Yow! Just saw this thread. Hope Casey is feeling better soon. Good luck, Donna!
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Yow! Just saw this thread. Hope Casey is feeling better soon. Good luck, Donna!
Donna, I sure hope that the new medicine does the trick. I take Pepper to the vet tomorrow and I'm going to ask him about Zythromax. All fingers and paws are crossed here. Good luck.
Don't be surprized if your vet says no. I've come up against it several times with different vets. This is the first vet that actually suggested it. She said it's a pretty strong antibiotic.
Hi, the Zithromax is an extremely powerful human antibiotic and the bacteria have not developed alot of resistence to it (yet). Needless to say many MD's and vets are careful about giving it out. I don't know it would help to mix the Zithromax in with some of Phred's clam juice ;) (from another thread) or some other strongly flavoured food that Casper might like. :confused:
Donna says that the medicine for Casey is "bubblegum" flavored?
The thought of adding it to some "clam juice" makes me want to barf...............(sorry)
Would that be clam flavored bubble gum or bubblegum flavored clam juice?
I'll be praying that the medic. does the trick. Prayers are on their way for precious Casey!
OH NO!!! Not the dreaded clam juice again!!!! ROTFL!Quote:
Originally posted by gini
..........The thought of adding it to some "clam juice" makes me want to barf...............(sorry)
Casey's still being held in my thoughts and hoping the medicine will work {{{Hugs}}}
Lynne
Hey Casey Kat!!!!!
KLAMZ????
Ya wunt Klamz???
We gotz sum Klam Juze ya can have!
It'z furmentin inna fridge... Kat'z fraid to eben look inna fridge ennie more - tinkz da Klamz are rattlin their shellz an gonna *get* him.
Send us yer address - we'll slurp a stamp an gib da jug to our Postey Ladie - iffin it dont *blow :eek: up* affore it getz to ya - yer welcome to it! :p
Kat sez the stuff is *garunteed* to hide the taste of yer medasin! :rolleyes:
Hope ya getz ta feelin a lot better reel soon! :D
Well, it doesn't SAY bubblegum flavor, but you can smell it. Mixing it with clam juice though???? Eeeeeeeewwwww!!!! He doesn't seem to mind it. Of course I'm holding him down to give it to him so he really doesn't have much choice.
Casey says:
Tanks dood for the sugguestion of klamz juse. I don't know what da big deal is bout bubblegum flavor is. Tuna would be cool. Who ever thought a cat culd blow bubbles anyway!!! :confused: Tanks for splaining it.
Casey boy....I'm so glad they found some med-meds to help you out. Basil is going in tomorrow for his chest x-ray....I'll let you know how it goes.
Take care sweetie and enjoy that bubble gum flavor! :)
Donna, I asked my vet about this medicine and he has heard of other vets using it. He showed me his meds book and he looked it up and it said something about not using it on a cat that has had liver problems. Pepper had a slight liver problem last year. I think it was mainly due to not eating. This was another reason that I wanted him to have another bloodwork up done. I won't know these results until Fri. am at the earliset. The vet now prescibed Clindamycin Hydrochloride Drops. These are also fairly strong and kill many types of bacteria. I won't know the results of his nasal swab test until Sat. or Mon. of next week. I sure hope that Casey's new medicine works and that he feels better soon. Prayers are still going out to you Casey.
Cinder and Smoke - how could you threaten little Casey like that!!!! Poor furboy's got enough to put up - he doesn't want poisoning too! I'd tell Dad to take that *Clam Juice* and bury it - as far from the house as he can!!:D :D
LOL. You guys are too much!! Casey is still plugged up. But I'm going to give the medication a while to do its stuff. I gave him an antihistamine when I went home at lunch in the hopes that his stuffiness will be somewhat alleviated.
KrazyAboutKatz,
I'll be praying for Pepper. Please let me know how he makes out.
Noahsmommy,
Prayers ALSO coming your way for Basil. I tell ya, this just plain sucks. Poor furbabies can't tell ya what's wrong. *shakes head, sighs*
Donna, I have some good news. Pepper seems to be much better today. When I came home tonight he wasn't stuffed up any more. I've been using the vaporizer at night and he's on some new medicine. Maybe he did have a bacterial infection. I sure hope that Casey gets well soon. He's still in my prayers.
Casey is having the skull x-rays done within the next week. None of the medicine seems to be working. I got home last night and he was VERY congested. I'm waiting to hear from the vet. I spent alot of money on all sorts of meds that have done absolutely nothing to help relieve his stuffed up nostril. That's what leads me to believe that there's something there (polyp, tumor, whatever). I hate to put him through it but I need to know so I can help him. I'll let you know how he makes out.
