I will try to make this as short as possible. I thought that Katie seemed to be getting a little thin. So I made a point of watching her whenever she went to the food bowl. She would sit in front of it and eat about 3 pieces of dry food and then walk away. I told the hubby that I didn't think that she was getting enough to eat, so I started to feed her wet food and she would gobble it down. So for the past week, I would feed her a tin of wet food (156g). She is not a big eater to start off with, so I divided it up 3 ways, to give her morning, afternoon and at night. I tried to look into her mouth to see how her teeth were, but it isn't easy to do with her. So on Monday I brought her to my vets to get checked out. She has two infected teeth in the back and had a fever of 102.5. Poor baby, no wonder she couldn't eat the dry food, she is in pain. She had blood drawn for, what they call, a Geriatric blood work. Liver, kidneys, thyrhoid, etc, etc., and to see if she would be able to take the anesthetic for a teeth cleaning. My vet called me today to say that all her blood work was fine (Phew) except for the thyrhoid. It is slightly elevated.
She said that the normal range is between 35-50 and Katie's is 58.2. She said that she wanted to consult with a specialist to see if she would need medication for it or not. She called me back tonight to say that medication is not needed at this time and we would be able to go ahead with the teeth cleaning and to see if Katie will need any extractions. She is going in next wednesday for it. On friday she starts her antibiotics and will continue them after her cleaning. Right now she is on anti-inflammatory pills to help with the pain.
Sorry this is so long, but could you please say a little prayer for my precious girl as she is feeling a little under the weather today.
Here is a picture of meowmie with her little sicky.
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