On 4/18/2021 9:09 AM, Cheryl wrote:
On 2021-04-17 3:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
pain medication into her mouth last evening.Â* I had some trepidations
about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine.Â* She felt
much better about 10 minutes later!

She still hadn't eaten anything.Â* Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
didn't make her sick to her stomach.Â* She got down off the bed in the
middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food.Â* She was hungry
for more this morning!Â* Again, not sick to her stomach.Â* Good!

She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
don't anticipate any medicating problems. whew!

I can tell she's already feeling better.

It sounds like she's doing really well. And I'm glad she's eating - it's
so important to keep cats eating. One of my late cats spent a couple
days in a vet hospital after successful surgery, they were initially
reluctant to let her out because she wasn't eating. I proudly told the
vet later that I got her to eat as soon as she was home - her favourite
treat, Vienna sausages. The vet said that although she didn't recommend
Vienna sausages as a regular diet, the important thing was that she was
eating something! She rapidly progressed to meat baby food, then pureed
boiled chicken (much cheaper than the baby food equivalent) and finally
back on her regular food. It sounds like Buffy is well on her way back
to a healthy diet!

LOL about the Vienna sausages! Buffy has been on prescription food
since January due to a bladder stone. (Thankfully the change in her
food did the trick so no surgery to remove the stone was required.)
After the teeth extractions on Friday she's feeling a heck of a lot
better, albeit her mouth is sore. She did fight me a bit last night
when it came time to squirt the pain med in her mouth. She got mad and
hid for a while, then joined me on the couch for some snuggles and
scritches.

Jill