This week Mollie had her ultrasound. I couldn’t let her write about it because she was really annoyed. This is a G rated blog and the words wouldn’t be appropriate.
She had her belly shaved and they put her in a cradle thingie on her back. (I am so sorry I didn’t get a picture!) It was sized for her but she had to feel very vulnerable. Reminded me of women on their back with their legs in stirrups!
At the end of the procedure, they called me in and showed me what they found. I walked into a darkened room and got a real stink eye from her. She was still in the cradle.
There is no sign of cancer or IBD or any other horrible thing. In fact, she’s very healthy. Her organs are healthy and appropriately sized. He could not see her esophagus (too high) but there weren’t any gas pockets in her GI system.
This all happened yesterday so I haven’t talked to my vet yet but I’m hopeful this chapter is over. She’s still an old cat but she’s a healthy old cat and right now pretty cranky!
The other cats told her she smelled funny so she spent the day trying to clean up that vet smell. She hasn’t quite forgiven me yet but I know where she likes to be scratched. If only it were that easy with people!
Poor Mollie! I’m sure this was distressing to her, but I have a feeling it was even more distressing to you! Fingers crossed that all continues to be well!
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I always suffer more than they do. At least I think so.
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Whew.
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Yeah, really!
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While walking today I said “didn’t Kate write a cat post Friday or did I miss it?” I did miss it and I’m a day behind in Reader. I’m glad that Mollie’s ordeal is over (for both of you). If only our pets’ mindset when we take them to the vet is that their humans 1) want to keep them humming along; or 2) we’re scared to death what the vet will find if they’re not feeling well because we love them so much, it would give them comfort, not worry and you’d have been spared the stink eye. The last few years I had Buddy (my canary) every time I took him to the vet (which vet I really liked and specialized in birds), he would hyperventilate and they had to put him on oxygen a few times – oxygen for a canary! Well, they kept him another hour or so after his yearly physical, or routine toenail clipping, to ensure he was okay to go home. Well he passed muster with them, but when I got him home, I put his water and seed cups back in (removed for traveling in the car so they didn’t spill) and made him his bagel (we shared a bagel every day) and he would go into the corner of the cage and face the corner for the rest of the night. It was very scary and I dreaded taking him to the vet.
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Maybe he was giving you the cold shoulder!
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Literally! It was so worrisome – a bagel for Buddy was the equivalent of cat grass for your crew. I had to shield that bagel with my hand from the inside of the cage as he could not wait to eat his little hunk that was wedged between the bars and it took forever to cool down from the toaster. He’d stomp his foot on it when it was cool so I could not take it away and go to town eating it. I mist up thinking of that picture. But on “vet days” … he would sit facing the corner and not eat his treat and I would put him to bed earlier (I put him in a room and covered him up every night so I did not disturb him in the morning … yep, spoiled).
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You certainly did spoil your bird!
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He was an “only bird”. 🙂 But he was my companion here since I work from home and am alone. Bagels were his absolute favorite treat. He’d sit there nibbling on it for hours after it cooled off.
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And you never got another one after he passed.
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No, I was too upset and didn’t/don’t want to go through another grieving process again. I am too worried now with all these Polar Vortex events – one last year, two the year before and if we lost power, it would be bad enough to keep a bird warm in a regular Winter, let alone with the winds bringing the temps to a real feel of -45F. I agonized every time we’d have a windy day that we’d lose power and I’d lose Buddy.
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So glad Mollies is OK@ It wasn’t fun for her, but she will be OK – whew!
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Wasn’t fun for either of us. Hope I don’t have to do again!
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Yes, here’s hoping! No vet visits for any of your fur babies for a good long time!
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One of the youn’uns is due for an annual but no shots so I’m skipping it. I’m watching Mollie like a hawk to make sure this is all passed. Cats have a way of hiding things.
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Darn it. I didn’t like what the title might mean. Whew, then I read the entire post. “A healthy old cat” sounds better. She will get over it re the Vet visit. Good news at this stage:)
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It was great news as she has no signs of the typical old cat diseases — thyroid, kidney, diabetes, etc. She was sure cranky though.
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Reluctant to press “like” on the cranky, although, “like” the no diseases:)
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Good to read that all is well with your little lady.
