Hi Nina & Spencer,
I agree w/ Michelle about trying some Reglan or Pepcid & maybe some
fluids. That might be enough to make the difference. Are you on the
Feline Assisted Feeding group @ yahoogroups? They may have some
suggestions, too. I'm pulling for Spencer & will be keeping you both
in my prayers.
Yvonne
In a message dated 10/9/2006 11:14:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi
Guys,
I can't make up my mind about Spencer. He's been on the dex
shots since
9/7. I started to half his dose eod on Sat. It
doesn't seemed to have
had any negative effect. If it wasn't for the
fact that he's all but
stopped eating, I would think he was on his way to
recovery. He's so
emaciated now. He continues to enjoy life,
he does things that are not
at all in line with someone that is
dying. He has decided that the roof
of our outside habitat is the
perfect place to get away from it all and
somehow he scales the 8 foot
fence to climb up there. The first day he
did it I helped him down,
figuring he wouldn't be able to do it
himself. I was wrong. I
haven't seen him do it, but he gets up and
down on his own. He's
active during the night and his eyes are bright.
He's not hiding,
he's not sleeping excessively, when he sees me approach
he meows hello to
me, if only he would eat! I've tried assit feeding
him. He
stresses out and won't swallow. He acts like he's interested
in
food, sometimes he'll take a couple of bites, then he makes a face
like
the food is his enemy, like it makes his stomach hurt to eat. It
doesn't seem like he's not eating because he's preparing to die, it's
like it hurts to eat, so he won't eat.
Bruce thinks I should leave
him alone, that I shouldn't bring him back
to the vet. He thinks
that I'll only be making the time he has left
miserable to do so. I
just don't know what to do. When I ask Spencer
about going to the
vet to see if they can help, I swear I hear him say
NO! No more
vets! I don't know if this is wishful thinking on my part,
but I
keep wanting to save him. We never had a diffinative
diagnosis... I hate the idea of him slowly starving to death.
I hate
the idea of pts before he's ready. I hate the idea of
bringing him to
the vet and putting him through the poking and
proding. I just don't
know what to do.
Thanks for
listening,
Nina
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