Hi, Bugsy Here!
I am super thankful that all I got was knock out drunk for a little while and shaved on a few spots... Ok, it was not fun, but It could be way worst!
But what I am really really thankful is that my sissy Lucky is back home, and she is ok... I am watching her closely, as you can see on the picture... She is having a little hard time, and today meowmy had a conversation with our doctor about her... Since Hope had to take her shots anyways, meowmy took the opportunity...
There was a concern raised by my other vet, during the dental procedure yesterday, about her being very congested and coughing... and a very ugly word called FIV was brought up (since she had had cough issues in the past, and was congested at the procedure)... In the end it was all clear, and sissy Lucky will be ok - here is what happened: 
This morning she had a coughing fit after meowmy gave her the medicine, and she did sound very very congested, as though she had a lot of fluids... 
The thing is though, she is not coughing on normal circumstances, or sneezing, or showing any symptoms of congestion whatsoever... 
Our doctor (Santa Claus) looked at her records and chest x-rays from her last visit, from the time she was there for a cough, and there was no signs of fluids or anything of concern. He said that the congestion was probably due to excess of salivation due to stress. 
He said the cough I heard today was in line with her aspirating some of the medication, plus having the tube down the throat during general anesthesia can do that to some cats...
Basically... not to worry, unless she starts showing symptoms... 
Whew!
So, yes, Bugsy here, super duper ultra thankful this Thursday!
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Thu, 25 Mar 2010 3:46:56 am

You guys have a lot to be thankful for! That is really good news!

 

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 4:17:12 am

Glad to hear the dentistry went ok. Yes, a lot of times animals do cough after they've had the endotrach tube during anesthesia. Definitely keep an eye on her though. And if it persists, i'd ask for a chest xray to look at her heart if your vet didn't already suggest it. Sometimes heart trouble can show up in coughing form. But that doesn't sound like what you're describing! So don't worry!

 

Fuzzy Tales

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 5:10:04 am

Whew is right! Sending lots of purrs and healing Light to Lucky--and to you, too, of course!

 

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:32:02 am

Bugsy, take care of your sister and your Mom. You have a lot to be thankful for!

 

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:20:10 pm

Yes, we have heard that cats can cough after anesthesia too - and if it is liquid medicine and it went down the wrong way (which happened to us a couple times with various very angry, no medicine wanting cats) that would make her cough a bit. I started to use the Klaw Kontrol bag on Kirzon for his liquid meds and it helped stop the fighting back and we haven't had any problems since. If she is wrestling you and then coughs from the meds you may want to try using the one you have with her (we got the idea from you guys to try it with Kirzon and we are so glad you talked about it because he was very fighty with meds before - but now he is much calmer). If it doesn't seem to clear up then I would say get her checked, but it sounds like either a post-anesthesia or meds the wrong way thing. And I would have done the exact same thing if I was going in and checked to be safe! We are sending lots of purrs and prayers over to you all!

 

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 5:03:06 pm

Yes, much to be thankful for. Help mommy.

 

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 6:51:04 am

Poor thing. It takes time but the mouth will heal. We go for Fiona's check up on Tuesday to see how the meds have worked, then find out the next step for her. Have a very Happy Easter everyone.

 

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 3:56:33 pm

Happy Easter! =^_^=

 

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