I'm so happy for you, Hideyo - good for RubeE! Gloria
On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:
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
From: Nina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:02 PM
To: Hideyo Yamamoto
Subject: Re: Pls send positive energy to my RubyE
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...
