Prayers going up for your kitty… Prayers going up for your kitty…You're prayers are working so far!
I can't believe he's still alive. :-)
I brought him home this evening so that I can watch him all night, then will take him back in the morning. The vet is Matthew B. Filip, DVM @ Cat Veterinary Clinic on W. Alabama & Shephard).
He's really baffled the vet by how well he's doing. He's up and eating and walking around. He's alert and looks really good. The vet did remove the air from him while he was having all of those troubles. The first set of x-rays show both lungs collapsed but the second set taken this afternoon looks pretty normal. You can see the air all through his body though. He no longer thinks there were any tears or holes in his lungs/esophagus because that doesn't heal up in a matter of hours. He doesn't know what caused his lungs to collapse.
The next 48 hours will say alot. He's not out of the woods yet but he's alive and breathing!!! He really looks good.
The vet said he wouldn't charge me a penny for any of this. He felt really bad about the whole thing, even cancelled all of his appointments for the day. Any vets here someone could ping for me? Would be nice to know if this sounds like an unfortunate complication or whether the vet needs to be replaced.
Anyway, so far so good!!! Your prayers and well wishes meant an awful lot to me!