Re: Ginger

[Lernermichelle]

I'm  not giving her appetite stimulants.  I am also on the fence about the I-R. At first I thought not to try it because of exactly what you said re: her being on meds already.  But then I read the article about it again, and the vet saying that it often solves mysterious problems positives have with not eating and being depressed and not feeling well, and I also remembered how it seemed to help Patches get over pneumonia quickly, and no one has ever seen any side effects from it, so I decided maybe I should try it. If it jump starts her to eat, then maybe she won't need the ultrasound, which I am sure will stress her more.  I don't know. Ginger is about 6, we think, which makes me anxious that she is nearing her limits as a positive.  I heard about list members with cats living to 10 and beyond and just hoped she will too, since she has always been so healthy, but all of this is so inexplicable.  Everyone thought it was her teeth, except the dentist who thought it is likely something else too, but everyone who thought it was her teeth said that she should be eating by now because her mouth should feel better than it did.  Maybe it is just the URI keeping her from eating now. I am also thinking she looks paler. She had a HCT of 53 last Friday, which was high normal, so I did not worry about that, but now she is looking paler.  I don't know. Michelle     In a message dated 5/13/05 1:35:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You know Michelle, Hideyo is right about abx making you feel like crap, not to mention major surgery. I'm not so sure I'd be thinking about Immuno-Regulin right now. From what I understand, it's a bacteria (?) that is introduced to trigger immune responses. I don't know, it just sounds like Ginger is overwhelmed enough as it is. I have nothing to base this on but intuition, and a general dislike for medication in the first place. I'd go with making sure she eats, sq fluids if she's dehydrated and Dox. Since it's not working anyway, I wouldn't even give her the appetite stimulant at this point, what's the use, you're force feeding her anyway. Nina