How's Kitty doing this evening?
Well, its way past my bedtime, but I am up observing Casey. I guess this might be the weirdest thing ever to be requested but prayers may be needed for purring, peeing, and poop....things that Casey has not done much of today.
I fed her the prescribed regimine of 90CC's of canned wet science diet k/d cat food spread over three (3) meals. I am also in possession of Dexetrol (sp) IV bag that I am injecting into her little leg stint for intraveinous fluid (no more sub-q). She gets a little dose of hepatrin (1/2 cc) before and after her 35 min. IV session in which I give x2 a day for a total of 200 ml.
She is not eating very well, and it is very stressful and has got to be painful for her with that darn plastic syringe that I hold her down and squirt down her throat. She laps and spits up most of it and doesnt swallow all of it. It makes a huge mess and is very, very frustrating.
I am going to the vet tommorrow to check her numbers again, and will ask if there is a better force feeding option such as a jaw brace and a rubber tube down to her stomach. It takes 30 mins or more to get 30 cc's of watered down k/d cat food down her throat. I know her little gums and lips have got to be sore from all the prodding and poking. I am just hoping that there is a better way than a hard, cold, plastic syringe.
Luckily I observed her urinate twice today, but no poop. She is struggling right now next to the litter box, because she keeps going in, digging a hole, and hovering like she wants to poop, but comes out of the litter box exhausted for 20 mins until she tries again. I guess she is constipated. Could it be the tablespoon of nutrical she is getting x3 times a day? It has got to be painful and frustraiting.
Anyways, we are ALONG way from being out of the woods. Today she was very lethargic and didn't move around to much. My mom took over for a few hours and thought she was not having a very good day.
Please keep up the prayers since I am sure that that is the only thing that is going right. Please pray for my Mother, Ann also, since she lost her 18 year old cat last month, and this is kinda like a flash back for her. I appreciate her help and your prayers/advice greatly.
Thanks again, God Bless, and goodnight.
Chris