AJ and Pepper going on my prayer list. Please keep us posted. Hopefully they will figure out the problem soon and she'll start eating.
:) Wendy --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > It seems to be one of those weeks when our friends > kitties turn up sick > without explanation. You guys might remember the > kind man, AJ, I met > outside my specialty clinic. He was crying in the > parking lot and told > me he had just lost a kitty and had no one to share > his grief with. > Well, you guys know me, we became fast friends. He > called me a few days > ago to ask if I might have some idea what might be > wrong with his kitty > Pepper. She's 11 years old and was a bottle baby so > he's had her all > her life. She's never been ill and is felv neg. > She seemed just fine > and then one day refused to eat, when he syringe fed > her she immediately > vomited. She has bloody discharge leaking from her > anus. Poor baby! > She's been at the specialty clinic vet's for two > days now. Here are a > couple of pastes from emails he's sent me. > > > She's stable, no signs of parasites, blockage, > damage or organ > malfunction except for glucose in the urine that > might indicate > diabetes, but the blood work doesn't support that. > They say there seems > to be a little arthritis in the spine but you'd > never suspect that by > the way she moves. That's all they can tell me. > > >> I talked with them this morning they have given > her medicine (like > they give for cancer patients) to stimulate > appetite, and something to > address excess acidity in her stomach, also stronger > antibiotics as well > as the original and fluids. They've left a > smorgasbord of food for her > and tried to hand feed her... hasn't eaten yet. > Nothing's coming out > the back end but bloody puss. They're also going to > worm her, though > there hasn't been any evidence of them but it won't > hurt. All they can > do until tomorrow is try to get her to eat (once > every 6 hours), then > they will consider more drastic things like the > ultrasound, colonoscopy > and possibly tube food down her throat which > involves going under. >> > > >>> They are baffled still, and after pressing them > for some kind of > suspected cause, he said it could be Pancreatitis, > IBD or cancer. Since > she hasn't been able to produce any fecal material > they can't study > that, except to do the scope. I gave the okay for > ultrasound, but said > hold off on the scope until they decide if it > wouldn't hurt to try some > therapy first to take a stab at what the trouble is, > such as steroids. > I said please keep trying to get her to eat too of > course, which could > at least help with the diagnosis. They said tubing > food is something > they do under anesthesia, so that's news to me that > I could possibly do > it at home. >>> > > I gave him links to several lists to join and told > him about Belinda's > experience with feeding tubes. I don't know what > kind of "cancer meds" > they've given her, I asked him, but I think he's > just so overwhelmed > that he can't think straight. Poor guy told me he's > already been to the > bank to apply for a loan to cover the vet bills. > He's already up to > $1300 and they don't have any answers yet. Please > include AJ and Pepper > in your prayers, > Nina > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
