So, for the past two weeks, we have been dealing with our own little crisis. Our 1 year old cat, Sookie, stopped eating. We didn't notice it initially but after 3 days, she was showing signs of weight loss and lethargic behavior and we couldn't get her to eat. We tried everything - babyfood, tunafish in water, tunafish with oil, nothing interested her. Grace, our cat that died last year, developed the same problem and died. We were nervous that Sookie might also have pancreatitis. We took her to her vet and after a couple days at the vets office - the most we could find was that she had fatty liver disease as a result of not eating. She was put on medication and we attempted to feed her by mouth with a dropper. She kept throwing up the food - so two days later, we had to admit her into the hospital. We thought she was going to die. Again, no other diagnosis other then the fatty liver disease. She just wouldn't eat. 5 days and $8000.00 (vet hospitals - don't get me started!) later, we got her home the day before Thanksgiving. The hospital had to insert a feeding tube in her neck and she finally stopped rejecting the food and water. However, we now have to feed her 3 times a day with a syringe through her feeding tube. Poor thing. They shaved her in 10 different places and she has to wear this embarrassing cat paw print surgical bandage around her neck but at least she is better and we are really happy to have her back. Nothing is more sad then to have to visit your animal in a vet hospital with all these other very sick animals in cages around her. I give vets a lot of credit because I would be crying all the time over these poor animals. This is what we are thankful for this Thanksgiving.
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