[B]hi, recently my 3 month old kittyboy which i named rimau escaped a narrow death. 3 days ago circa 4pm , i didn't feel quite right. i requested to back early from my office which was granted and decided that i may be coming down with a flu.
as i arrived, i notice only silence greeted me, instead of pleading meows from rimau who wants to be released from his room in the house.well, he must be sleeping i guessed.so i took shower and then i performed asr paryer, which all took about 20 minutes. then i went to his room to see what this mischieveous little creature is up to.
i almost choked by what i saw.rimau lied almost motionless with fast breathing and turning blue.he appeared very-very weak, with with his new stringy toy strangulating almost tightly around his neck. i immediately knew what can happen. so i quickly released his neck but he was very anxious, even managed to scratch my had in doing so! to my dismay, he started to throw a fit. it began with uprolling of eyeball and drrling of saliva. his neck was hyperextended and his back was arched. he convulsed with hypertonic muscle tone. the front limbs were hyperextended and his lower limb was crossing over each other. he bite his tongue and it truned blue. then he stopped breathing.
being a medical professional, i know what could this mean. i tried stimulating his breathing by flickering his paws and rubbing his back (which always work in human babies) but no respond. luckily i have prepared myself before getting a cat-i read about CPR to animals. his heart was still breathing and quite fast, but i took my stethoscope and i hear no air entry in his lungs. i immediately performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. he recovered but peed immediately. he was very weak and heartbreakingly crying. tears were dropping, his face was crooked in agony and he just wanted to sleep.
well, his brain was deprived from oxygen for i don't know how long and he might die or suffer from devastating neurological sequelae such as paralysis, permanent vegetative state or anything from what my human patient experience told me. i immediately contacted my vet, told them about what happen ad i am coming as soon as possible, though i was 100km away.
to cut the story short, he was admitted for observation, oxygenated in oxygen box and given drip. he suffered from fever, soft tissue injury and stress. i never saw him so sad, it broke my macho heart when he actually cried like a human baby. i was so worried, that night i couldnt sleep, thinking that anything can happen. it is still not over. but he is resillient. he was well by the very next day and discharged. but i know he is in pain, and he is now very manja to me (meowed in the house if he doesnt see me!)
so the moral of the story is - learn animal CPR, it saves your baby animal's life. and no stringy toys. FYI, i burned the toys in anger while he was rested in hospital!!!alhamdulillah, he is ok. just a little timid at the time being. [B]