First off, I want to thank each and every one of you for adoring Sox, and for welcoming me to the board.
Sox has a sister (well they are both adopted, but they don't know :P )
The first night, no tests were ran. He was blocked, and they massaged his bladder. He urinated A LOT. We figured that was it, and then when he went right back to throwing up, we knew that he wasn't well.
We had him cathed, and they said that the crystals were not forming as badly (I guess when they cath you, they also flush out the bladder, in hopes of removing the blockage).
I don't know if they did any urine work, or anything like that. I do know that, the 2nd vet was upset that the 1st vet didn't do blood work. When the 2nd vet did the blood work, they said his white blood cell count was up to like 40,000.
He had a raging infection. We've been treating it with serious anti-biotics. He had a temp, but now it's coming down.
I did the sub-q fluids today. I was nervous at first, because I didn't want to hurt the kitty. I pinched up a little tent, inserted the needle quickly, but not too forcefully, while talking to him, and petting his head (pretty darn difficult when you can't really use your right shoulder for crap (surgery).
After a little over 160 ccs (I let some liquid out of the tube to get the air out, so I gave just a little extra liquid to him, to make up for what came out of the bag. While it may look like he got 160, it was probably right around 150-155).
He got a big water pouch, and it's been dissapating well. That said, the peanut butter was only for getting the pills down, and hoping it would perk an appetite in him.
The good news is this, I have gotten him to eat some. I fed him baby food (not much, maybe a spoonful) and then that got him to go to the food bowl and eat some of the waltham food for urinary problems. I got some tuna out, and he enjoyed some of that also. Every 2 hours, I've been getting him to eat a small amount of tuna from my hand.
I was concerened when I read the ingredients on the baby food...onion powder. I also read the tuna, and it has vegtable broth in it. I was worried that it may have had onions too. I called the vet immediately, and let them know that he had maybe a teaspoon of baby food, that contains onion powder. I also let them know that the tuna has veggie broth in it.
The vet said I shouldn't worry about it, because the amount of onion powder is so low, and he had so little of the food, to not worry. They said that the tuna, even if it had some onion powder, probably had too little to worry about. I also informed the vet, that I wanted to stop giving him anything, with any possibility of onion in it (I called the customer service number on the tuna packet. They said no onions are in it). I tossed the baby food, and I am going to get tuna that is packaged in ONLY water.
Also, I bought special food from the vet, this Hill's something or other (cans are downstairs). He is eating the food, not much at a time, but about every two hours he is eating food from my fingertips. I dip my fingers in the food, and place it by his nose. If he doesn't perk up, I put just a little on his lips, and he licks it and then goes to my hand.
Today looks good. He received food, fluids, hi-vite drops, and his anti-biotic (which he'll be getting again in about 1 hour).
Last night though, I was very frightened. He would meow anytime we went near him, or if we picked him up. I was worried that maybe he was going to die. You know like, he knew it and wanted left alone to die. I kept trying to get him to eat. He stopped meowing when we picked him up, and he is eating. It's like, he's doing better it seems, but I'm still worried. I wish he would just eat an entire can of this food you know?
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