Getting Better
Aug. 29th, 2011 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteFirst things first - thank you so much to everyone for your sympathy, compassion, and well-wishes for Moxie. It means a lot to me to know that there are so many people who care about her, and are rooting for her. Alas, I can't pursue any sort of action against the tech who was taking care of her; there's no law against doing a lousy job of taking care of a kitten; the most I can do is make sure I don't put any patient of mine or pet of mine in her care again.
Now, the better news. Miss Mox herself is doing remarkably well. Better than I would have thought possible. Friday night it was a little bit touch-and-go; she was weak and disoriented and having trouble with food. But she took a bottle again without any problems, and by the next morning she was looking better.
She ate more over the weekend than I would have thought possible for such a tiny animal, and we gave her a serious bath to get some of the staining and junk off her fur. And she ate, and she ate, and she ate. By Sunday morning, she was almost back to herself.
She's still emaciated, but she's starting to get a little bit of a full-belly instead of a hollow belly. And if she can't run laps around the sofa for a half hour straight, she's at least running, and playing, and trying to jump over my sneakers.
And hey, she used the litterbox for the first time today. It may just be random chance, but it's a start.
In one sense, I'm almost angry at this - it proves that it *was* just starvation that was causing her signs, and not some degenerative neurological condition like the other hospital was claiming. Which... yay, for getting better, but boo for confirming that my baby was nearly killed by negligence.
End result, though, happy healing kitten, and that's all I can ask for.
Y'all put out some powerful mojo when you try, you know that?
Now, the better news. Miss Mox herself is doing remarkably well. Better than I would have thought possible. Friday night it was a little bit touch-and-go; she was weak and disoriented and having trouble with food. But she took a bottle again without any problems, and by the next morning she was looking better.
She ate more over the weekend than I would have thought possible for such a tiny animal, and we gave her a serious bath to get some of the staining and junk off her fur. And she ate, and she ate, and she ate. By Sunday morning, she was almost back to herself.
She's still emaciated, but she's starting to get a little bit of a full-belly instead of a hollow belly. And if she can't run laps around the sofa for a half hour straight, she's at least running, and playing, and trying to jump over my sneakers.
And hey, she used the litterbox for the first time today. It may just be random chance, but it's a start.
In one sense, I'm almost angry at this - it proves that it *was* just starvation that was causing her signs, and not some degenerative neurological condition like the other hospital was claiming. Which... yay, for getting better, but boo for confirming that my baby was nearly killed by negligence.
End result, though, happy healing kitten, and that's all I can ask for.
Y'all put out some powerful mojo when you try, you know that?
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Date: 2011-08-30 01:32 am (UTC)The hospital itself is excellent, and I wouldn't work there if it wasn't.
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Date: 2011-08-30 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-30 05:55 am (UTC)I know that if any of the fosters I get via the MSPCA don't show growth or improvement (and I haven't come in asap to take care of an issue as quickly as I noticed it), they would stop me from fostering immediately. And they should. Out of the 20ish kittens I've had come through my house, one died. From a horrific accident. All of the others, regardless of the condition they came in, ended up thriving.
I can understand not wanting to say something if she fosters for the clinic, but regardless of whether or not she was acting as an employee, she had the care of itty-bitty needy babies in her control and she did not act in their best interests.