, plus, it wouldn't make sense if the swelling has subsided if it was cancer.
Posted by Ann @ 11:02:2005:09:13 PM CST
I think I'm reading too much about your pet problems. Last night I drempt (amongst many other subjects that I won't detail) that there was a front page story in the Coloradoan - above the fold! - about you and Stan rescuing animals. Accompanying the article was a map showing where you had rescued animals. There was one place on the map for each of you plus one other girl. Stan's said that he had rescued a beaver by returning it to the National Wildlife Refuge. Don't know what Ann or the other girl did.
Posted by greenthumb @ 11:03:2005:08:30 AM CST
I'm surprised I'm not having nightmares about my pet problems myself! Well, maybe these episodes are nightmarish enough so I don't need to supplement it with dreams. It's good to have Caligula back right now, even though we know we'll have to take him back for surgery next week.
Posted by Ann @ 11:03:2005:09:58 AM CST
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