Oh I'm sorry to hear this. Let's pray that Kiri will get rehydrated and feeling better again.
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Oh I'm sorry to hear this. Let's pray that Kiri will get rehydrated and feeling better again.
More prayers for Kiri!
You did it before, sweetie - just one more time!
HUGS
I just want to tell you a little (ok kinda long) story about Dusty that may help you have some hope with Kiri.
In 1997 Dusty ate her supper, and then vomited. Which wasn't all that uncommon for her as she often used to do that until we switched to better foods. Anyways while she vomited she apparently inhaled some of it and ended up getting aspiration pneumonia. She stopped eating, drinking and grooming altogether, we figured she blamed the food for her feeling so ill.
Dusty had to be at the vets for a week. They tried pilling her (which normally is difficult anyways) and they ended up having to call me to do it because Dusty kept holding her breath till she'd pass out to keep from having to take a pill. So basically after a couple days of this they had to find injectables to use instead. She still wouldn't eat a thing, they tried salmon, tuna, sardines, a plethera of foods and she turned her nose up at every one of them. They nuked the food, tried raw food, nothing! She rattled when she breathed, and was losing weight every day.
They sent her home for a couple days hoping being at home would help her recovery. She was such a sad thing just hovering over the water bowl but not drinking, still not eating or even attempting to groom. She wouldn't even walk, she just lay wherever you put her at. They told us to try putting her in the bathroom next to a hot tub running so the hot steam might clear up her congestion so she could breath better. I don't know how much water we ran but it was alot! Seemed to help her breathing but she still wouldn't eat. We had to run her back twice a day for injections for fluids and medications.
She was doing better with the breathing, and would walk some but still not eating or drinking at all! So back to the vets for a few days.
They put her in an oxygen tent for a day to help the breathing so she could rest and heal better. They even did an EKG on her, and a ton more lab work. After a few more days they had the pneumonia cleared up but Dusty still wouldn't eat, still blamed the food. They couldn't even force feed her because she'd fight them so much on it and refused to be fed. They tried Valium 3 times (it's side effect in cats is ravanous appetite), didn't work at all for Dusty. So they sent her back home again over a weekend and said that if she didn't eat for us that we should consider having her PTS as they had fixed the pneumonia but couldn't figure out how to get her to eat and drink.
We took her home on a Saturday, by Sunday my mom called and set up an appointment for her to be PTS on Monday unless something changed. Nothing changed, still no eating or drinking, very little walking.
Monday morning 1 hour until PTS time - We're sitting there with her saying our goodbyes and crying, when lo and behold Dusty started grooming!!! She hadn't done that through the whole episode! They'd said if she would groom she might eat, so we ran and got a bowl of her favorite crunchies. Dusty got excited and licked her lips but wouldn't eat. Not to be thwarted we watered down the crunchies and wouldn't you know it, Dusty ATE!!! You never saw more happy humans in your life!! We waited 15 minutes to make sure the food would stay down, and during that time she also drank water!! All on her own!!! We called the vet to reschedule the appointment for later in the day as a RECHECK! Her food all stayed down, she had eaten more and drank more, and thoroughly groomed herself by the time we took her in that evening.
Basically they said if Dusty wasn't slightly overweight when this started she might not have made it at all. After that we made sure even when we put her on a diet, that she was slightly overweight. They also said in Dusty's case it was unusual for her to not eat for that long and not suffer kidney damage. Dusty is one lucky kitty that used at least 5 of her 9 lives that November in 1997.
Time Dusty did not eat: 16 DAYS
Dusty's weight at time of illness: 14 lbs
Dusty's weight at time of recovery: 7 lbs
Dusty currently sufferes severe osteoarthritis and muscle atrophy and is on experimental pain medication. I don't know how long the experimental meds will work or what kind of damage they might cause, but always the trooper she is still with us at 16 1/2 years old now.
**Just thought Dusty's story might give you some hope with Kiri!**
Catlady, thank you for telling Dusty's story! I hope Kiri can make the same sort of comeback.
And thank you, everyone, for continuing to wish Kiri well. It means a great deal to me.
More prayers and wishes for the very best for Kiri,
Love,
Pat, Peony, Sydney, Priscilla, Poppy, and Elmer
Any news????
She's still at the vet's, still getting rehydrated. They're going to try an appetite stimulant. Her kidneys are working fine, and there's just nothing in her bloodwork to explain why she's not rallying.
I spent some time with her today, petting her gently and asking her to just let me know somehow whether she has the strength to pull out of this or whether there's some undetected bad problem that is making her want to let go.
Penny you know I am only a phone call away, I am so sorry, wish you were here so I could fuss over the lot of you!
Healing energy and much love hun,
Kym
Penny - try this: [email protected] - Nancy Efrusy
She is a pet psychic, inexpensive and very caring - she doesn't even need the money up front!
She needs a photo by email - and a few here have used her with great success.
She is able to tell what the animals are trying to say.
Email her with the urgency of the situation, though usually you don't have to wait long.
Is Kiri okay with you? Does she repond? Are her sniffles better? If not - maybe something as simple as treating the sniffles would help.
HUGS to you and that dear little girl!
Another day at the vet's. Kiri's congestion seemed worse to me today, although her eyes weren't so goopy. She still won't eat. She tried to shove her little face up my coat sleeve and mewed a couple of times, but mostly she wanted to sleep while I visited her today.
I just don't think she can go on like this for much longer.
Do they have ANY idea what is causing her sniffles? How about trying an antihistamine on her? That might clear her up enough to stimulate an appetite!
Please try that, please.... :(
They've been giving her an antihistamine--which was supposed to also act to stimulate her appetite. No effect so far.
:(
PT PRAYERS FOR KIRI!!!!!
Don't give up before the miracle happens...
I am so sorry about Kiri. Still I think she doesn't eat because she doesn't smell the food.
I hope so much she'll be better.
Kiri finally ate something on her own today!
The vet wants to keep her until tomorrow, then send her home (mainly because they don't have anybody around on Sundays). They'll show me how to give her subQ fluids. Then probably more testing next week to try to find the cause of her problems.
Please keep fingers and paws crossed that she's finally turned the corner!