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Yes, it’s good news.
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Glad all seems to check out so far! Harley had his echo on Monday, which is basically the same as an ultrasound. The said they might have to shave a bikini top on him. He’s thankful they didn’t!
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Hope Harley is ok. Mollie seems to be doing all right. Don’t see symptoms anymore but we don’t know what it was all about.
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Um, I think you owe her some tuna treats. Just saying…..
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She says I owe her the WHOLE bag! I finally saw her shaved belly last night. Yep, they shaved the entire underneath from stem to stern. Fortunately she has a fleece blanket to sleep on.
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It’s turning cold now, so yeah, I would go with a whole bag!! Tell her I said Meow.
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Glad everything looks healthy. Praying she is with you a long time.
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Me too. She is amazingly healthy for her age except for that one thing which seems to have gone away. At least for now.
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Glad to hear everything is good with her health:)
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Me too!
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Yay for Mollie! I was a little concerned about the headline too, but then I thought that there was no way you’d announce bad news that way.”Healthy old,” I like that… sort of like me!
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Sort of like me too!
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While I don’t know much about cats and their systems, this sounds like good news. We’ll still keep our paws crossed she forgives you soon and she continues to improve.
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I think it is good news. Since she’s not showing any symptoms currently, whatever it was may have cleared up.
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I’m glad Mollie had a good report; hopefully she’ll forget her displeasure soon!
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After a few days of “normalness” she might!
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Glad to hear everything looked good in the ultrasound.
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Thanks! Me too!
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I was dreading reading this post after seeing the title…but now I am very happy for you all!!! Love a good news story, so needed these days…
Deb
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Seems like a lot of readers read the title the same way. I really didn’t mean that to happen. Just was hoping to close this episode. I love a good story too. I have to say I was nuts since the x-ray where the vet used a lot of words (like cancer, chemo, etc.) that made me woozy.
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I was afraid to read this post, Kate. I am so glad to hear that Mollie is well and healthy. Sending hugs her way!
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Hmmmm…glad you read it. Perhaps I should change it or at least note it’s a happy ending.
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I wouldn’t change a thing. I’m just a natural fraidy-cat! ;D
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I’m so glad Mollie is fine. Poor thing, she can’t help being old.
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I can relate to that. She’s still mad at me.
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What a relief! You’d better suck up to her a little now…
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That’s what she said!
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I’m glad all looks well. Hopefully no more vet appointments for awhile!! Poor Mollie.
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She has not let me look at her shaved belly. I can pet her head but that’s as far as she trusts me. We have guests coming today so I had to move her “stuff” out of the guest room into our bedroom. Too much change and she’s not happy. Even the food station was moved. Sasha will spend the weekend under the bed. She’s so social with us but not willing to meet new people.
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Oh what a relief it must be to know Old Mollie is in great health. Human parents must be doing the right things.
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She has a mind of her own so human parents don’t have much say. It is a relief. Still the question about what the open esophagus was all about but I don’t see symptoms anymore. Guess that’s as good as it gets.
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Glad that is done. We found out that Trinity was one of the very small percentages of cats whos skin bothered her so much where she was shaved that we had to give her a sedative. She made it thru the ultrasound fine but as soon as we got back home (40 min drive) she ran around trying to get away from herself. No sling holder, just a towel on a table. Her skin rippled, she jerked, she spazzed. It lasted a good 2 days. Although her ultrasound came back with struvite crystals. Kinda a good thing. We knew what the problem was and changed her food. I have a post almost ready about why Tyler isn’t getting his second echo that we thought would happen this September. Living in a small town has some disadvantages.
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We were referred to a larger veterinary practice that does a lot of ultrasounds so they had the best equipment. I was worried that it would be dog-sized and Mollie is 7 lbs. but it worked perfectly for her. She didn’t spazz although every once in a while she tried to get up. There were 2 techs working to keep her calm and they were great. Gracie had struvite crystals when we adopted her. She didn’t like the diet she should eat and refused to drink more water. Fortunately I found a wet food that kind of works and she likes. Gracie is the hardest to treat. She eats only what she likes (she will starve rather than eat whats good for her) and doesn’t like to be medicated. Good news for Tyler. I was grateful because a few years back a friend had to drive an hour for an ultrasound. Now we have 3 choices locally.
