Ginza Got His Dental Cleaning

He's recovering very nicely from Monday's dental. I found an all cat clinic out here in the burbs, so I was happy. The whole vet team were all very nice, and I could tell they all take good care of their patients.

I took him back to his waiting room cage, where his name was written right on top, which I liked. Everything was clean, smelled good and disinfected, and very organized. Since we also wanted to get a urine sample, I tried to encourage him to go, but he hissed when he smelled the cage, perfectly normal. He looked so scared and confused to see me go, bit heartbreaking, but all the nice techs made me feel better.

The vet called right at noon to tell me everything had gone well, went over everything that was done, and the urine results (normal!). Poor baby had 3 little teeth taken out, but everything else was very good. So happy and relieved to pick him up right at 3pm (you know I was a worrying nervous wreck.)

Pixie was so cute, chatting nonstop all morning, I think asking where Ginza was. When he got home, though, she wasn't pleased with his smell at all, so she hissed away like no one's business for 3 days! So cute. Everything finally back to normal yesterday, everyone's eating together again.

Now he's tapping my knee asking for lunch. Too cute!

Pixie - The Puzzlement Continues

So Pixie seemed to be ok the day after the last fever, but then she was lethargic again the next day. So off she went to another vet, and again, nothing obvious. The new vet seems nice, but maybe a little too surgery-happy, but it's just a feeling. Anyway, here we are a week later. We've been observing her closely, and she's not quite right, but there's nothing we can pinpoint still. Besides being frustrating, it's scary worrying about when she's going to fall ill again, and if she won't rebound again.

Pixie Has A Fever Again

That 24 hour virus is back, she ate half-heartedly last night, then looked lethargic. Took her temp at midnight, she was 104.2. Stayed up the whole night to watch her, then took her temp again at 5:30am, and she was back down to 102, thankfully. She's ok now, just a little subdued as she recovers. So frustrating not know what the hell this is.

Plain Brown Tabby Treats!

Always enjoy doing business with Plain Brown Tabby, everything's always exactly as described, oftentimes even better! The kitties can always tell when the box is theirs, they're jumping all over it while I'm finding the scissors to cut it open, LOL. They've all gone nuts over the latest new toy, the Kitty Cuddler with Valerian spiced Catnip. I barely got them out of the box before they were all over 'em! Enjoy the video.

Ginza Pics

Kayla Judges New Blooms

Hmmm,  uh-oh, she's not looking too impressed.  Tough crowd!

From Kitties

Hmmm - Not Sure - Think Ginza Likes His Electric Blanket?

From Kitties

Holding Breath - Kitties Seem Ok

Last temp reading for Pixie at 11:30pm was 101º.  She's subdued, but responding to treaties, eating well, but not talking much.  Hopefully she doesn't suffer a relapse.  Still very worried about her.

Kayla thankfully ate a whole can tonight, then wanted a snack afterward too, and is now sprawled on my lap purring.  Whew.

Kayla Approves New Bed

Freshly laundered blankie and a heating pad underneath - the best!

Pixie's Better But It's Kayla's Turn

Thankfully Pixie's fever's gone, but now she's started to have a lower temp.

11:30am 99.8º
 1:30pm 99.6º

Will have to keep an eye on it.  She's eating normally, and meowing when disturbed again, but subdued, as she would be from having had such a high fever.

But now Kayla refused to eat breakfast, and she's extra clingy today, demanding to sit on my lap and following me everywhere today.  Worried.

Pixie's Got A Fever Again

Been waiting for it to recur again, and it has.  Around 11pm she started looking down, now it's almost 4am, and she seems to be getting better again.

12:30am  104.6º
  1:30am  106º +  freaked me out, she let me put a wet towel on her, not even a peep
  2:30am  104º ready for the vet, whew, will wait now
  3:30am  103.4º  even took some treaties, even purred a bit for daddy
  4:30am  102.8º even purred for me, bit feistier.  Oh thank god.

Will go get some rest now and leave her alone to get better.  Fingers crossed it doesn't flare up again while I'm sleeping.

Inspecting The Library

Pixie Sunning In The Library

Pixie Had A Fever Again

Last night, same thing happened - she was happy and chipper in the morning, started sleeping around 4pm, maybe, then lethargic by dinnertime. A little better than the last time, she lifted her head a little. Sure enough, she had a temp again, 104.6º. We decided against taking her in again unless she went up to 105º, since the symptoms were the same. We just kept an eye on her most of the night. I syringe-dribbled water every 15 minutes for her, gave her some vit C. Took her temp again at midnight, and it was 104º.

2am, she stirred a bit, and just like last time, she came down for a bite! Ate a whole can, then back to rest upstairs. We decided she'd gotten over the worst, so definitely no ER, stopped water. We finally got some sleep.

This morning she's back to normal, temp 101º, chatting up a storm, big appetite. Gotta say, the internet is a most wonderful place. We found so much info on FUOs - fever of unknown origin, that helped us make informed decisions about Pixie's care, not panicking and racing her off the the ER again and stressing her out. We decided a few more tests next week to rule out the next level of baddies - we didn't get tests for FIP, toxo, and thyroid - slim possibilities, but better safe than sorry.

These were excellent sources of info for us:

Merck Veterinary Manual - Fever of Unknown Origin
Webvet - Fever in Cats
Ask The Vet - Kitty with Unexplained High Fever

Today's Cute Kitty Pics

Kayla At Play

Pixie's Doing Well

Back to her feisty self, she got really pissed off when I took her temperature, LOL. Eating well, running around, curious. Very relieved.

No idea what it might have been.

Back Home And Pixie's Eating

Whew! Decided to try tempting Pixie with some food, and she ate like a horse. Yippee. Looking night and day already, she's wandering around some and meowing away. Not a perfect resolution, but at least all the major stuff was ruled out.

We're exhausted, going to hit the sack now.

Right Now - With Pixie At The ER

Poor little girl is feeling so crappy and we torture her with the vet. She's scared to death and peed all over the floor while I was holding her.

She's got a 104.5 fever. So far urine tests are negative for UTI - not good. and kidneys are good.

Ok, vet back blood tests all good - idiopathic diagnosis. Nothing else to be done for now. Subcu. anti-inflam and antibiotics and we'll be off.

Kayla's Sunning