Thanks Tonya. I think I will go that route if I don't
see an improvement in eating/drinking very soon. It's
a little scary though. I've never stuck a needle into
another living being, unless you count getting
splinters out, so I am a bit nervous about trying
this. Do you give the cat the whole bag? And where
and how do you stick the needle?
Thanks,
Wendy
--- catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wendy,
>
> The fluid is already in the bags you buy. You
> don't fill them yourselves. I don't know what all
> is in them. I suppose electrolytes, fluids, maybe
> potassium? If you've got a decent vet a bag of
> fluid and the set up for sub q should be less than
> $10.
>
> t
>
> t
>
> wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Michelle,
>
> I can't imagine how you felt with them telling you
> to
> pay up front while you're holding your sick cat!
> That
> just sounds bad! I just started working a second
> job,
> so as soon as we get any money at all, then I will
> probably take Stretch in for the tests and if
> affordable, to get X-rays, and the fluid drained. Do
> X-rays show cancer tumors and/or fluid? Also, how
> often do you give the dex/depo shot (if it is
> lymphoma)? I could not really tell if the dex shot
> helped much. Stretch isn't breathing as heavily as
> she was, but her breathing is still somewhat
> labored.
> Also, where do you get the bags and needles to do
> sub-Q fluids? Is there anything else I need to do
> sub-Q? Do you just use water?
>
> Thanks,
> Wendy
>
>
>
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