Thank you so much Joan. "Live long and prosper" is just the message
I've been sending her lately. The AC I spoke with yesterday gave me a
real "ah ha!" kind of moment. Btw, it's the same AC that Hideyo spoke
to about her sweet Georgie. Anyway, Jasmine was talking about how our
fur kids pick up on our emotions, expectations, etc., (which I already
believe in wholeheartedly), when it occurred to me, that I've been
thinking about Grace as being doomed, even more so than the other
kittens from her litter. Well, she's already outlived 3 of them, so why
was I persisting in my, while good intentioned concern, still negative
projections? I started telling her, you know Grace, you're a strong,
powerful spirit and we have free will! I've started to concentrate on
her living a long and healthy life, instead of being mired in fear of
her not. I don't know if that's had anything to do with her improvement
over the last couple of days, but I do know that she listens to her mother!
Nina
Doljan, Joan wrote:
Nina,
Sending healing vibes from us to the Princess. May she live long and
prosper!
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Update on Princess Grace
Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been
feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when she feels crummy
I put her on a round of Dox, and she feels better almost immediately.
Not so, this time. I put her on Dox and she didn't improve
significantly. I took her off of Dox and started the five day protocol
of Virbagen Omega, (injections of feline interferon, 1x daily). Again,
she improved slightly, but not significantly. After the 4th day, I
stopped the VO and put her back on Dox. She's been getting the Dox
again for about a week, she continues to improve, but is still not
herself. I've also been giving her oral interferon (chasing the Dox
pill with it), transfer factor, Lysine, Co-Q10 etc. Her appetite is
off, so I had to stop the supplements to get her to eat. I'm going to
try some transdermal Cyproheptadine to see if it helps her eat more.
You may think I'm crazy, (so what's new?), but I talked to two different
ACs that told me they did not think there were any tumors involved, or
problems with any of her internal organs, just a feeling of general
malaise. I had an appointment with our Internist today, but Grace seems
to have improved more in the last couple of days, so I canceled it. It
was a difficult decision to make. Grace suffers greatly from the stress
involved in a visit to the vet and knowing that there would be several
different tests involved to determine what is going on with her...
Well, I just decided not to put her through it. There's been too many
times that after the trauma and expense, nothing new has been learned.
I don't feel completely confident in this decision, but if she doesn't
continue to improve I can still bring her in later. I'm waiting for a
call from the vet to discuss a different antibiotic in case Grace has
finally built a resistance to Doxycycline. For heavens sake, we don't
even know why Dox has worked for her! Anyway, if you could take a
moment to think of my Grace and wish her well, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Nina
