Kelsey Lou at the Kitty Hospital

As you might have guess we've had a bit of excitement in the Cenedella household this week. Everything is fine now, but our little Kelsey Lou gave us a scare. We'd noticed recently that she had lost some weight, so we switched back to her old food and she seemed to be eating again. Then about a week ago she had an episode of vomiting. It was just two or three times and she seemed fine afterward.

Tuesday night she started the vomiting again. We had some Tri Tip, that we had been defrosting in the safety of the microwave, now on the counter, about ready to prepare for dinner. She threw up next to it so we assumed she had helped herself to the juices on the plate around it. Called the vet before they closed and they said she should be fine, but call in the morning if she continued to get worse. She did.

No one in our house got much sleep that night, as Kelsey was throwing up throughout it. 8:30 AM Wednesday we were at the vet. By this point she had thrown up what looked like Rafia and we suspected she had ingested more. After some X-Rays to check her intestines, they found her esophagus was 4x the size it should be - something foreign was lodged in there. She'd need to have an endoscope to see what it was and remove it. Off to the ER Vet, as this was the only place with the proper equipment.

We found out today during our visit that Kelsey has been eating my hairbands! That was the clog. She's still at the Vet as she needs to eat and drink before they will release her. Luckily, during our visit she did drink a little of the tuna juice we brought her and she was mainly back to her usual self. She even tried to eat the gauze around the IV on her foot, so she got coned while we were there. We're very glad she is ok, but she definitely has a road to full recovery. She is currently on pain meds, anti-inflammatory meds and antibiotices.

Hopefully she will be back home with us soon. Jake keeps looking for her. And I miss my little cuddle bug.

Tootles,
Sarah