Took Ruffles in to the vet again this afternoon. She has lost more weight and is almost skin and bones, poor baby.
Took blood tests and will call me Thursday. Hoping this is just her thyroid and needing a meds adjustment.
I also got some canned food for her. Some Eukanuba Maximum Calorie nutritional stress / weight gain formula, and some Science Diet a/d. Two cans of each for now, until wefind out the blood work results.
Ruffles is 17; I keep forgetting, as I've only had her about 3 years.
She was OK last June at her annual exam, and she weighed 10.8 pounds. Then in January she was down to 8.3, and was diagnosed with hyperthyroid and a heart murmur. Today, she weighs 7.2. So she lost over a pound in 2 months. (It's been 2 months and 3 days.)
She did NOT appreciate having her afternoon beauty sleep interrupted for a vet visit, and she muttered at the vet's the entire time. Doc got a chuckle out of her grumbles! Once we got home, I gave her half a can of the maximum calorie; she ate that and is now catching up on her nap time.
Please keep this older gal in your prayers.
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