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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:41
PM
Subject: FW: My little brave RubyE's
adventure -
Hi, everyone, thank you for all the support for my
baby RubyE - I took her to the vet this morning.
My AC, Jasmine talked to RubyE a night before on my
behalf, and try to explain to her that what's going to happen to her this
morning. She was so scared of the idea of going to the vet, and Jasmine
suggested that RubyE limps when I try to catch her either with a blanket or
fish net, which will make things go much faster. In the past, she has
alwasy fought against so hard that her mouth got bleed, and her claws got
caught in the net.. it just has been so traumatic and that's why I was so
nervous about trying to catch her this time again.
Anyway, as Nina suggested below last night, I exactly
followed her instruction, and talked to her -- she had a huge round eye, and
staring at me.
And this morning, the time has come.. I went to catch
her slowly with a fish net -- and guess what she did? She limped --- she
just stayed still, and did not try to fight against me at all.. she just was
laying under the net which was an amazing miracle to me as it was so different
form how she acted in the past.
And at the vet, they anethaized her, and she did
soooooooo good! The vet did almost everthing, blood test, stool, and
urinalysis, X-tray in addtion to regular exam -- they really did not find
anythign wrong with her - except that she has very red teeth.. they had pulled
her teeth in November, and her teeth is not bad right now.. just very red
gum--- so they suggested steroid.. and I had to say no to that,, because I am
very worried about any side effects and I really don't belive in it unless
for a very extreme sitatuion.. but they vet has given a shot of
pennisillin instead. The vet did find some thinkning of her intestents
and she gave me a couple of potential causes --- IBD, lymphoma cancer, or just
inflamation.. so, for now, I decide to believe that she just has some
sort of chronic inflamtion.. and not think of the worst --- I just don't have
the feeling that that's what she has ---- I noticed that she likes to eat
tuna, but can't eat hard food as much.. so I am thinking that maybe her gum is
the primary reason for her losing weight... ---- again, because of high
gloublin, and her being corona virus titer positive, she also suggested a
possibility of FIP -- again, I dont' think she has that either for some
reason.. I am crossing my finger that it's her gum and pennisilin will help
her and can start eating again.. my holistic vet suggested a remedy so,
I will give it to her via water bowel tonight ---
please give my baby RubyE a big tap on her shoulder
(is that the _expression_?) - she did so well, and I was just so proud of her
and wanted to cry..
I brought her home and gave her tuna and ate the
whole plate -
Thank you so very much for all your prayers and pls
continue to pray that she will only get better!
Hideyo
Hideyo,
Don't be nervous. Be matter-of-fact. You
know that getting her to the vet is necessary and that you would never do
anything without her "highest good" in mind. Don't follow her
lead. She's scared because she doesn't know any better, you do.
Don't be nervous for her, she's nervous enough on her own. Tell her in
calm, sweet tones that she's going on an adventure tomorrow. That
everyone will treat her with dignity and respect. Tell her how every one
will say how beautiful she is and will treat her with tenderness because she's
so special. Tell her exactly, (to the best of your ability) what is
going to happen. Picture it in your mind as you explain it to her.
First, I will catch you, then you'll go in the carrier, (which is a safe
traveling den, you need to go in there so you won't be frightened and run
away, or hurt yourself), then think about the car ride, etc., etc. If
she's going to be anesthetized, tell her what that will be like and how she'll
go to sleep, when she wakes up, it will all be over. When I tell my kids
about blood tests, I tell them that we are going to take a little of their
blood from the inside of them, so we can tell what is making them not feel
well. That we have to see inside to know what's wrong. Tell her
that you will be with her and you will make sure that only what is best for
her will happen. Tell her that the less she struggles, the sooner it
will all be over and she'll be home, starting to get well. I can't say
for sure that all this "explaining" gets through to them, but I figure it
might and it can't hurt. If I were going to go to the doctor, I'd want
to know what was going to happen.
Let us know how it goes and keep
calm.
Nina
Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:
actually, I am going to try to catch her tomorrow -- I
am so nervous about making her nervous - but I have to
try...
