Horrible Turn of Events

This weekend was a little rough. It started off wonderfully. In fact, it was amazing. Friday night, Sam and Mandy let us play outside in the dark! It was extremely fun to play with all of the night time critters. Eventually, Sam and Mandy brought us in, and we all went to bed.

Sometime in the middle of the night, Peyton started making horrible sounds from the closet. Sam jumped out of bed and called for Mandy. Peyton was thrashing around and throwing up blood. Sam was able to hold Peyton down and keep him from moving too much.

Eventually Peyton stopped thrashing, but he was disoriented. He didn’t want me to near him, and he didn’t seem to recognize Sam. He did let Mandy love him, and he seemed calmer around her. Sam ran and got the carrying case but when he came back in the room, Peyton freaked out again, and Mandy had to calm him down. Once she did, Sam was able to coerce Peyton into the carrying case. Mandy used the phone to call the cat doctor—the one open in the middle of the night. It wasn’t much later that Sam and Mandy were dressed and carrying Peyton to the car.

I was left home alone and all I could do was worry about my brother. Sam and Mandy were very upset. I had no idea what happened to him. Nothing like this had ever happened before and I was afraid. It seemed like they were gone for a very long time, but when they came home, everyone seemed calmer. I followed Sam because he was carrying Peyton’s carrying case.

Sam let Peyton out of the case in the bedroom and I was there to greet him. He said that Sam and Mandy took him to the emergency vet. Apparently, they ran all sorts of tests on him and the doctor even shaved a little spot on his neck to draw blood.

Peyton said the doctor called his attack a seizure, and they are not entirely sure what caused it.

Peyton, Sam and Mandy were exhausted and I was happy to sleep since I had been worrying all night. We all slept late the next morning. Sam eventually went to work, but Mandy stayed home with Peyton and me all day. She made sure she could see Peyton the whole day. The poor cat couldn’t even use the box without Mandy nearby.

Last night, Mandy and Sam tossed and turned all night. I don’t think either of them slept well listening for Peyton. Today he seems better though. He even played with his toy from Mom With-Cool-Toys.

We are all praying that this is the only attack Peyton ever experiences. Peyton said the ER Vet said sometimes it only happens once. You can pray with us.

Elway