Pansy, born 8-19-1987, she shares a birthday with, ummm, Bill Clinton and Tipper Gore, well Mom got her from a very liberal co-worker too, but she is a "Reagan and Viking Kitty" all the way through
Corky, born 5-12-1989
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
Prayers for Casey the kitty!
I join with the others here praying for you and your mom and for your beloved companion.
Prayers for you, your kitty and your Mother! I'm so glad to hear that Casey is still with us...
Praying Fervently for your sweet little Kitty!
Thank you for the update. I've been thinking about Casey all day. I Say a prayer for her every time I tend to my own (3) kitties. I'll add your mom to my prayers for you and Casey. You'll be amazed at the power of prayer and FR!
Carolyn
Chris,
You need to know what the liver and kidneys are doing. Based on those results, she may need to be hydrated constantly on an IV. It is good that she urinated.
Depending on the liver and kidney results, you may need to consider either your veterinarian or an emergency clinic or combination thereof -- wherever she can get ongoing critical care.
It would be helpful if you posted the results of liver enzyme levels and the creatinine and BUN (blood urea nitrogen) numbers, the breakdown of the CBC (red cell count, white cell count and differential count - how many neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, etc) (along with the normals for the lab -- you see, numbers are not helpful with out normals for the lab that ran the data).
I don't, nor do any of the vets here, want to step in and diagnose your kitty (nor should we), but it would be helpful to know some of these parameters.
Hang in there. -- E