Aroara's saga continues...update #77(with graphic picture)

[Medusa]

Oh goodness, I'm so sorry about Aroara and for you, too, because stress can really work on our minds and bodies. Please know that prayers are going up for you both right this very second......

[Moesha]

I've got her and she is eating in the bathroom. That's where she always eats because of Morgan and his diabetic food.

The stress I am having isn't affecting her. Or at least it wasn't before she started sneezing. I got a text message last night saying that the youngest teenage daughter (13 I think) of one of the families that I clean for (and actually had cleaned their house yesterday) had been airlifted due to having been involved in a "farm accident". Then a friend of mine called and said that her sister in law had heard that this girl had been hurt by having a combine had fallen on her and it didn't look good. Then that friend called back a few minutes later saying that it wasn't the daughter but a boy that had been staying with them. They did have the husband's neice and nephew with them yesterday. The little boy couldn't have been more than 3. I'm still not sure what happened. I saw both the dad and mom in their respective vehicles today in town, but I didn't get to talk to either of them. I feel funny calling them about a rumor in town. There wasn't any news on the local website. I kept waking up all night, but Aroara was sneezing before I had heard about the accident.

[Emeraldgreen]

That's horrible! I hope that the child involved in the accident will survive. The family must be so devastated. Prayers going out for them.

I'm glad that you were able to get Aroara back inside last night. I hope that she begins to feel better soon with the antibiotic treatment. Please keep us updated.
p.s. I love the way you spell her name, aROARa. Perfect name for a lioness!

[Moesha]

p.s. I love the way you spell her name, aROARa. Perfect name for a lioness!

That's exactly why I spelled it that way. When she was a kitten she could fall asleep in a second in your lap after going 90 mph the second before. So we decided to name her after the Disney princess, Sleeping Beauty. Her name was Aurora. Since she's a kitty, I had to change the spelling. She now lives up to the ROAR part of it! LOL

She seems to be sniffling more today. Of course the vet closed at noon and won't be open again until Monday. If she doesn't improve tomorrow, I'll be calling them and probably getting a different antibiotic. She HATES having to stay inside. She's digging up the carpet by the door! I had to lock her in the bathroom for awhile. She escaped again today, but I've captured her and she's sleeping now. I took a couple of pictures of her yesterday but haven't gotten to get them transferred over to the computer.

[Moesha]

I mixed up half a tablet of Lysine in some canned food. She turned her nose up at it. She turned her nose up at the food before the lysine was in it too. She probably can't smell it very well. My mom is on her way to get a vaporizer to put in the bathroom with Aroara. Why do they have to get sick during non vet hours? I hope she starts feeling better in the next couple of days. I have to be out of town Friday-Sunday next week and have a friend coming to check on the furkids. Any other suggestions for helping treat her so she feels better? It's been years since I've had a kitty with a URI.

Here are the above mentioned pictures.
Last night. She was here when I went to bed and when I got up.




Here was a few minutes ago. When I called the vet's office yesterday morning and told the tech that she was just sitting around like a meatloaf, she laughed. She'd never heard that description before. She even wrote in on Aroara's chart.


Then I put took her to the bathroom with the stinky food. She always eats in the bathroom to prevent Morgan from getting non diabetic food. I had her bed and litter box in there from earlier because she'd been digging the carpet up trying to open the door to go outside.

[Emeraldgreen]

I'm pretty sure Lysine won't hurt her if you are able to find a way to get it into her and hopefully, it will help. I know that she may not have the Herpes virus at all but if she does, the Lysine works wonders in just a few days.
Do you think she would entertain the idea of tuna juice (the human variety) with half a capsule of Lysine mixed in. Does she ever eat the hairball malt paste that comes in the toothpaste like tube? You could mix some in there.
It sounds like she doesn't have much interest in food though but if you could even get a little bit into her at a time, it might help.
She is so lovely in those pics even though she is not feeling that well.
I hope you are able to find a way to help her over the weekend. Do you have a thermometer to take her temp?

[Moesha]

I don't think I've ever tried to give her hairball stuff. She's never had a hairball. Morgan loves it. Morgan loves anything that goes in his mouth though. I gave him half a Lysine pill in some canned food. He'll do anything to eat wet food. LOL I'll try the tuna juice in the morning. I could dissolve it in the tuna juice and shoot it in her mouth with a syringe. She's in the tropical rain forrest bathroom at the moment and just looks at me with a "leave me alone" look whenever I check in on her.