Chris,
You need to know what the liver and kidneys are doing. Based on those results, she may need to be hydrated constantly on an IV. It is good that she urinated.
Depending on the liver and kidney results, you may need to consider either your veterinarian or an emergency clinic or combination thereof -- wherever she can get ongoing critical care.
It would be helpful if you posted the results of liver enzyme levels and the creatinine and BUN (blood urea nitrogen) numbers, the breakdown of the CBC (red cell count, white cell count and differential count - how many neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, etc) (along with the normals for the lab -- you see, numbers are not helpful with out normals for the lab that ran the data).
I don't, nor do any of the vets here, want to step in and diagnose your kitty (nor should we), but it would be helpful to know some of these parameters.
Hang in there. -- E
Just got back from Vet...vet could see improvement in her reactions/eyes.
Here are her numbers:
These are her numbers each time we went to the vet:
FRIDAY, 12 MAR 05
BUN> 130, ALT 530, CREA 3.89, GLU 180, ALKP 65, RR=66, TBIC 1.65
MONDAY 14 MAR 05
BUN= >130, CREA=2.99, ALT = 320
WEDNESDAY 16 MAR 05
BUN=124, CREA-2.93, ALT=172
On the issue of blood in stools= confirmed constipation, just a little irritated.
On the lethargy, just part of getting over anaphylatic shock
She looked a little better, still not eating.
Will give her 100ml of dexitrol (sp) into her catheter (sp) tonight and later 30 CC of k/d cat food wetted down (force fed).
She is to see the vet in another 48 hours. He said that he wants to see her every 48 hours until those numbers come down.
THANKS VETVETDOUG for the suggestion of a T-4. He said it was probably unnecessary, but with her heart murmer, it is probably good to go ahead and look at the thyroid. As far as the calcium/phosphorus ratio, he said to NOT do it right now because the numbers will tell him what we already know, that it will be high.
Luckily she was a little bit more perky this PM and it showed. I just hate force feeding. The IV in the catheter in her arm vein is easier than sub-Q so we have the hydration going. Her stools were normal, and she was observed urinating today (whew!). She purred twice today as I was washing her mouth after force feeding.
On the issue of putting her down: Vet said that she has made fairly good progress on the numbers coming down, pretty good progress on activity, and would not advice putting her down unless she "crashes". It looks like she is on a very slow, long, process of recovery, and could take a turn for the worse at any time. He is still hopeful she will pull out of this, but warned me not to get to optimistic and hopes up. It is easy to get excited about a fair or good day, and have a "crash" the next.
Thanks again for the advice and the concerns. I know that a good vet and prayers, and alot of TLC are what every pet needs!
Chris