Storm Needs Surgery ASAP!!!

[Grace]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
I have to disagree, I don't think Storm looks pathetic - more irate at the stupid collar is how I interpret it.

I agree with this assessment. He looks royally ticked off. But it 's worth it, for the end results - right, Storm -

[ChrisH]

So glad to hear Storm is feeling better and enjoyed eating his chicken and rice. And I have to say that I think he looks as regaly handsome as ever in his e-collar!

Chris

[Vermontcat]

I'm sorry I'm so late in getting to this thread.
I'm glad to hear that Storm is doing better now and is showing some "Cattitude" about wearing his cone.
Hugs to you and Storm.

[AmberLee]

Wonderful news that Storm is hungry and alert again!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Hi everyone. This morning started out badly. Storm refused to eat his chicken and rice and then had more diarrhea. I then showed him his dry food which is Royal Canin s/o formula and he ate some of this. Since he had more diarrhea, I force fed him some more pumpkin but this was a big mistake because he ended up throwing up his breakfast. Hopefully he didn't throw up his antibiotic too. I didn't see it but he may have.

During my lunch break, I came home to give him his afternoon pill. He fought me and fought me. He refused to swallow it and began drooling quite a bit. The pill began to dissolve and went all over his lips and chin. Hopefully he was able to absorb some of it. He almost bit my fingers off too. This evening he was much more alert and acting very hungry. He was still refusing the chicken and rice so I fed him his dry food again and ate almost all of it. He's also peed 2 times today and is fairly good about receiving his sub-q fluids. I'm hoping that tomorrow will be a better day.


Thanks again for all of your concerns. I can't wait until this is all merely a memory.

[AmberLee]

{{{KAK}}}

Cats don't make it easy on us as caretakers, sometimes, do they? Sigh.

I hope he continues improving.

[slick]

Tracey, sending more {{{HUGS}}} and prayers. You guys have been through so much lately and I can only imagine how stressed out you must be. You are such a good Meowmie.

Come on Stormy...you need to take your meds like a good boy and not fuss about it. Your Meowmie loves you and so do we and all we want is for you to get better.

[jenluckenbach]

Oh Tracey, I am so sorry this is all so hard. {{{{HUGS}}}} Hang in there, you have the right idea looking forward to this being OVER and things returning to normal.

[ChrisH]

Oh, Storm!!! Please be good for your meowmie and take those pills.

{{hugs}} Tracey. Prayers and good thoughts continuing.

[Medusa]

Hi Tracie,
I can sympathize w/you re giving Storm his pills; even when I think I've been successful, I later find it later on the floor or elsewhere. Pill poppers have been very successful for me. I'd say that 99% of the time, I'm successful w/administering the meds. Have you tried that?

I know how difficult all this is for you but, as you said, soon this will all be a memory. Got the candle burnin' for ya, girl.

Blessings,
M

[krazyaboutkatz]

Hi everyone. Thanks again for all of your prayers and concerns. This morning Storm refused to eat again so I wasn't going to force anything down him just yet. Now he's on liquid antibiotics so it's a lot easier to give these to him. It smells like strawberries but he hates the taste. He was a very good boy today and rested the whole day. While I was out, I decided to buy him some gerber graduates turkey sticks and some chicken and gravy.

For his dinner, I tried to give him some dry food first and he ate very little of it. He didn't want his canned food either so Sky finished that off. I then smashed a turkey stick and put it on a plate. His eyes lit up and gobbled it down. I used to give these to him as a treat and it was one of his favorites. I'm so glad that he likes these again. I'm going to try to get him to eat another one later tonight. Hopefully these won't cause him to have more diarrhrea because he had some more of it this morning.

Thanks again for all of your concerns. This really means a lot to me.

[NoahsMommy]

Trac,

I've been thinking about you and Storm. I'm glad to find a positive update.

Storm,

You eat those yummy turkey sticks...you gotta keep your strength up, sweetie.

Sending healing prayers you way.

[gini]

Tracey, I sure hope he continues to get well.

What are the turkey sticks you are feeding him and where did you get them?

That sounds like a good treat for the orange gang.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Originally posted by gini
Tracey, I sure hope he continues to get well.

What are the turkey sticks you are feeding him and where did you get them?

That sounds like a good treat for the orange gang.

He loved the turkey sticks so much that he was meowing for another one before I even offered one to him. He inhaled this one too. I bought them at Albertson's and they're in with the baby foods. They're Gerber Graduates Turkey Sticks and come in a little glass jar of 6. They also come in chicken and beef flavor.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Storm will still only eat the turkey sticks so I bought 6 more jars of them. I bought them at Target this time and I think that they are cheaper here. He's still having diarrhea so now he's also on 2ml of kaopectate 3 times a day. Hopefully this will help him. His appetite is becoming much better because he woke me up last night at 2:30am because he wanted more turkey sticks. He ate 1 1/2 of them and ate the same amount this morning. He also seems much more alert than he did before. He's now off the pain meds too. He felt so good this am that he jumped up on top of his cage. I quickly got him down and put him back in his cage. Luckily his stitches weren't damaged.