Meows from Mudpie!
It seems like lately I constantly have a vet horror story to share but this one just might take the cake.
The recheck of my right ear was scheduled for Friday afternoon. Since I'm such a big girl the vet wanted me to have a larger dose of Gabapentin (100 mg) the night before and again 2 hours prior to the appointment, so Mommy planned for midnight and noon.
Mommy slipped the capsule into my squeezie at midnight, and by 1am as she was getting ready for bed I started acting like I hadn't eaten in a week. She had a feeling that would continue most of the night so she brought a can of Fancy Feast to bed with us so she wouldn't have to get up!
Nope - by 2am I was out cold. I was so out of it I'm pretty sure I visited Mars. I woke up at 6 for a drink of water and Mommy discovered I had lost control of my bladder on the pillow :( She got up to clean things up and I promptly went back to sleep on my blanket on the couch...where I again lost control of my bladder. I woke up at 8, used my litter box (thankfully), and ate 2 bowls of food, then went back to sleep again. Then I had another bowl of food at 9:30 and straight back to dream land. Usually by that time of the morning I'm parked by my sunny door for the day.
Mommy told me I had the best sleep of my life and she got none! As soon as the vet opened she contacted them to let them know how I reacted because she was not going to give me another 100 mg dose again so soon. They suggested 50 mg, which she agreed to.
I had to use the AC vent to cool off my body...and my temper!
Unfortunately, 50 mg wasn't enough and I was a terror as they worked on my ears. (I got so upset I even peed on the exam table!) And my ears are no better. The right one is still full of wax (so much the vet can't even see my ear canal!), and now the left one is too! For some reason I'm producing copious amounts of wax and can't get it out. The working theory is allergies, which makes sense because I've had ear trouble for a few years now especially in the spring and summer, but why is it so much worse this year? I can't have steroids because that would risk my diabetes coming back, and I can't do food trials to see if it's a food allergy because of my kidneys.
So for the next 2 weeks Mommy has to now clean BOTH ears every 48 hours. Fun times.
I have to admit that I do love my vet, and she loves me. She told me I have a beautiful face, and she swooned when she walked in the room and saw that I had my paw in Mommy's hand for comfort.
On top of everything else Mommy got a text 5 minutes before my appointment letting her know an aunt had unexpectedly passed away, so it was one nightmare of a day.
