Baby is an 9-year old ginger coloured persian cat I used to keep. But for soem reasons my dad wanted me to give it away. After sourcing for a long time, I finally got a kind soul to keep it for me- Alex. So baby has been with him for more than 2 years. Apparently the whole family has grown to like her and she began to settle down in her new home. Once in a while Alex would bring her to visit me and I'd keep her at home for a few hours before he comes to fetch her back home.
I received a call from Alex on Thursday and he told me that Baby is bahaving strangly, and doesn't follow him for food anymore. She began to walk as if she's drunk and her head is tilted to the right. She has lost her sense of balancing- which is the core ability of a cat...What can a cat when it can even balances itself?? She can't even eat because she can't even stand properly...and she doesn't have the appetite even when it comes to her favourite bak kua.
Alex and Wilson brought her to the clinic at PL but they could not do anything about her so they referred her to the hospital. What I was told that the vet there could not give a good explaination and diagnosis on her condition. What was recommanded is to admit her to monitor her condition and do some blood test. However the admission charges costs $70/ day which excludes all tests and medication. Alex wasn't really concerned about the costs but he wants to make sure that she recovers after all that can be done...But he was told that they do not know how long she'll be warded and they can't garantee recovery. This means that you can pay up to thousands and her condition might not improve. So Alex brought her home with 2 types of medication-a steriod to reduce inflammation in her brain and antibiotics to prevent secondary bacterial infections. I called up my vet friend and asked her what I should do. She told me that they might take some time to recover. But if I'm worried, I can do a blood test.
Alex was as worried as I was, so we agreed to bring to another vet in BT. The vet was more experienced she explained what might be the real caused and advises what she felt was feasible. Her condition is considered sever because it results in a dysfunction in her nervous system...it may be a stroke cause by a burst blood vessel or a clot in the vessel, resulting in lack of oxygen to one side of the brain. Doing a blood test can only show if her internal organs are functioning well. Her condition usually has got nothing to do with her organs, thats was why it might not be necessary. If I wanna check if there is a tumor or blood clot in the brain she would have to do an MRI scan which can amount from $700-$1000.
The only thing to do is to let her continue with her course of medication and pray for recovery.
On top of that, we need to force feed her to make sure that she eats to sustain. We brought her home and I force feeding her , she was struggling and dugged her nails into my hand. Ouuch... If i get a stroke tomorow, you know why..keke ;P
