Topic: George was rushed last night with the same symptoms as Alfie (Read 6352 times)

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #41 on:** April 13, 2007, 11:15:37 AM »

Such a shame they haven't been able to find out what caused it, but at least they are fine now. Snowy had raised liver enzymes too, she hated the prescription food (they actually recommended k/d than l/d), so I opted to feed her what she wanted regardless.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #40 on:** April 13, 2007, 11:09:16 AM »

We're still not sure what caused Alfie and George to be ill but thankfully nothing else has happened since. I've had Georges blood results back today and he has raised liver enzymes and the red blood cell count is elevated as well. Re the liver enzymes, they are significantly higher than they should be but this could be down to age rather than the effects of the illness. George lived on the streets for about 8 years and was in really poor condition when I took him in, he's now about 12 so it's possible it's down to his age. Basically they said the only thing I can do really is to change his food to Hill's ld which I've got in anyway.

tab · « **Reply #39 on:** April 05, 2007, 18:28:40 PM »

Im glad they're both home and well now. Just a thought about youre boiler though. If it was leaking CM then you would all be ill but maybe the flu is blocked or on those nights the wind was in the direction to blow stuff back in. Im saying this as my parents had their boiler moved and it was fine but whent he wind blew a certain way it blew the fumes in through the kitchen window and they ended up having to get that window sealed (or move the boiler again lol)
I hope it never happens again for you
love
Tab

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #38 on:** April 04, 2007, 19:46:50 PM »

Lots of

and cuddles from us here. xx

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #37 on:** April 04, 2007, 19:33:16 PM »

Poor George has been back in the vets today for blood tests, it turns out they didn't do him when he was in the other day

Not sure if anything will show up now so I'm pretty peed off, he should have had bloods taken and sent off to check red blood cells etc. I won't get the results back now until next week, hopefully nothing else will go wrong in the meantime.

clarenmax · « **Reply #36 on:** April 04, 2007, 09:24:57 AM »

Oh Dawn, you're having a real time of it at the moment

Glad the boys are back at home now, and that you can find out what caused the problems.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #35 on:** April 03, 2007, 21:07:05 PM »

im pleased both boys r back at home with there mum now
i cant imagine how awful it must have been for u

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #34 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:38:16 PM »

It must be so worrying for you

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #33 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:31:49 PM »

Me too Susanne, I have a horrible feeling that Pingu's death was related and nothing to do with her eating curry........I'm just keeping a close eye on them all at the moment.

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #32 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:24:50 PM »

Oh gosh, what a time you're having, Dawn! I'm glad Alfie and George are both back home now but I hope you get to the bottom of it all.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #31 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:16:41 PM »

To be honest Mark, I am whacked........I couldn't sleep easy last night in case anything else went wrong, luckily they all seem alright

Mark · « **Reply #30 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:12:11 PM »

Glad they are both doing fine. You certainly have had a week of it!

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #29 on:** April 03, 2007, 19:06:24 PM »

Excellent news.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #28 on:** April 03, 2007, 18:49:19 PM »

Both boys still seem fine today, there doesn't seem to be any after effects although George is a little quiet. Alfie is back to his usual self but a little more loveable than normal

I think he's more than pleased to be home again

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #27 on:** April 03, 2007, 01:45:51 AM »

Thanks for the link Smudge, I'll be getting a detector tomorrow

Both boys seem really pleased to be home, especially Alfie........he hasn't shut up, I think he's trying to tell me about the nasty vets sticking needles in him

smudgepickles · « **Reply #26 on:** April 02, 2007, 21:48:02 PM »

Sorry Dawn have only just read this.................your poor babies and poor you.Im glad they are both home with their meowmy and hopefully feeling better

Take care

xx

http://www.petplace.com/cats/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-in-cats/page1.aspx

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #25 on:** April 02, 2007, 21:19:14 PM »

Glad they are both home, and fingers crossed they can figure out what the problem is, and that it is easily resolved.

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #24 on:** April 02, 2007, 20:35:03 PM »

Glad to hear both boys are back home now and are OK.

Mark · « **Reply #23 on:** April 02, 2007, 20:28:54 PM »

I hope everything is OK. I know they used to take canaries down the mines and if they died, they knew their was carbon monoxide gas present. Please lets hope it's not that. If possible I would turn the boiler off and have an emergency check done tomorrow.

I'm sure you will do the best for your babies anyway - its scary

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #22 on:** April 02, 2007, 19:34:19 PM »

Oh God Dawn. Can't believe this - have just caught up with the thread. After everything else, to have this to worry about. What a puzzle. But yes, I echo what everyone else has said about a Carbon Monoxide alarm - or getting a check from a corgi registered Gas Engineer.

for all the family

Liz · « **Reply #21 on:** April 02, 2007, 19:32:10 PM »

Dawn, glad the boys are home.

Do get the boiler checked as they only have a life of around 20 years and should be serviced annually by a registered plumber or boiler engineer.

We found this to our horror last year when the man came to service the boiler the day after we moved in instead of a quick routine hour he spent 8 hours and replace most moving parts as it had never been serviced and was dangerous fortunately Robin ran a power station and was is used to somewhat larger boilers the ones that give us the electricity and knew something wasn't quite right!

