Seizure? Stroke?

[auntiejessi]

My cat, Mama Kitty, is 16 years old, give or take.  

In the past month or so, after she furballs, which she has always done fairly regularly, she seems almost paralyzed.  The first 2 times it happened, it lasted less than 30 seconds, and me petting her seemed to bring her out of it.  

Today was the third time, and it scared me terribly.  She threw up, and immediately went into the paralysis, and it lasted around 30 minutes.  I was petting her, and held her (which she normally does NOT tolerate and didn't even move today), and nothing worked.  Her eyes were dilated,  and she just was not moving.

All this time, I am trying to dress to go to the ER vet, and then suddenly, she just came out of it, and was totally fine.

Other info if needed - she's an orange tabby, 6 lbs (always been small), still very active - runs and plays with her son (my other cat, 10 years old), plays with my hair, string, paper, etc.  Has a wonderful appetite.

I am taking her to the vet tomorrow, but was wondering what you all think in the meantime.  

Thanks in advance!

Aj

[auntiejessi]

I'm not even sure I care about the moral thing any longer.  At this point, the longer they take to admit this, the longer it is till we figure out what's wrong with her.

She is absolutely fine until she furballs, and she does that about once a week or every other week, and now I am dreading the next time she does it.

Aj

[zodiacqueen]

I don't blame you!  I'd forgive someone if they could actually admit that they made a mistake.  I don't like when people pull that covering-up BS.  I don't stand for that.

I'll be honest, I've had vets in the past get a urine sample by injecting a needle through the bladder.  They can get to the bladder with the needle and syringe through the outside of the body.  That's not considered surgical, though!  :D

I hope that your vet does the right moral thing and admits that he screwed up.

[auntiejessi]

I've been taking both my cats there for about 5 years, and other than one vet who, after claiming to not want to do anything invasive with my other cat, wanted to go into his bladder surgically to get a urine sample.  She didn't last long, and I made sure to never get her again (there are 4 in the practice).

She also said that she couldn't get blood from Mama Kitty, who weighs all of 6 lbs, because she growled at her.  Whatever.

If they don't admit they made a mistake, I am finding a new vet, though.  I get that people make mistakes - but this is getting silly.

Aj

[zodiacqueen]

NOW, that's crazy!!  I'd be questioning a vet's abilities if they told me that!  Are they any good?

[auntiejessi]

Oh I hadn't, but just looked at it.  That one was one of the sites I found when I was looking up elevated amylase results.

Thanks for reminding me - I've got it bookmarked now.

When I talked with her about the price, and in house vs out, she said that it would be back in faster if they did it out of house.  Riiiiggght.

[zodiacqueen]

Wow, how annoying is that!!!  Honestly, I am  surprised that your vet doesn't do CBC's in-house, and he's got to send them out.  It is very annoying to have to wait for the results when they do send them out!!

Did you have a chance to check out the link?