Wednesday, June 10, 2020
We've noticed huge changes over the course of the last year in Athena. Gradual at first she seems to have aged quite rapidly over the last couple of weeks. Having us home constantly for the last few month because of the quarantine for COVID-19 has been a big change in what she's used to and I'm sure if she's not feeling some stress herself she's at least picking up on some of ours. Even more because of the last couple of weeks with the stress around events in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death the social unrest it's brought. However, by this afternoon it's the physical manifestation that's a result of all that's happening has a become so much more pronounced.
She hasn't slept well the last few nights and we don't think she slept much at all last night. She's eating most but not quite all of her food and actually looks quite confused when we give it to her. She also doesn't want to go on walks and looks confused when we try to get her to walk with us. She's experiencing heaving breathing and sometimes she resorts to a kind of rocking making it look like she's pushing to get air out. Dale called our vet about it and they said it sounded like it might be best to get her in for an x-ray. However they said they didn't have an appointment time available for that for another two weeks. They recommended trying Blue Pearl (the 24 hour pet emergency hospital which also takes appointments for things like x-rays, ultra-sounds, and the like) but said they'd call us if something opened up much sooner. Dale called Blue Pearl and they too were booked for appointments. Dale and I talked to see if we wanted to bring her in as an emergency but before we could reach a decision our vet called us back and said they had a cancellation for today so we could bring her in. They determined she had bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax which basically means she had air leaking from her lungs into her chest cavity and that we should bring her to either Blue Pearl or the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center. So, we did.
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