Also check any flues that may have something in them, we had a starling in the flue of the lof burner sepite netting over the chimney cause great fun till we got it our the conservatory door after evicting 30 cats in full hunt mode!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2007, 18:58:51 PM »

Only just seen this and am so pleased that they are home.

Please get that boiler checked and an alarm cos thats waht happened to those kids who died while on holiday abraod and it will hit small animals, young children first but we do not want to read in the paper that a lady in North Wales and her family never woke up cos of carbonmonoxide poisoning.

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2007, 18:56:28 PM »

Yeah, we will do Lynn, hubby doesn't think it's that but it won't do any harm checking. Sean also said the same.......it could be the boiler or possibly something else, it's a worry. I'm going to have to monitor them all now but the worrying thing is how quick it's been happening and it's usually middle of the night

I should have Georges other blood results through in the next couple of days.

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2007, 18:52:28 PM »

are you going to to get your boiler etc checked out dawn ?

glad your getting both your boys back home

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2007, 18:45:12 PM »

I got a lovely surprise when I took Minnie to the vets.........Sean had taken both Alfie and George so my boys are both now home

He was a bit flustered when he arrived

They hadn't shut up from the minute he put them in his car, at one stage he had to pull over and put his hazards as Alfie was making such a racket, he thought he was dying. He got out and checked him and he was fine, he just didn't like being in the carrier.

Ellie · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2007, 17:10:00 PM »

Oh Dawn

Hope they find out what is causing the problem

Glad that the gorgeous Alfie can come home

Love and positive vibes for George

Ann Clarke (Tabby cat) · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2007, 17:06:12 PM »

So sorry your boys are having such a bad time Dawn and here's hoping they work out what the problem is. Fingers croseed for both of them and Dylan and Hobbes send loud purrs and gentle head butts to them both.

Ela · « **Reply #14 on:** April 02, 2007, 16:40:26 PM »

Dawn I am so sorry. message sent

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2007, 16:26:48 PM »

I'm a bit worried about how much my vet bill is going to cost, I daren't ask them

The main thing is they both seem to have responded to treatment, I'm not sure why George is being kept in the oxygen tank but Sean is dealing with him today so I'll ask him when I see him later. I'm just so pleased Alfie can come home......I really thought Sean was going to say they'd be keeping him in

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #12 on:** April 02, 2007, 16:18:04 PM »

Oh D xxx Fingers crossed

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #11 on:** April 02, 2007, 16:16:27 PM »

I've just spoken to Sean and they want to keep George in the Oxygen Tank for now

He's taking Alfie up to the other surgery for me to pick him up from there.

tab · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2007, 14:27:55 PM »

I hope George is ok and that Alfie can come home today. Good luck with finding the cause.
love
Tab

karenjet · « **Reply #9 on:** April 02, 2007, 14:23:05 PM »

I've just read the thread about Alfie, and I'm so sorry to hear of George, too. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you all, and hoping they can find out the cause, asap.

Take care xxx

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:43:24 PM »

What awful news, keeping everything crossed for them both.

Is your boiler in the kitchen and does it come on during the night? That might explain the coincidence with the timings, you can get carbon monoxide testers on the high street (Argos etc). Your local fire station might do them too as I know they do smoke alarms etc

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #7 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:37:13 PM »

Oh Dawn, such a worrying time - especially as no-one can work out why its happening, the boiler is an obvious one - but you would be experiencing symptoms too I would have thought. Hope you can find out what it is, and hope both cats recover well.

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #6 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:37:02 PM »

Poor little mites. I can't imagine the stress you're going through right now. Hugs to George and Alfie both

Dawn (DiddyDawn) · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:35:31 PM »

None are related and it was so sudden with all of them. Sean was saying with Pingu because she was brain damaged, it may have hit her quicker........George wasn't as bad as Alfie but I got him in quicker but the strange thing was it was 3 o'clock in the morning again. They've both been blood tested, Alfies haven't shown anything up, they are doing a complete profile on George, his will be tested in the surgery and also sent off to check the red blood cells etc. I will update when I hear anything else. From what Sean was saying I'm hoping he still lets Alfie home......he wants to check him again and then decide. I've got to take Minnie in later as well cos one of the little horrors has bit her on her ear

She's going to need a jab and antibiotics

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:28:31 PM »

oh my god dawn how bloody awful !! were any of them puss's related ???

and yes your boiler or gas cooker etc basically anything that burns can put out carbon monoxide so apart from getting them all tested you should buy a carbon monoxide alarm, they look like smoke alarms but this is very worrying for your health aswell.

i once had a cat with strange symtoms (at work i mean) and her name was esther, deborah the vet was nearly sure it had been carbon M poisoning but for the life of me i cannot remember her presenting symtoms but she kept coming in for ages and ages after it (it had been in my earlier time working so i just amnt too sure of it)

Fingers now crossed for george.

ps is there a blood test they could sent to test levels of carbon monoxide ??

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #3 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:27:19 PM »

omg Dawn im so sorry
this is so unfair .

Baggy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 02, 2007, 13:26:41 PM »

What a nightmare for you and your poor moggies, sounds most peculiar, really hope you can find out what's going on and fingers crossed for George.

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