My vet even gave me a bag os saline and now I can start the fluids when necessary. I just call for a fresh bag.
---- Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > Sherri > > Even without the issue of jaundice, if Bogey is dehydrated, the urine will be > darker. > > Sherri, do you know how to give subcutaneous fluids? It is very easy. Perhaps > ask your vet to show you how. You just lift the loose skin at the back of the > neck, and you inject or run fluids into that gap under the skin, behind the > neck. The body will absorb the fluids as needed, so there is virtually no > risk of giving too much fluid – any excess fluid is just peed out. > > It is a life-saving technique that I wouldn’t be without. I always keep > several bags of fluid in the house (ringer’s lactate/saline/5% dextrose – I > hang onto any bags I can get) for use in an emergency. A droopy cat will > often respond immediately and miraculously to subcutaneous fluids – usually > saline or the ringer’s lactate. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sherri Godschalk > Sent: December-15-16 5:49 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FW: Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat > > Well I cannot seem to find anything that she will voluntarily drink. I think > chicken broth is next. She groomed herself some today. But the last time she > urinated it had started to turn more orange. Maybe this is expected? She does > have more bounce in her step. Walking straighter lines and less wobbly. She > is fighting me feeding her which is more her style. She meowed at me today > when I called her name. What a wonderful sound that was. > > From: Felvtalk > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > on behalf of Amani Oakley > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 8:04 AM > To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FW: Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat > > You can take your milk and dilute it with warm water and stir it around. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sherri Godschalk > Sent: December-15-16 8:13 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: FW: Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat > > Hi Amani. This morning’s urine was also pretty clear. I will pick up some > baby food today. She isn’t refusing to eat. She just is really too weak. If I > hold her and let her lick it off my hand she does great. Almost a half of a > 5.5 oz can already today. She has not vomited. I thought about milk but she > has yet to have a bowel movement and I didn’t want to constipate her more. I > think I will offer her some at next feeding. I drink whole milk so I think I > will pick up some Whiskas today too. > > I was surprised that the vet told me to start the Winstrol again so soon. I > thought that was not a good plan. > > Thanks for the input Amani. > > From: Felvtalk > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > on behalf of Amani Oakley > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:42 AM > To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [Felvtalk] FW: FW: Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat > > Sherri > > There isn’t any hurry to get her back on the Winstrol. I would wait. Her > haematology numbers give you quite a significant cushion to rely upon. > Winstrol likely strains the liver, so you want the liver to rest for a while. > > It sounds like she is better, though. I recommend baby food, which you can > syringe feed into her. Keep up the feeding. It is good that the first urine > was orange but the next wasn’t. She is hopefully clearing out the bilirubin. > I think fluids are important to help with that, too. Have you tried some very > diluted milk or some Whiskas milk? That might encourage her to drink some > more. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sherri Godschalk > Sent: December-15-16 7:42 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Update on Bogey My FELV + Cat > > Just a little update for any of you following Bogey’s progress here or others > who find these posts helpful. > > First day home from hospital. She of course wasn’t interested in eating. But > I would sit with her and she would lick Hill’s L/d and a/d from my finger. > She ate over a full can total. Every hour or so I gave her about a > tablespoon. Alternating between the two. I also am giving her water and a > few drops of Pedialite each time. The first time she urinated it was very > orange about 2 pm. She didn’t urinate again until last night around 10 and > was clear. She actually went to her water dish last night and took a couple > of laps. She is still weak and wobbly. But she know where things are. Still > seems out of it though. I doubt that she slept at all while in the hospital > so I am just letting her rest. She is curled up on a bean bag chair right now > with a heating pad on her. > > She isn’t suffering or getting worse. > > I have yet to start her back on the Winstrol but may do that today if the > jaundice continues to show improvement. Might make her feel stronger. > > Thanks for reading. > > Sherri _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
