Just an update and to thank everyone again for sticking with us on this journey!
Its been touch and go over the holidays. I force fed her last Thursday, Friday and part of Saturday. We ran out and got some Innova Evo which she loves and she's been eating it. She hasn't eaten 1/4 cup a day yet (her regular amount) but she getting there. Her weight has increased by 0.25 lbs this morning. Not a lot, but it's going to be a while before the weight gets back on her, since she was probably loosing weight the last month or so because of the dental issue (and allergy food trials which she hated).
She *hated* being force fed and between the dental, force feeding and giving her the Prednisone I think she now hates me.She basically stays in a box we have for her in the living room because she knows it's hard for me to get her out from there.
We took her to the vets in order to get another blood sample to verify her red blood levels. Last Monday they were at 14.9%, last Thursday they were at 21% and we're not sure what today's tests will show. For a regular cat they should be between 25%-45%. Since we haven't had annual blood test for Nakita, we're not sure at this point what is 'normal' for her or when these values changed. Here's another good reason to get annual blood tests - so you have a baseline from earlier tests.
It's so hard right now seeing Nakita avoiding me. She's never held a grudge before and always looks for pets and snuggles throughout the day. Now, she has stopped sleeping with me at nights and just looks at me with fear in her eyes.
My poor girl - don't you know I'm just trying to get you better?
Tomorrow morning we should have the test results back from the lab. If the values have fallen, we will need to start more testing and medication trials.Please keep those 'healthy vibes' going for Nakita.
If anyone wants more info about anemia in cats here is a good overview:
Cats and Anemia
One nice thing that did happen at the vet is that they placed Nakita's Christmas Card right at the front desk. They said it was such a pretty Christmas card they wanted to display it right at the front of the office. The front desk staff said they are getting comments on it all the time. It made me smile which hasn't happened often over the last few emotional days.
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