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Actually bad news for Tyler. He can’t get the 2nd ultrasound… but more on it when I make the time. On Gracie. Trinity actually loved the dry food. She wouldn’t touch the Rx wet food even with freeze dried chicken sprinkled on top. We have well water. I checked our water which was very alkaline. I started buying bottled water for her, which they both got. I could feed them seperatly so Tyler didn’t eat her acidic food she needed causing oxalaate crystals in him but I couldn’t make them use seperate water bowls of course. Being the food police was hard enough. I just bought pool test strips to test our well water. I think the old blog or possible youtube had a post on it. Too long ago to remember. Trinity was small too, always about 8-9 lbs less than Tyler, her littermate. So glad it went well.
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If I want, the vet who did the ultrasound will redo within 30 days for free. I won’t make a decision until I talk to my vet. It’s upsetting for Mollie (and me). I have to fast her for 12 hours prior and it’s a good 45 minute drive each way.
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Um, that headline was a tad bit scary!!!! Glad she is doing well.
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When I wrote the headline my mind didn’t go there at all. It was more of this “this is the third time I’m writing about Mollie’s problems and I promise it should be the last.”
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What good news! Yay, Mollie! I’ve been offline for awhile so I’m glad I saw this post before the others 😉
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It’s like reading the last pages of the book so you know the end of the story. Happy ending here (at least so far!).
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What a relief to know she really has nothing SCARY going on inside of her physically – mentally she has a bit of a “MAD-ON” but that will go away as she eventually forgives your betrayal. I know they think we’re torturing them sometimes but wouldn’t it be nice if they understood we just LOVE them????? Anyway, good news. Very!
Hugs, Pam
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Mollie is usually a good natured cat but she is a tortie with a mind of her own!
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Torties have an independent streak – gotta love that personality trait……I don’t know anyone who has a tortie who hasn’t said that they definitely have a mind of their own! I’ve just always thought their coloring was amazing.
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Mollie is a beautiful cat. Long haired and multi-colored and tiny too. At 7 lbs. she’s the house alpha cat which is funny in itself. My 12 lb. Morgan listens to her as do the other two.
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Like all kids, 2- or 4-legged, Mollie will eventually get over it! Better to have her healthy and mad than not mad and ill!
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Oddly Morgan has been clingy lately. She’s not a clingy cat so I wonder if she was sensing something.
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Happy news for both you and Mollie! … but poor Mollie. The indignity of it all!!
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I tried to explain to her that woman go through indignities at the doctor’s office all the time!
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Yeah – let me guess …. she didn’t care.
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You got it!
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Yay! Good job not shedding blood, Mollie. You are a model of restraint.
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Very loud hisses though. Once she was in the cradle she was compliant (except for hairy eyeballs!).
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It’s time to spoil the old girl and get back in her good graces! Sounds like you’ll have plenty of time together to do just that!
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Sure hope so! Mollie is a special cat (aren’t they all?) and I would hate to lose her. Perhaps coming so close to the ill Trisha made it harder too.
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The bestest of news! Poor Mollie getting her belly shaved, being all vulnerable on her back… but worth it for the wonderful news!
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OMG! The look on her face when I walked in the room was precious!
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When I saw the headline I feared the worse but I am glad Mollie is still hanging g in there.
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Oh no! Not that end! Just the end of the episode. Still not sure about the esophagus but currently she has no symptoms.
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Old healthy is great news. I imagine Mollie will hold this against you for a good long while. Cats never forget the indignities imposed on them at the Vet’s office.
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She has been keeping her distance. This morning when I gave her food she was skittish and only ate after I left. Yesterday I scooped her up and put her in the carrier at about the same time.
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This is wonderful news, Kate. What a great way to kick off the weekend. 🙂
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Yes, it’s granddaughters weekend and the Cowboys. Yikes!
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Go Eagles!
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So glad Mollie’s got the all clear. Fuss, catnip and whatever by proxy Kate.
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And she blows big purrs right back at you!
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Bless. Gratefully received. 🙂
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Thankful she is a healthy old 🐈 💕
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Yes, just like her servant!
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Agreed❣️
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