Jello is home!
How it all happened…. So a month ago she had a cat bite we think (vet couldn’t find where but there’s a cat that attacks her and chases her even on our property) and she was taken to the vet and had a course of antibiotics. She seemed to come right, two weeks later I noticed a scab on her head, thought that was the bite. She didn’t get sick then and two weeks later she was fine and Monday morning a little off her food, thought nothing of it and Monday evening she was struggling to breathe and near death.
The vet said that this is common and can happen as a secondary type infection where it travels through the bloodstream to the lungs and causes pneumonia and pyothorax (pus in the pleura). It’s the spread of bacteria to the lungs, can also happen if they get a migrating foreign body like a grass seed in their chest cavity or trauma from falling out of a tree or hit by a car etc. We have to keep an eye on her especially when the antibiotics stop, just to make sure it’s gone and not just kept at bay with the antibiotics.
So for anyone that has a cat that gets a cat bite infection, keep a close eye on them at week 2-3 as that’s when this type of disease presents itself.
The current vet bill is just over $7000 with another visit next week for sedation and more X-rays and more blood tests so likely another $1000. Thank you again to everyone for love and support. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
