Mogwai update

[u/Shadescommunitycats]

The last few days have been extremely rough and exhausting. Mogwai did ok over the weekend. He had his surgery Saturday and he did suffer a cardiac event and needed CPR. They did get him stable and his heart was strong and he was breathing on his own. That whole day was extremely stressful there were quite a few ups and happy moments and then we would get news that something happened and he only had a 20 percent chance of surviving.

Mogwai did pull throughand we were able to bring him home Saturday. Sunday was ok but he didn't eat very much so I was hand feeding him. I called the vet Monday since he needed a recheck in 3 days and they were closed today due to Christmas eve so they got us in yesterday. While we were getting closer to his appointment time I just had a dread come over me and I was starting to panic. I can't explain it, but I was just getting so nervous and started to cry. 15 mins later my son came running upstairs (I was working and work from home) that something was wrong with mogwai. I ran downstairs and my daughter said he had a seizure. I immediately got him in a carrier and I drove as fast as I could to his vet. I called them to let them know I was coming early.

By the time we got there mogwai had 4 seizures all within a half hour of each other. They got him back immediately and took him out of the carrier where he had another seizure and they started him immediately on medications to stop them. He responded very good to the seizure meds and he came to and was up and walking. Mogwai is now on seizure meds and he still has a long recovery ahead of him. I am positive he is blind although I don't know if this will recover or if it's now permanent but either way he has a whole house of kitties and people who will help him adjust and that is the least of worries right now. I hope this is the worst of it and it is now all up hill from here but I do not know and I think that's the most scary part of all of this.

Mogwai was released to come back home at 4 pm yesterday and I have been staying with him and monitoring him since. I haven't left his side. He has had another seizure and we did give him his pill yesterday. He will be on meds twice a day for the foreseeable future. They also gave us dry food as mogwai really wanted dry food to eat. I think he still has an aversion to wet food right now and around 6 mogwai wanted food.

I can't tell you how exhausted I am and I know it's nothing compared to everything mogwai has gone through. I was told by the clinic yesterday mogwai is the only patient that has survived CPR. He is now a vet favorite. His amazing techs came in on their day off just to see him when they heard he was coming in. I am truly impressed with the level of care and compassion that this clinic, the vets the techs and the receptionist all showed while waiting hours after they had closed to help recover mogwai and to get us in immediately when he needed to be seen. I am a huge fan of theirs and feel confident in their treatment plan with mogwai.

Thank you all who have sent donations, prayers, well wishes and good juju. We do still have ongoing expenses with mogwai and his surgery is half way paid for but I know we will get there. His total for his surgery was 4300 and yesterday's appt was 200 with his meds and specialty dry food.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas eve and Christmas morning that is filled with love and light. You all are amazing and I am truly humbled and blessed to have all of you. Thank you❤️❤️

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