I would be wary of an emergency vet in this situation too. It's a tough call though. I hope by now you've had some good news. You and Simon are in my thoughts and prayers.
tonya
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My emergency vet will not answer questions on the phone and is almost an hour
away. I spoke to a vet who is a friend's friend, who told me to give him 25
cc fluids and syringe feed him in smaller doses and if he does not vomit to
wait until his 9 am aptmt with the oncologist. I did that, plus gave 1/4
Pepcid, and he seems to be holding it down. I am syringe feeding A/d now instead of
baby food. I am trying to call her back about the feeding tube idea. The
emergency vet will not even say over the phone whether they will ever do anything
like that (will not talk to me at all over the phone) and I am a little
worried about having one of them do it and then putting him under again tomorrow
for the ultrasound. Right now I am thinking of trying to feed him a little by
syringe ever 10 minutes or so until midnight, when he has to stop eating fo! r the
anesthesia for his ultrasound, and then see if they can do a feeding tube
while he is under tomorrow. I am not sure how he could be put under for the
feeding tube at this point because he has food in his stomach which he could
aspirate....
In a message dated 12/5/04 2:05:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have a kitty in chronic renal failure and upset stomachs are common
with this disease. Pepcid A/C, a quarter tablet, is suggested. I would
suggest you ask your vet about that. Or maybe some very thinned out
A/D given with a syringe. My baby Henry Lee was vomiting toward the
end and the vet never suggested any of the above, but now I know she
wasn't a good vet.
Basically, you need to talk to a vet. Our local emergency vet service
will answer questions on the phone - do you have one?
Bonnie >>
