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kissy fit may have survived hurricane wilma, but not unscathed. shortly after the hurricane had passed, she developed a strange rash in her face. a few days later, her face exploded. my theory is that something came through my broken window and bit her. Jose and i decided to take her to the vet. they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her, but somehow determined she needed antibiotics. when in doubt, KILL everything ! agh !

after being on antibiotics for a few days, we started noticing that she was spending more time in her litter box than outside of it. we were worried. then she started throwing up. everything. all the time. back to the vet she went. this time, they decided to keep her for close examination. they did bloodwork, xrays, etc etc and found nothing. they sent her back home with some pills to prevent vomiting and laxatone (are you kidding me ?). she was good the first night – didn’t through up until 4 hours after she ate. i guess the pill was working… against the symptom, NOT the problem.

i dragged my not very feisty by this point, but still very furry fur monster back to the animal hospital. this time, it was serious. they kept her for 5 days. they ran a barium test on her to make sure she wasn’t “blocked.” funny how nobody thought of doing this first ! she wasn’t, and it was finally concluded that the antibiotics had caused “irritable bowel.” they gave her steroid shots and put her on a bland diet but she was so hungry and ate so fast that she continued to throw up. they decided to feed her small quantities of food every 4 hours.

when she finally came home, it was like having a baby. i had to set my alarm to go off in the night in order to feed her. Jose and i had to count the exact number of paletts she was supposed to eat. all the while, she’s hungry and boy does she let you know it ! but i do have to admit, i am glad she’s back home. i missed my furry friend.