KAK,
I'm so glad Pepper is feeling better. I also have a humidifier that I keep on at night because my heat is do DRY. He sleeps right next to it.
Have you tried making him sleep/hang out in the bathroom, with the shower running? My guys love the humidity each morning. I also don't keep my house very hot... in an effort to keep the air from drying out too much. I have humidifers but don't have to use them that often. They can add insult to injury if you don't maintain them properly and will breed molds etc.
Hope your xray process goes ok. They will probably knock the cat out for it.
Fingers crossed for a correct answer for you and your kitty.
Poor Casey. :( I hope the x-rays reveal what is wrong.
We'll be thinking about him.
Hope the x-rays help with finding out what is wrong with poor Casey. I will keep the prayers going for him to be well again.
Hugs
Donna, When KAK's Pepper was to the vet, they did a nasal swap (that is how they found the bacterial infection). Did your vet do that for Casey?
Any way, I sure hope we can pin down the problem so that it can be treated. Not knowing, is the worst of all. Best wishes to Casey.
Awww...I'm sending all positive and healing thoughts out to all the under the weather felines.
It is so hard when you don't know what's wrong with them. It's such a helpless feeling!
Many ((((((Hugs))))))
;)
Russian Blue,
It's VERY frustrating. He's been sleeping alot lately, but is eating, drinking and using the box.
Jen,
That's what the vet plans to do when he's under for his skull x-rays. She's going to take a couple of swabs of his nostrils to see if she can see anything in the mucus. She wanted to do an esophygeal flush but it would be even MORE expensive. She suggested a CT scan with a specialist, but I have draw the line at what's right and what is excessive as the cost would be over $1,000. Hopefully they can see what's wrong in the x-rays. Since he's only started 100 mgs. of Metronidazole yesterday, I'm giving it one more week. The vet didn't call me back today because she called in sick. All I can do is wait and see. I'm not going to worry about the unknown till I have to.
Thanks for all your well wishes guys. It means alot to me!
((((hugs))))
Donna, Prayers are on the way for Casey. I sure hope that these tests will tell you something. I know that not knowing is the worst. I sure hope that whatever they find will be treatable and that Casey will be back to his old self in no time. All fingers and paws are crossed here. Good luck.
From Casey:
Hi everybody!
This is Casey, also knowd as "Bubba" to mamay. I have a stuffy dose right dow and have trubble breevin. I just wanted to tank you all for your good wishes. It's bid da pits lately with mama shuvin stuff in my bouth to try and make me feel bedder. It' hasn't worked so far. So tomorrow I go have x-rays of my head to see what's goig on. I'll be seein ya real sood, okay??
From Moosmom:
Casey is going for the skull x-rays tomorrow morning. I will let you all know what happens. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's something that can be fixed with medicine, although I'm not too sure it will because of all the medicine he's been on the past month. But I will think positive.
Donna, we will gather together and send Pet Talk Get Well IMMEDIATELY vibes to Casey!!
Please keep us posted - I know how all of us worry about our furkids!
Donna-
Prayers, hugs and well wishes coming your way! Let us know as soon as you can!!!
Johanna
Thanks guys! He's resting tonight with just water and his litter box :( . I hate doing that but I know it's for his own good. The minute I know anything, I'll post it.
Good luck today Donna!
*HUGS*
I'll be thinking about you today...
Casey is home resting comfortably. First they tested him for Feline Leukemia (It was so long ago I couldn't remember if he WAS tested or not) and heartworm. I found this strange since he's an indoor cat, but the vet said he could've been bitten by a mosquito inside my apartment (possibly). Both were negative.
She did a complete exam of his throat and nose while he was under. She saw nothing! No polyp, no tumor, nada. Then she took swabs of his nose but didn't have time to check them out under the microscope for any bacteria or cancerous cells. She was swamped all day and said she would take 2 hours on Monday to look at the slides.
I know I should be happy that it's not cancer, but not knowing what's wrong is what is making me crazy.
I am SOOOOOO frustrated. And I feel so helpless. He sounds just awful :( . I can't help him. I don't know what to do for him.
She showed all the x-rays to another vet and he was amazed that the Zythromax he was on didn't wipe it out completely.
So he's back on Zythromax and Flagil for 10 days in the hopes that it works.
