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I am so grateful! last modified: Sunday, February 17, 2008 (12:00:09 AM) This past week has been hell for me. It all started with Jiji going in for his sugery and then all hell broke lose. ~_~ He was in intensive care on Tuesday.
Wednesday his swelling went down and they were able to take him off of oxygen. The mass in his throat/mouth would not go down so they replaced the tube for his tracheostomy. Thursday they wanted to try to take the tube out but alas the mass still had not gone down and things were getting tricky because mucas kept getting into the tube and they had to swab it out every other hour. They couldn't keep replacing the tube because they could not keep putting him under over and over again. By this time I was close to giving up on the whole thing. Friday was much better! The mass had finally gone down enough to where they could remove the tube. Jiji would still every so often breath out of the hole in his neck but he was eating for once and could breath on his own. So no more IVs! Today I picked him up and he was so happy to see my little brother and myself. He started purring. I had paid the vet a few hundred dollars on Friday and there was no additional charges to be added so I paid nothing else today. I had my gallery for offers in fears that I would be facing a bill on top of what I have already paid them of a few thousand dollars. They had him for a total of 4 nights and gave him constant care. I figured they would charge me what I paid three times over. They had to go into the OR at least once outside of the original surgery. ah well. All in all I paid about $1900 in vet bills but it was well worth it. This office saved a little kitten I brought in last summer so I trust them now more than ever. I have to take Jiji back in two weeks to get the sutras taken out of his neck. They were put in to keep the tube in place. We are letting the hole heal on its own. The entire family is keeping an eye on him. We are out of the woods but we are watching him just in case he swells up again or has any other strange symptoms. The surgery site on his neck is not pretty but it is what saved his life. He looks a bit beat up but he will heal in time. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/uoaddict16/MY%20PICTURES/asjiji.jpg Poor shaved kitty. LOL Just wanted to let everyone know the outcome. Hopefully he still has a few more of his 9 lives saved up for later. >_> LOL later
I''m so glad to hear Jiji is doing better! And it''s great that you didn''t have to dish out more $$$. Vet hospital bills can be outrageous! He''s a cute kitty! ^_^
Poor Jiji, what an unexpected rollercoaster ride for him, and you. Must have been nice to breathe that sigh of relief. I am surprised they did not charge you more, shows not everyone is greedy nowadays. That too must have been a huge sigh of relief. PS- Funny how as long as they sleep in positions like that they never fail to be adorable, even shaven, lol!!
Wow, what a brave cat. I feel like like crying. I so glad there was a happy ending for you. Jiji is lucky such a good family and good care. He''s so cute is that photo. Brave, brave cat :-)
I''ve just read back my message. I hope you can understand it with all of my mistakes. Sorry, I''m dispraxic.
I am so glad that Jiji is ok :) He looks so cute in the picture ^_^ I had to take one of my cats emergency room and he stayed a couple nights. They charged me tons more.... So I am glad that your vet was very nice to you ^_^
That sounds like a pretty rough week for any cat and family to go through. Glad Jiji made out alright and that your bills did the same. I''m requesting that there be updates w/ pics on Jiji''s condition. Shaven kitty = still adorable.
Glad to know that Jiji is better now. He''s lucky to haf u as his owner :)
phew, i was really worried! i hope he has a super speedy recovery... 9 lives indeed! :)
Thank you everyone for your support. ^__^ Makes me feel a little less like the crazy cat lady on the block. LOL I am not.. but.. yeah. >_> HAHA |
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