Time for an update on Cylia, since it’s been an ‘interesting’ couple of weeks.
She had been rather down and very much not herself for much of last week, and then last Friday she went to the litterbox, and after doing her business, lay down in the box.
Never a good sign.
The next day I took her down to the vet, and she was examined and found to have fluid buildup in her chest. Since she had been diagnosed with heart disease (and a fairly advanced stage of that too) this is one of the things that can happen.
That can make it hard for her to breathe and as a result was making her feel really bad. She spent most of Saturday at the vet, was given a diuretic and then later the vet did some manual draining of the fluid buildup.
Since then, she’s really turned things around and is starting to feel a bit more like herself again. She’s walking around with her tail held a little higher each day, and last night she slept all night on my bed with me – something she hasn’t done in a few months now.
At this point, I’m feeling a lot more hopeful now for her. Yet at the same time, I know that the heart disease could be ready to complicate things without notice at all.
Also it complicates the plans I had for December, since she’s now on meds for the rest of her life.
Due to this, I can’t have a friend come check on her each day and make sure food & water is stocked up, as well as scoop out the litter box. She needs meds twice a day. That means if I want to travel anywhere, she needs to be boarded.
But doing that would put her into such a state and likely make her health spiral downhill. I can’t do that to her.
So, right now, it looks like my planned trip back to the UK is probably going to be postponed. Parents are understanding, though rest of family don’t know yet. Still tentative.
It’s unfortunate, but she’s worth it – and there will be other Christmases with family.
Though so much for doing a 50th birthday celeb with them. I’m still not even sure what I’m going to do here on the day. 😛
