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Purrs needed for Meep
Suddenly, without warning, Gandalf exclaimed (10/15/2011 11:26 PM):
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:04:55 -0400, wrote: On 10/15/11 11:29 AM, jmc wrote: Many of you know Meep, my 15 year old moggie. She has a host of health issues, including arthritis and cystitis. I'm on my way to the vet in a few minutes, she's been throwing up more frequently, and she's dropped weight shockingly in just a week or so. She's not a fat cat to begin with, so I didn't notice right away but suddenly she's back to skin and bones. She's not eating well (again), and most worryingly, she's a bit wobbly on her feet now. My poor kitty. If you're the prayin' kind, can you include her? She's been my friend since she was 12 weeks old. jmc Diagnosis is kidney disease, but not bad - early stages. She hasn't been showing the usual symptoms - increased thirst and urination - but we think she is nauseous, something I've noticed on and off for a while - we tried her with pepcid for a while about 6 months back but it seemed to have little effect. She's back on it now. She's also rather dehydrated, she gets most of her water from her food (I add water to make stew). For now, we're not starting anything special, just the pepcid again and I've got the OK to add tuna and tuna water to her food for a few days to get her to eat. She got some sub-q fluids so is feeling better now. She's also not quite as skinny as I thought. She lost about 9 oz, but I thought she'd lost a good bit more. Still, she's very thin. She's eating the tuna mixed food though, so hopefully with that and the pepcid I can get her back up to snuff again. jmc When my elderly (and chronically ill) cat Kenzie was so sick, Pepcid was a BIG help to settling her stomach, and helping with her vomiting, and ultimately, helping her to start eating, and keeping her food, and water down. It took several days to work. though. I had to have her hydrated twice, before she started eating and drinking on her own. I didn't give Kenzie much actual tuna, but I did put tuna water on her food a LOT, and *I* ate lots of tuna. I also fed her sardines, which are packed in oil (mostly) and aren't as 'bad' for cats as tuna is. They are higher in calories than tuna, which is good, right now. With renal failure, a high protein diet isn't good for Meep, for very long. But for right now, getting her to eat and drink, and keep her food down, is the most important thing. When a cat gets dehydrated, they feel really crummy, and they stop eating and drinking. Vicious circle. It's amazing how much difference a single dose of sub-Q fluids can make. I hope this works for Meep. It should... if cats weren't so prone to ...being cats, and acting unpredictably, to perfectly good treatment. Keep a close eye on Meep for dehydration. It's probably the main thing that might keep her from improving as she should. Best wishes for Meep, and for you. Thank you. The sub-q really helped. She has pretty much cleaned up everything I've put in front of her from the time we got back from the vet (she gets a LOT of extra water in her food), and her gums aren't sticky, so for now she seems to be back to normal. Yay! jmc |
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Purrs needed for Meep
Suddenly, without warning, Gandalf exclaimed (10/15/2011 10:27 PM):
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:29:42 -0400, wrote: Many of you know Meep, my 15 year old moggie. She has a host of health issues, including arthritis and cystitis. I'm on my way to the vet in a few minutes, she's been throwing up more frequently, and she's dropped weight shockingly in just a week or so. She's not a fat cat to begin with, so I didn't notice right away but suddenly she's back to skin and bones. She's not eating well (again), and most worryingly, she's a bit wobbly on her feet now. My poor kitty. If you're the prayin' kind, can you include her? She's been my friend since she was 12 weeks old. jmc I remember the problems that Meep has had, relatively recently. I'm very sorry to hear that Meep is so ill, so suddenly, and with such severe changes to her overall health. I hope that your wet can find a simple, and even more important, an easily treatable cause for this sudden downturn in Meeps health. Purrs are on the way. /Picard voice/ 'Make it so' /Picard voice off/. Thanks to you and everyone else for the purrs. She's back to normal now. Sad to say, this wasn't as sudden as all that, I just missed the more subtle clues - but I know what to look for now. I now know to check her for dehydration when she's looking a bit down (she's an old cat, so she does have off days, which is why I didn't catch this sooner), and to pay more attention to her health when she goes into excessive "velcro kitty" mode. Normally when she's feeling a bit off - and she's an old kitty, so she has good and bad days - but when she's feeling off she's usually the opposite, just goes to her heated bed and doesn't come out unless enticed. Anyway, thanks for the purrs, they seem to have helped jmc |
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Purrs needed for Meep
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:22:31 -0400, jmc
