Thanks for the suggestion Michelle. Hopefully, it won't come down to that. I'm going to the store now to try baby food and different gourmet wet foods. I'll see how that works.
-Kyle ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:07 AM Subject: Re: Kyle, how's Brissle tonight? > Kyle, something you may want to consider is a feeding tube. I considered it > with Simon but was able to get him eating on his own again. They insert them > under light anesthesia, I think they are called e-tubes, and apparently they > really do not bother the cats. You can easily get full nutrition into her that > way. I have been averse to them myself, but I keep being told that cats do not > mind them and do not mind being fed through them and feel better with the > food. > > If the depo is not working, it is still possible that dex would help. But I > really have no idea how much steroids even help with what Brissle has. > > Michelle > > > In a message dated 5/2/05 7:43:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Well Brissle is doing about the same. She has enough energy to get around. > Still barely eating, if at all yesterday. I think today I will focus more on > food than on Transfer Factor, like I was doing yesterday. It's just so hard to > medicate her and syringe feeding is about the same as medicating. I only get > two or three of those a day. So I think the food is going to be more > important. At this point, it will be about 3 1/2 days since her depomedrol injection. > So I'm not very optimistic. I've just been making the most out of the past few > days, spending alot of quality time with her. > > > Thanks. > > -Kyle >> > > >