I want to cry right now. Not because of the money, although the vet bill was $374 and another $47 for the medicine. I love this boy with all my heart and soul and hope he's not suffering. I just don't know what else I can do for him. :(
Donna, my heart goes out to you!! Do you know what I think I would do at this point? I would go on the internet - aside from the obvious cat sites - perhaps Google and do some searches for this problem in cats.
I am not recommending any remedies other than what the vet
has prescribed - but maybe they have a "home remedy" that might relieve his congestion that you haven't thought of...........
I have this idea because I just had a major computer problem and I had a professional here to help me. He couldn't find out what the problem was - he went on to Google and did a search and sure enough - other people had the same problem I did and it was a missing Windows file. He downloaded the file and VOILA it worked.
I use this as an example because there are many things you can learn from other people aside from Vets and us.......and it will occupy your mind while you read and search.
I am so sorry......you must be so very upset about poor Casey.
A big hug from Gini and Rascal..............
Gini,
Thanks for your suggestion. That's exactly what I did.
After trying to sleep for 2 1/2 hours (everytime I started drifting off, Casey would gasp for air), I got up and here I am.
I looked into FIP. The reason being, when MooShoo was 12 weeks old, he tested positive for FIP, which means he was exposed to the virus, as were the rest of my cats.
According to Cornell University, FIP is a very frustrating disease because it consists of 7 coronaviruses. The only way to truly detect it is by doing a post-mortem necropsy (autopsy), by testing the tissue of an infected cat.
Some of the symptoms of FIP are so similar to what I've seen in Casey (diarrhea over time, sneezing, watery eyes, lethargy,antibiotics failure to take care of an infection, loss of appetite), that I'm very suspicious THAT is what is happening here.
I am absolutely devastated at this point because I feel deep down inside he IS suffering and I don't want that. :(
The questions running through my mind are "Do I keep him on the medicine another 10 days to see if he does any better???" (even after all these weeks of medication and poor results). "Do I take him off all medicines to see if he improves???" "Do I make the ultimate decision that enough is enough and have him put down so that he doesn't suffer, yet always wondering if I did the right thing???" :(
I am so confused right now. I need answers and there don't seem to be any. :(
Donna, I don't have any answers for you either :( But I just wanna give you this:
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((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))) from Naomi, Bassett, Tilly and Nutmeg. I sure hope Casey feels better soon!
Donna, I'm so sorry that Casey is still miserable and that you didn't find out any answers from the tests. Hopefully the nasal swab will tell you something. I had to wait almost 6 days to find out the results from this test but at least it told me what was wrong. Has Casey beed tested for FIP? When Pepper was very sick last year, the doctor tested him for feline leukemia and FIP and both were negative. Prayers are continuing to go out for sweet Casey. All fingers and paws are still crossed too. {{{{HUGS}}}}
Oh Donna, Poor Casey. I am so sorry, I have no answers just tears and hugs.
You may not be able to reliably test for FIP because of Casy's exposure to Mooshoo, but did you at least ASK the vets if they thought it could be that? Has Casey stopped eating?
Oh Dear Moosmom...I am so sorry that your Dear Casey isn't well yet.......
i wish that i had an answer for you.....
but I can say a Prayer for you and casey...(and the rest of our furkids)....
and send a {{{{{{{{{{{{{BIG HUG}}}}}}}}}}}
for you both.......
Oh Donna, my heart is breaking for you and sweet Casey. A kitty couldn't ask for a more caring and loving Mommy. I know how frightened, frustrated and confused you feel right now. I wish I had an answer for you as how to proceed. I would definitely discuss all my feelings with the vet. Perhpas the slide results will give you some answers. We're sending you our love and prayers. {{{hugs}}} Sandra, Mr. B and Oliver
Oh Donna, poor Casey, and poor you too because I know you are suffering alongside of him.
Hold on tight, there are still those other test results to come yet. The vet who is treating Casey seems to be very much under pressure (was she the one who was off sick earlier?) so maybe when thats off and she is able to look at the results with a rested and clear eye she will spot something not thought of yet.
And yes, whatever you are doing/do for Casey will be the right thing because it is done with great care and love.
He and you will be kept in my thoughts and prayers and all fingers and paws crossed too.
Love and hugs
Chris
You have all the prayers that we can muster at the lost cats hotel and all the kittys and myself pray that littlevCasey will get well soon.
Donna released her Dear Casey from his worldly
suffering on Saturday, December 14, 2002.
:(
Please Comfort Donna on Casey's Memorial Post ~
In Memory of My Casey ~ "Bubba Dude"
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Rest In Peace, Dear Casey.