Will she eat A/D ??? That's mostly liver with vitamins...
C & J wrote:
Kisa is peeing, probably about every 8 hours. She's so weak, that if
I don't have a litter box within 2feet of her, she'll just go close to
where she's laying.
She must not have been very dehydrated yet, since it took at least 12
hours to absorb the 100ml of fluid we gave her. She's only about 6-7
pounds now, she was 8 pounds when she was healthy. I'm thinking I
probably shouldn't give her more fluids today since she hasn't vomited
so far. I don't think she's dehydrated at all at the moment.
She's still licking liver off the back of a spoon today. I tried baby
food as well, but she wasn't that interested in it. She did lick a
few spoonbacks of it though. Kisa tried to sit up to eat the food
directly off the plate, but its almost like she's forgotten how to eat
that way. She sniffed it, and tried licking, but she was too far away
to actually lick any up. As long as I put some on the back of a spoon
and hold it in front of her mouth, she seems to be able to eat that way.
I'd like to get her eating something other than just liver, but if
she'll eat that, its a good start. I may dissolve a mulitvitamin in
it for her if that's all she'll eat. I don't want to overload the
vitamin A though either.
Kisa purred when we took her to bed last night, and has been purring
today when we pet her, so I think she's feeling a bit better. She
tried to bath herself, even though it tired her out some.
Cassandra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Update on Kisa
Cassamdra.
Do NOT attempt to express her bladder unless you are familiar with
doing so! This is not something I would ever undertake without being
sure I knew what I was doing as you can do real damage. Keep her
litter fresh so that you can see what she pees if she is using the
litter box. If you are giving 100 ml a day, she should be peeing
fairly normally. I would make it a habit to give it at the same time
each day. Do you know how to do the skin test for dehydration?
Check the gums for tackiness? How much do you think she weighs now?
Pam
Kelly L wrote:
At 06:42 PM 6/1/2007, you wrote:
Alot depends upon her kidney function and her respiratory status. On
a healthy 10 lb cat 2-300 cc per day is fine, but if her organs are
not working properly it could cause a fluidover load and even make
it harder for her to breathe. Id she peeing,,,you need to compare
what goes in with what goes out, do you know how to express her
bladder if you need to,
he kidneys do need to be working.
I would feel comfortable with 100, but I would sure call the vet
and ask as they know he lab values and heart and lung status,,
Make sure he body temp does not drop either Have you checked her
temp,,,?
Thanks for the update and I am sending many good thoughts. it is so
very very hard when we love them so much.
Kelly
A small update on Kisa.
I didn't think she would make it through the night, and at one
point I checked on her and thought she was gone, because I didn't
see the heavy breathing.
She did make it through the night, and I was seriously considering
taking her in to the vet for euthanasia. I asked her if I should,
and was very upset I wasn't strong enough to make that decision.
Well, now she actually looks a little bit better. She's very
weak, but she seems more alert and her breathing, while still fast,
isn't quite as labored and she's not breathing through her mouth.
It could be the dexamethasone making some sort of difference.
And then the strangest thing of all happened, she ate about 1 and
a half tablespoons of pureed liver, by licking it off the back of a
spoon. This is the first time in two weeks since this started, that
she didn't gag at the very sight/smell of food. I couldn't believe
she actually ate. She must not be feeling as nauseous, and so far
she hasn't vomited today.
I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but this is the first positive
thing that has happened for her in two weeks. I guess we'll just
have to wait and see how she does over the next couple of days. If
she's trying to get better, she has an awful lot to overcome yet in
order to do so.
I've got a full IV bag of sub-q fluids to keep her hydrated at
least. Just a question on that, how much fluid should she get in a
day? I gave her about 100ml, six hours ago, and it still hasn't
all soaked in from under the skin at the back of her neck.
Cassandra
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