I need to ask everyone of a HUGE favor. (really long vent)

[Ms.Squeakers]

Please, PLEASE pray for my kitten. Even if you're not religious...please think about her ...and hope she turns out okay.


My family has a cat...Josie. She is the sweetest, most loving cat I have ever met in my entire life. We've had her since she was about...a year old. She is now 7. When we got her...we found out that she has herpes...and her tear ducts weren't formed properly..so she cries a lot.

A lot of people... in my family... have died within my lifetime.
Of course thats supposed to happen, and its "normal" but...every time... someone dies ... we get a phone call late at night...I remember the last one like it was yesterday.

We were eating tacos... i was in 5th grade. It was around fathers day... It was 9:35 pm...we got a phone call from (someone in my family..not sure who)
My dad...his face turned green...i mean it really turned green. He fell over against our kitchen counter and took a pen...and started writing down an adress. He went into the living room and sat down...he stared at me and told us the news...

My uncle had commited suicide.


That was the most recent death we've had...and it was my cat..that really pulled us together.
No matter what..she makes us smile.

She isn't a lap kitty..but if we pick her up...she will snuggle and purr...all the time.

Thats just the kind of cat she is. Today...was one of her doctors appointments that she has every 6 months. I was actually excited. I look forward to these...where she gets weighed..and someone else other then ourselves tells us how beautiful and calm our cat is...

well lately she has been vomiting which we found out is because of one of her teeth is rotting...so it hurts to chew..so she swallows whole..but its too much for her little tummy if she doesn't chew. Fine...thats easily fixed...

then she took out the stethoscope... and Jo was just sitting there... delighted.. smiling purring...

she put the cold metal disk up to her chest... and started listening... she stood there... for about 5 minutes...checking all over and said

"Your...cat has a heart murmur," i tried to keep it together and not freak out
"Has this happened previously?"

and of course..her records had showed no sign of ANYTHING like this before.

We have to bring Josie back to the doctors in a few weeks while we go on vacation and they'll take care of her...and they said they'd check up on her daily to see if she really has a heart murmur...and if she does...then well have to go take her to get an ultrasound.

I am so afraid.
All we ever do in my house...is talk about our little Jo.
Thats all we EVER do. Even when we're on vacation, it seems like every hour we say "...Remember Josie? Wonder what shes doing now...."

and...if something EVER happened to her...my family would become extremely distant...

I've lost so many people in my life...

I know its just a heart murmur...but I am SO afraid that something may happen to her. I don't want to lose my cat too.



Heres a video of us. I'm singing her favorite song :

She LOVES it.

She also likes the "little cabin in the woods" song

So please, I beg of you....religious or not...

please pray/hope with me that it was just a mistake that they made...and that the next time she goes into the doctors office...that they don't hear it...and that she doesn't die until shes supposed to pass away.


It'd absolutely mean the world to my family and I.

 

[::Snow_White::]

I'll definately be thinking of your kitten and your family! I hope she gets to feeling better, she's very cute.

 

[wdwllamadancer]

I will pray for your kitten, your family, and you! she is so cute

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Thanks so much.

Yeah, shes...

shes our little Joey. :-/

Today... at the clinic after we found out I bought her a catnip toy...
and it has like..SUPER catnip in it...
and she went NUTS.

I took a video of some of the stuff she did. I'll upload it soon and put it on here.

The only time shes EVER hissed (shes never bitten anyone, although sometimes she likes to suck on my moms finger) at anyone...was when we first got her...and my mom was shutting a door...but she didn't see that her tail was sticking out the door so she slammed it shut on her tail...and as soon as she saw that it was my mom...she immediately snuggled up around my moms legs purring.

 

[K-Shong99]

aww.
i will totally pray for your kitten.

 

[Sparx]

i'll pray for your kitty.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Thanks everyone.

This is a really big shock for my family and I.

 

[HouseMD1120]

I will definitely be praying for you and your family and your cat. I hope everything works out okay. Just remember that God has a purpose in everything and that whatever happens is His plan and that He knows what is best for us.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Thanks.

Thats what I keep telling myself.

 

[chisnpeke]

I'll pray for your kitty.

 

[Disney Dork]

Of course I'll keep you and your kitty in my prayers!

Just keep thinking positive, ok? I had something very simular to this happen just before I went on vacation. Before we had left, we had noticed this little bump forming under my dog Lily's nose and when we asked the doctor about it she said that as long as it doesn't turn black it shouldn't be anything serious. But, if it did, then that could be a sign of cancer and we needed to get it removed. Well, it gradually did start turning a little black so when we took her in to get boarded for our trip we told them to go ahead, remove it and get it tested just incase.

Well, the day her surgery was scheduled we got a call from the vet, saying that during the prep they found ANOTHER mass, about the size of a silver dollar, on the inside of her shoulder. It was really hard to see because it was in such a tight spot, but it was there. When I found that out tho, I freaked out. I've already lost two animals to cancer (one cat and one dog) and I didn't want to lose another.

That whole day was pretty much completely filled with me worrying...but a few days later, when the tests came back, both masses had been found to be 'benign', which is GOOD. I was so relieved. It was crazy.

So just...don't give up hope yet, ok? It could be nothing. But I will DEFINITELY keep you in my prayers.

 

[jewjubean]

Just so you know I have a Heart Murmur for about 5 years now.. I pretty much fine except I have to be careful when doing sports/physical activities. Look on the bright side, if I can deal with it so can your cat! I do take meds to lower my blood pressure ect. So it may be as simple as she was over stimulated being at the vets. I used to have a dog that would go nuts as soon as you put him in the car. Good luck and let us know.

 

[GoofyiiFan]

Aw, sorry about your kitty! I hope she gets better.

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

Just so you know I have a Heart Murmur for about 5 years now.. I pretty much fine except I have to be careful when doing sports/physical activities. Look on the bright side, if I can deal with it so can your cat! I do take meds to lower my blood pressure ect. So it may be as simple as she was over stimulated being at the vets. I used to have a dog that would go nuts as soon as you put him in the car. Good luck and let us know.

I dunno, its weird... she always freaked on the way to the vet...
but we have to drop her off in about 3 weeks while we go on vacation, and usually that stresses her out. To the point where her herpes begins to show and her eyes get puffy and her tears get darker.

but then...on the way home...we found that she is absolutely fascinated by the car door windows.

So the whole way home...we played with the windows..opening ..and closing them...she LOVED it. It was hilarious. x]

So the next time we take her in, i think we'll play with the windows again.

I'm just scared, just one of those things where its like "we had NO idea she had that" and it almost came out of no where, i am HUGE on worrying. I cannot help it, so the first thing that comes to mind is "What else could be wrong that we aren't seeing?"

but your post gives me hope though.
Thanks a lot, it really helped to put things in perspective.