Thanks so much - yes she is! You know, I tried everything for her URI. She wasn't eating for several days, and I was using a syringe to give her stuff. At some point she was barely moving. I tried -
At some point , she started eating again. I think after she had a combination of things, as the Lysine and Vit C took care of most, then the Keflex, then the Salt water eye bath + castor oil drops.
She's looking good, but still fragile. I'm delighted. She's not where she once was - used to sleep in a chair before this bout. Now, after the bad stages of the URI, she doesn't climb any more, but sleeps either on a heated pad or next to an electric radiator.
At her worst, she was sick and I was too, so it was a mess! But we're both better now, so another of her 9 lives!
With this one, the vets were of marginal help, but did supply me with stuff, so am grateful for that.
Thanks a million - this is a great list, and it's helped me a lot.
Gloria
At 06:01 AM 10/28/01 -0800, you wrote:
Gloria, I hope Lucy is continuing to improve???
tonya
Sharon Siders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- So glad that Lucy is such a tough kitty!
- Sharon
- -----Original Message-----
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
- Behalf Of Gloria Bronte Lane
- Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:26 PM
- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Subject: Lucy, Lysine, and URI
- Lisa, Glenda, Tally, Tonya, and all who responded about Lucy -
- Lucy's doing much better - I've had her on Vit. C and Lysine (500 mg split
- in 2 doses daily), as well as cod liver oil, Vit E, occasional
- neosynephrine, and a bit of Clindacure. I'm giving her sub-Q fluids, and
- almost forgot - need to give her some this morning.
- The acupuncture vet came yesterday afternoon and treated her and suggested
- the sub-Q fluids. The homeopathic vet said try not to use the Clindacure,
- but it seemed to help the symptoms when she was so.o.o bad so I used it
- then. I read th! at Clindacure does something with protein, and maybe that's
- it, since Herpes is affected by protein/amino acids. I had gotten it from
- the regular vet after the Amoxil didn't help.
- Last night she was real hungry. This morning she demanded food and gobbled
- it up. She's almost blind now, possibly from the herpes - I've read it
- affects the eyes and can cause corneal ulcers like my friends cat Smokey
- had.
- Lucy is 18 and fragile in some ways but a tough kitty in others, and for
- the time pulling thru!!! Wish I had been more aware of Herpes and it's
- symptoms before. She's had a URI for a LONG time, and adding some lysine
- to her daily routine might have helped. I just never paid attention to
- what those vaccinations were that they used to get, and what the symptoms
- were, and that the sniffles might be serious...and I didn't have a feline
- mailing list to talk to.
- Anyway, thanks so much - without the help of this list, I wouldn't hav! e
- known about Lysine and Neosynephrine, and Lucy might be dying, so she now
- seems to be on another of her nine lives - yeaa!
- Gloria
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