wrote: Suddenly, without warning, Gandalf exclaimed (10/15/2011 11:26 PM): On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:04:55 -0400, wrote: On 10/15/11 11:29 AM, jmc wrote: Many of you know Meep, my 15 year old moggie. She has a host of health issues, including arthritis and cystitis. I'm on my way to the vet in a few minutes, she's been throwing up more frequently, and she's dropped weight shockingly in just a week or so. She's not a fat cat to begin with, so I didn't notice right away but suddenly she's back to skin and bones. She's not eating well (again), and most worryingly, she's a bit wobbly on her feet now. My poor kitty. If you're the prayin' kind, can you include her? She's been my friend since she was 12 weeks old. jmc Diagnosis is kidney disease, but not bad - early stages. She hasn't been showing the usual symptoms - increased thirst and urination - but we think she is nauseous, something I've noticed on and off for a while - we tried her with pepcid for a while about 6 months back but it seemed to have little effect. She's back on it now. She's also rather dehydrated, she gets most of her water from her food (I add water to make stew). For now, we're not starting anything special, just the pepcid again and I've got the OK to add tuna and tuna water to her food for a few days to get her to eat. She got some sub-q fluids so is feeling better now. She's also not quite as skinny as I thought. She lost about 9 oz, but I thought she'd lost a good bit more. Still, she's very thin. She's eating the tuna mixed food though, so hopefully with that and the pepcid I can get her back up to snuff again. jmc When my elderly (and chronically ill) cat Kenzie was so sick, Pepcid was a BIG help to settling her stomach, and helping with her vomiting, and ultimately, helping her to start eating, and keeping her food, and water down. It took several days to work. though. I had to have her hydrated twice, before she started eating and drinking on her own. I didn't give Kenzie much actual tuna, but I did put tuna water on her food a LOT, and *I* ate lots of tuna. I also fed her sardines, which are packed in oil (mostly) and aren't as 'bad' for cats as tuna is. They are higher in calories than tuna, which is good, right now. With renal failure, a high protein diet isn't good for Meep, for very long. But for right now, getting her to eat and drink, and keep her food down, is the most important thing. When a cat gets dehydrated, they feel really crummy, and they stop eating and drinking. Vicious circle. It's amazing how much difference a single dose of sub-Q fluids can make. I hope this works for Meep. It should... if cats weren't so prone to ...being cats, and acting unpredictably, to perfectly good treatment. Keep a close eye on Meep for dehydration. It's probably the main thing that might keep her from improving as she should. Best wishes for Meep, and for you. Thank you. The sub-q really helped. She has pretty much cleaned up everything I've put in front of her from the time we got back from the vet (she gets a LOT of extra water in her food), and her gums aren't sticky, so for now she seems to be back to normal. Yay! jmc I so glad to hear that Meep is doing well. Purrs are on the way to see that Meep continues to do well. I know how frustrating it is to try to take good care of an elderly cat with chronic health problems. When they get sick, they hid it from you, often until it's very, very serious |
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Purrs needed for Meep
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:04:55 -0400, jmc wrote:
On 10/15/11 11:29 AM, jmc wrote: Many of you know Meep, my 15 year old moggie. She has a host of health issues, including arthritis and cystitis. I'm on my way to the vet in a few minutes, she's been throwing up more frequently, and she's dropped weight shockingly in just a week or so. She's not a fat cat to begin with, so I didn't notice right away but suddenly she's back to skin and bones. She's not eating well (again), and most worryingly, she's a bit wobbly on her feet now. My poor kitty. If you're the prayin' kind, can you include her? She's been my friend since she was 12 weeks old. jmc Diagnosis is kidney disease, but not bad - early stages. She hasn't been showing the usual symptoms - increased thirst and urination - but we think she is nauseous, something I've noticed on and off for a while - we tried her with pepcid for a while about 6 months back but it seemed to have little effect. She's back on it now. She's also rather dehydrated, she gets most of her water from her food (I add water to make stew). For now, we're not starting anything special, just the pepcid again and I've got the OK to add tuna and tuna water to her food for a few days to get her to eat. She got some sub-q fluids so is feeling better now. She's also not quite as skinny as I thought. She lost about 9 oz, but I thought she'd lost a good bit more. Still, she's very thin. She's eating the tuna mixed food though, so hopefully with that and the pepcid I can get her back up to snuff again. jmc Purrs. Sort of good news I guess. Hopefully she lives a good long time with it. |
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Purrs needed for Meep
I'll continue to purr for Meep. You two have been through a lot.
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