Having a truly terrible day today.
Last night I went back to work at 6pm after 2 weeks off with a bad muscle tear to my back, couldn't afford to be off longer. My girlfriend called me at 8pm to say my cat Coco was being sick and had collapsed and couldn't get up, she managed to take her to an emergency vet who diagnosed possible anti-freeze poisoning (I hadn't realised how prevalent this problem was).
They kept her in overnight, and at 11pm I went home to comfort Katy a bit because since losing her own cat in July she has got very close to Coco, this was totally out of the blue, Katy had been up early that day for a job interview which was being held up in Cheshire so had driven for 5 hours total and then turned around to take the cat to the vets.
The vets told me I had to pick Coco up at 7.30am and transport her to my own vets, which I did, as I was on a 12hr nightshift it wasn't a problem really, so I took her to my vets who opened at 8.30, but they couldn't do an urgent blood test and get the results back same day, so I had to take her somewhere else, by this point I have been awake 24hrs and am not doing too great.
The vets I eventually took her too have kept her in and are ruling out the antifreeze theory for now but are worried she could have kidney failure, which could mean the worst, I cried this morning at the vets, wanting to comfort my pet who means the world to me but being utterly helpless left me feeling numb.
I had to drive back to the original vets then, for some paperwork as it couldnt be sent by fax, I eventually got home at 11am, at which point I had been up 26hours.
Managed to drop off on the sofa and organised the night off work as a holiday, the vets rang at 1.30 to say they think she had improved slightly but are concerned for her abdominal pain, she is being kept in tonight and re-assessed in the morning.
Katy has been my rock through this, she had to work today despite being incredibly upset, I just can't face the thought that I might have to make a very difficult decision tomorrow, Coco has been with me for 7.5 years, been through everything together including moving out when my marriage collapsed and back into the same house when it all got sorted out, she greets me every morning when I get home and sleeps by my side every night, the thought of her not being here is something I cannot accept at the moment, I know I am over tired but just don't know how to cope, been very sick with worry.
