Fish the Cat Needs a Rhinoscopy!
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I had to choose between this and starting an onlyfans. And considering me with my shirt off strikes fear into the heart of humanity, I figured I’d give this a shot.
Fish is my 4 year old tabby cat/son/bank account drainer.
On July 16th, I started noticing some sneezing and drippy nose things with Fish. I chalked it up to a kitty cold, and off to the vet we went for some antibiotics. Not uncommon for this time of year.
Well, that’s all fine and dandy, except his nose never cleared up.
Another trip to the vet, this time with some steroids to help with the nasal inflammation.
No change.
The congestion got so bad that Fish couldn’t breathe. I took him to an emergency vet in GR, where he was given MORE antibiotics and steroids, sent home, and I brought him back within a day. Nothing has helped.
At this point he’s been on more steroids than Gold’s Gym in the 80’s. And has had enough antibiotics to eradicate malaria. Nothing seems to be working.
After lots of X-rays, sedated exams, soft pallet retractions, IVs, anxious puking (that one’s on me, not Fish), and discussions with my vet (and a few others), they think the only sure-fire way to have a shot at successfully treating this is with a Rhinoscopy (sticking a camera up Fish’s nose to have a look around).
I asked Fish if he would let me do it with a broom handle and my GoPro, but it seems everyone was ambivalent about that cost-cutting measure. I am thousands of dollars into this diagnosis so far and feel like we haven’t made much in the way of landing on an ACTUAL diagnosis at all.
I followed up with Fish and asked what he would provide in return, and he sneezed a bloody mucus glob on me. So we will revisit that later.
Fish is my 4 year old tabby cat/son/bank account drainer.
On July 16th, I started noticing some sneezing and drippy nose things with Fish. I chalked it up to a kitty cold, and off to the vet we went for some antibiotics. Not uncommon for this time of year.
Well, that’s all fine and dandy, except his nose never cleared up.
Another trip to the vet, this time with some steroids to help with the nasal inflammation.
No change.
The congestion got so bad that Fish couldn’t breathe. I took him to an emergency vet in GR, where he was given MORE antibiotics and steroids, sent home, and I brought him back within a day. Nothing has helped.
At this point he’s been on more steroids than Gold’s Gym in the 80’s. And has had enough antibiotics to eradicate malaria. Nothing seems to be working.
After lots of X-rays, sedated exams, soft pallet retractions, IVs, anxious puking (that one’s on me, not Fish), and discussions with my vet (and a few others), they think the only sure-fire way to have a shot at successfully treating this is with a Rhinoscopy (sticking a camera up Fish’s nose to have a look around).
I asked Fish if he would let me do it with a broom handle and my GoPro, but it seems everyone was ambivalent about that cost-cutting measure. I am thousands of dollars into this diagnosis so far and feel like we haven’t made much in the way of landing on an ACTUAL diagnosis at all.
I followed up with Fish and asked what he would provide in return, and he sneezed a bloody mucus glob on me. So we will revisit that later.
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Muskegon, MI