Sunday, December 23, 2007

What a horrifying experience

Yesterday we took Precious and a few of the boys to the Vets to have their shots updated. We've done this a million times and never had a problem before, until now.

All seemed well until we got Precious home. After being home about a half an hour, if not less, she started vomiting. I called the vet and he said sometimes this happens don't worry but if it gets worse, call.

We watched her for an hour and she continued to vomit. Hubby noticed in the kitchen floor there was blood. I immediately called the Vet who told us to bring her in. While putting her in the crate, which was a core in and of itself, we discovered several other blood spots.

We rushed to the Vet, thankfully it's only a few miles away and they were still open. They quickly put us in a room and upon taking her out of the crate we noticed there was blood everywhere. The poor baby was covered in it and she seemed to be passing it through her bowels as well.

Scared and messy they took her in to clean her up. The Vet told us that sometimes this happens but it's rare. He said she had a reaction to her shots, probably her rabies shot since this was the first time she had gotten one of those as opposed to her regular shots.

They gave her a shot of Compazine to control her vomiting and Benadryl to control the reaction. We waited a short bit and thankfully the vomiting and passing of blood stopped. The Vet was correct.

We brought her home and put her in the large dog crate that we use to quarantine any sick cat. She did really well and recovered fast. The shots did the trick and she's doing great now, no more problems.

Going forward we need to be sure she has Benadryl prior to getting any shots to prevent this from happening again. It sure was a scary experience, especially after seeing all the blood but I'm just glad she's OK!

She's back to her normal snuggly purring self now, thank God!