Thanks for the helpful websites. I am actually a nurse, so could probably get the supplies needed from work and this makes me more comfortable even considering doing the procedure, but our four-legged friends are very different than humans! So I appreciate seeing how easy (if Allie would stay
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Subject: Re: new diagnosis (Sub-Q)
As someone with a needle phobia let me assure you that Sub-Q is
easy. You can learn to do this yourself. Don't worry about the
size of the needle (18 gauge). The purpose of the large needle is so
that the fluids flow in quickly. With a small
Sub-Q fluids. That's the user friendly terminology for
subcutaneousfluids. They use a big needle attached to an IV type bag, they
just give the fluidunder the skin rather than in a vein. You can use either
lactated ringers solution,or saline solution, personally, I would go with
saline, as
As someone with a needle phobia let me assure you that Sub-Q is easy. You can learn to do this yourself. Don't worry about the size of the needle (18 gauge). The purpose of the large needle is so that the fluids flow in quickly. With a small needle it is actually more stressful for the cat and for
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