We spent a lot of money on our sweet Buttercup. As you all know from previous posts, we brought Buttercup to the ER vet on Mother's Day due to excessive drooling.
When the drooling didn't stop we followed up with our normal vet on Tuesday and she thought he was possibly on the mend and we should wait and see. If the drooling continued we agreed to do a second x-ray and check blood levels to determine if he had a major medical condition or if he swallowed something that wasn't passing.
On Wednesday when he was still drooling I decided to call a vet friend. She lives locally, but practices far from our home. She was willing to come to our home and just check him out. She gave us more nausea meds, but agreed that he seemed to be OK overall. If he had swallowed something she was sure he would be in more pain or throwing up. Yes, it was nerve wracking to have her in our home, but we social distanced and she stayed right on our entry rug the whole time. She has been doing house calls all through COVID so she was much more relaxed about it than I was.
On Thursday he was drooling SO MUCH! The drool circle next to him was about 12 inches in diameter (or bigger) after a very short period of time. I called the Dr and we headed back to the clinic for the X-rays and blood panel.
On Friday he was drooling much less. We noticed he was sneezing a bit, seemed to be whistling while he slept, had some eye boogers, and was sleeping with his mouth open. I did lots of googling and stumbled across another cat drooling for days and it turned out to be an upper respiratory infection.
On Saturday the vet called me with his blood work results and said that everything looked fine for him. She said she had done extensive research and consulted with others trying to figure him out. When I mention the respiratory issues she said she had read one article where it was determined to be upper respiratory and the drooling was caused by a sore throat that wasn't visible at appointments. We decided to wait a couple of days and then bring him in for antibiotics if needed. She said that Buttercup was a great cat and she could see why we were so persistent. She also said she has been practicing for 47 years and that he hard her stumped.
On Sunday he had stopped drooling all together and was acting much more like himself. Technically, we could have saved almost a thousand dollars and just watched and waited, but I am glad we didn't. He is young and very special to us. Seeing him look so pathetic and surrounded by drool was incredibly painful to watch. I am so thankful to have my curious boy back again! We were blessed with many great vets who cared for him and gave us insights along the way.
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| Just a tiny bit of drool on Friday, and the open mouth breathing that led us to realize it was respiratory issues. |
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| They love looking out the window. |
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| Buttercup: I know you were worried about me Brandon... |
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| Buttercup: Squirrel! |
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| Buttercup: There he goes! I must watch it closely! |
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| Buttercup: ...As I was saying, I am feeling much better! |
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