September 20th, 2006 - Shmigirl
Please keep my kitty Shmi in your thoughts. Yesterday evening, she had her annual physical but she didn’t get far. She got stressed out and then crashed. They put her on oxygen (side note: I think this part is pretty funny, trying to imagine a tiny oxygen mask on an itty bitty cat!) and discovered that her labored breathing was due to a lot of fluid in her lungs. There’s also something wrong with her heart. She stayed in the hospital overnight. They called around 10 to say she was stable. But there’s still a chance she could die. I won’t know anything until I get home after work because I have some meetings today and I just don’t want to know at work.
She jumped into my arms before going to the vets (Eric took her and Sith–I stayed home and did tomatoes). And the night before, she spent the entire night sleeping on me. Usually, she only does that for part of the night and when I move around, she leaves in a huff. But that night, she stuck to me like glue, even when I turned over. If she does die, I’m glad to have that as my last memories. (And that after she went in her traveling crate, she quickly turned and snuck out and almost got away!) We spent her first year thinking she might die each night (literally, I’d get up each morning and wonder if I’d see her walking aorund) but for the last three years it’s been pretty much okay. If she survives, she’ll probably be on two more daily medications for the rest of her life, but it’s definitely treatable. (I hope they are liquids, not pills. She hates the liquids, but at least I know I can get them in her!)
So, please keep her in your thoughts. As Eric says, we have four pets, but I have Shmi.
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