Please pray for my Ellie-mae.....

[carole]

Aww you guy's are just the best, thank you all for your kind words of love and support, and prayers, and they are working, Ellie-Mae is doing really good today, i am hoping i am not speaking too soon, the steroids seem to be doing their job, and she has a great appetite, more than my other two,of course they get fat, but she doesn't.

She seems happier and content and doing all her toilet back in the box etc,cannot figure out why she did that, never has before.

Maybe the vomiting was not related to her illness, but i assumed it was,and i still think so, but one cannot be sure, hoping she continues to stay stable, as that is all we can ask for,i so thought i was going to loose her, i know we live on a permanent roller coaster ride with her, as we did with Ash,and you never know what the day will bring,but have to hope for the best.

I am going to keep her on one steroid per day at least until we see my vet for her vaccination,she used to be on three a day before her teeth surgery, so this is a much lower dose, i hate giving them to her though as you have to wonder if they actually caused what she has now, but is another catch 22 situation , you don't want her in pain, and if they help that is what we have to do.

Anyhow all is going ok for her at the moment, and i hope i can continue to report only good news, thanks again everyone.

[Karen]

Aww, you're welcome. The only times I have been on Prednisone, it made me ravenously hungry, and in her case, that's a good thing! The funny thing is, the same drug wipes out my brother's appetite completely, and he has to be reminded to eat, so it's good neither us has to do it often!

[robinh]

Will pray that Ellie-Mae continues to do well.

[phesina]

Oh, that's such good news! Continuing prayers for Ellie-mae and you both, Carole.

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Pat and cats

[carole]

yes well Karen i think your brother may be one in a million ,most people have ferocious appetites on steroids, and they usually can make you have what one calls a moon shaped face too, if on them long enough,i have even noticed it with ellie when she was on them long term last year.

She is happily snoozing in the cat shelter on the verandah,we have lovely soft seats that were from an expensive outdoor set my mother gave us, and they have baskets and a ton of blankets and a tarpaulin covering the side so they won't get wet, they love it out there,especially Ellie, it is raining cats and dogs here today and the weather is just awful and humid too, but the girls prefer to be there, Ellie is on the ground on the verandah , silly ole girl when she could be on a nice soft bed, but i have moved her many times in to the basket and she sometimes stay's other times she just goes back to her place, so long as she is happy i am happy, cats know what they want don't they?

Gonna be a very wet new year in Aotearoa,everywhere apparently.

[Freedom]

So happy to read it seems she is stable again. Prayers continue for this to last a good long time.

[carole]

Thank you so much

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad that she's feeling better. Yes, I would say that her vomiting is probably a part of her illness. My Storm is also on just 1/2 pill of pred every day or else he'll also vomit. So far it's done the trick and he hasn't gained a lot of weight like my RB Starr did. I don't know how old Ellie-mae is but my vet told me to stop all vaccines on Storm since he's over 10 years old. I hope that the reduced pred doseage each day will help her. It will help any inflammation she may have. Lots more prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

[carole]

Ellie is about 12 yrs old, i only have the previous owner who neglected her,word on this, but i would say she would be around there,just to clarify, she always vomits,probably nearly every morning with or without the meds,but this was different, she just could not keep any food down, but seems ok now, and is eating very well , thanks to the meds, YAHOO, even went out today and looked at the shops, so that shows you how comfortable i was with her being well today, mind you hubby was here to keep an eye on her anyhow. Thanks again everyone, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers, never can get enough where she is concerned.

p.s Trouble with Ellie is she is a cat flu carrier, so i guess it is for the best to vaccinate her, i will see what my vet thinks and make a decision soon, but i think it will be best to carry on with her vaccinations, as cat flu could and probably would kill her if she got it right now.

[caseysmom]

Glad she is doing better.