Raise money for Erika's sick cat.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

OK, I should be all paid up now.

[dave from knoxville]

whats interesting about all this heart-warming gush is that i'll probably never meet any of you (due to circumstances, not choice)

Where are you incarcerated?

Tennessee State Penal Farm for Broke Slobs

Coincidentally, as a youngster I worked at the Ford Glass Plant, which was about a football field away from the Tennessee State prison. In 1975, an inmate escaped and came over to the river side of the factory, where he found a group of workers throwing horseshoes while on break. He joined them in the game, playing for about 30 minutes before announcing "Boys, you better go ahead and call them, I am ready to go back. It's been fun!"

Was that you?

[noise.light]

whats interesting about all this heart-warming gush is that i'll probably never meet any of you (due to circumstances, not choice)

Where are you incarcerated?

Tennessee State Penal Farm for Broke Slobs

Coincidentally, as a youngster I worked at the Ford Glass Plant, which was about a football field away from the Tennessee State prison. In 1975, an inmate escaped and came over to the river side of the factory, where he found a group of workers throwing horseshoes while on break. He joined them in the game, playing for about 30 minutes before announcing "Boys, you better go ahead and call them, I am ready to go back. It's been fun!"

Was that you?

I just imagined George Clooney in his Oh, Brother Where Art Thou character as your inmate.  Good story!

[Sarah]

Sell that anecdote to the "My Name Is Earl" people.

[A.M. Thomas]

whats interesting about all this heart-warming gush is that i'll probably never meet any of you (due to circumstances, not choice)

You never know.  I'm probably going to GonerFest.

Also, I can throw in some money if someone sends me the PayPal address.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

whats interesting about all this heart-warming gush is that i'll probably never meet any of you (due to circumstances, not choice)

You never know.  I'm probably going to GonerFest.

Also, I can throw in some money if someone sends me the PayPal address.

It's Jason's: jason (at) friendsoftom.com.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

whats interesting about all this heart-warming gush is that i'll probably never meet any of you (due to circumstances, not choice)

Where are you incarcerated?

Tennessee State Penal Farm for Broke Slobs

Coincidentally, as a youngster I worked at the Ford Glass Plant, which was about a football field away from the Tennessee State prison. In 1975, an inmate escaped and came over to the river side of the factory, where he found a group of workers throwing horseshoes while on break. He joined them in the game, playing for about 30 minutes before announcing "Boys, you better go ahead and call them, I am ready to go back. It's been fun!"

Was that you?

come on, dave...i wasnt even born!

you goofball.

[masterofsparks]

How's this going? Has everyone paid up? Is Sasha getting the care she deserves?

[erika]

Hey there... Sasha is doing OK now. I was able to temporarily borrow some money while the collection was going on (still have to pay it back) to take her to some vet appointments. She was supposed to have an echocardiogram, but then they told me to wait and see if she started coughing again. That was about a week and a half ago.

Well, that same night, she had a minute-long coughing/asphyxia attack. She was in my arms (she usually sleeps in my lap) and she got stiff and let off the scent of... well, kinda like a dog who is frightened. I've never witnessed that with her. My other cat, who hates her, came running and started licking her and crying. I really thought that was going to be it for her.

The next day I called and they told me again that she needed the echocardiogram. When I got there, they said they had persuaded the cardiologist to just take a closer look at her xrays. The cardiologist thought it was heartworm so instead of the echo test they had me get her bloodwork done and had her tested for heartworm.

Heartworm tests came back negative. (she's still coughing at this point) This was a huge relief because there's no real cure for heartworm in kitties. I spent about 5 days thinking she was going to straight up die on me. (aka having a nervous breakdown and not posting about it)

So, I took her to yet another appointment and they put her on Prednisone and a Bronchio-dilator. I can't get her to take the bronchio because it's basically a liquid made of crushed up, super bitter tablets. She won't eat it and it makes her puke. She doesn't take pills so I have to give her liquid. Fish-flavored liquid to be exact... picky little brat.  Sooooo.... she's only on Prednisone right now and I just talked to the vet and he said he's not sure what it is that's going on but it could be asthma or pneumonia. He said if the prednisone is working to keep her on it for another 5 days and then they'll do more xrays to see how her heart looks and if the fluid is gone from her lungs.

More info than you probably wanted to know, but I owed an update...

We've had SIX nights of easy breathing and playing with catnip toys instead of choking. I'm more grateful than anyone could possibly imagine.

[masterofsparks]

Good to know things are progressing. Thanks for the update.

Anyone who hasn't paid their pledge yet, do it! There's a kitty depending on you!

[Sarah]

I was glad to see your post, erika.  I meant to inquire about Sasha yesterday and was all set to do so this morning.  I'm glad she's doing better.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

ditto.

initially, while reading your update, i thought the worst. 
nice to see things picked up. 

[erika]

Ah sorry for the scare.

[Andy]

have I ever told you guys that we're the best?

[Son of Dorvid]

That's fantastic news, Erika. 

Have you introduced something new to your place in the last couple of months?  Like a new plant or piece of furniture?
Maybe Sasha is having an allergic reaction to something.

At any rate, I'm so glad she's feeling better.