--- "James G. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 03:56:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Terri Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Arielle update
> To: felvtalk list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi,
>
> Arielle is not doing well at all. I was a
> hysterical
> mess last night. She was lying on the floor and
> when
> I went to pick her up, I thought she was dead. You
> know how they feel to you when you pick them up when
> they're dead? That's how she felt. She can't stand
> up, can't walk, and can't get into the litter box.
> She couldn't even meow right. She pee'd and poop'd
> on
> herself. She looks miserable. I feel like she's
> given up on life. It's killing me. I force fed her
> last night and a little this morning, but she
> doesn't
> seem any better. I want to give her a chance, but
> at
> the same time, I don't want to make her stay if she
> wants to go. I want to do the right thing. Nothing
> seems to be stimulating her appetite. Not even the
> Pet Tinic. Someone on the list got valium from the
> vet, and said it stimulates the appetite, but I
> don't
> know if I should give her that because I think the
> interferon is making her depressed. She wasn't
> nearly
> as bad Saturday before her vet visit as she is this
> morning. Would interferon make her seem sicker?
> Should I keep up and finish the 7 days, or should I
> do
> 3 on and 3 off? I just don't know what to do. The
> vet wanted me to dose her twice a day, but I cut
> that
> to one dose a day. Should I just do the twice a day
> like the vet said? What do you think?
>
> Beside myself with fear and worry,
> Terri
>
Terri,
First don't panic. Second, check her ears and paws and
see if they feel hot. Olivia spikes fevers after the
3rd day on interferon when it manages to get her
immune system into gear. She may be feeling flu like
symptoms if her immune system if firing up and
fighting. Olivia seems to tolerate low fevers well and
still eats. Only if it's really high does she stop.
This is not true of many cats. A low grade one will
make them act like this. From what you are describing,
she's acting like she feels like crap and since this
started when you started giving her interferon, this
might be what is happening. Keep giving her fluids and
force feed. Check for fever and get it down if it's
high.
If she is hot, get your vet to give you ketoprofen.
Olivia has this at home in a 5mg capsule form in case
of fever spikes. This is not a steroid and is safe to
give cats.
Also ketoprofen is available in the pharmacy under the
name of Orudis. It's 12.5mg and Ashley was given this
for pain for a UTI. She was given half of one and
she's a little over 10lbs.
Kim
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