Anika's Last Update, Anika will be PTS Today. #114 Posted on Cat Memorial Section

**Catty1** · 10-04-2008, 12:28 PM

Burning Mouth Syndrome??? Lara found the B vitamins helped that. I wonder...

**Medusa** · 10-04-2008, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Catty1

Burning Mouth Syndrome??? Lara found the B vitamins helped that. I wonder...

W/out scanning back in this thread, I think B vitamins may have been mentioned. If not, it sure couldn't hurt and it isn't expensive at all.

**momtomany** · 10-04-2008, 01:09 PM

Maybe she is nauseated. I know I swallow hard when I am trying not to throw up, so could that be a thought.

**Catlady711** · 10-04-2008, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by momtomany

Maybe she is nauseated. I know I swallow hard when I am trying not to throw up, so could that be a thought.

I was thinking that myself.

Originally Posted by Anikaca77

Just now I got up and tried to mix some A/D formula with warm water and give it to her with using a syringe only because I wanted to see if she would be willing to eat on her own or at least drink and she started to foam and got so worked up that she tried to throw up twice.

Dusty used to do the exact same thing. She'd get so wound up that she'd force herself to vomit, either before or after ANY type of oral meds even mixed in her food. The only exception was glucosamine, for some reason she liked that in her food, go figure.

I hope you can get into the vet sooner. It's always nerve wracking waiting until the vet opens, or till you can get in.

I'm kinda worried myself as Sabrina has been vomiting the last two days and today is the first day she's not wanted to eat, and of course it's later on a Saturday. *sigh*

**Anikaca77** · 10-04-2008, 07:57 PM

Well today my husband and I had to call my vet on her cell. She is out of town at a vet conference so she gave us her cell for what ever we might need and today I showed Anika her food and she started foaming at the mouth and drooling.

I felt horrible. I just wanted to offer it and not force it and I didn't force it.

So I called the vets and I told her she is no longer drinking and no longer wanting to take food without foaming and drooling really bad.

She said that's not a good sign well yeah I know and she also told me that if we don't get liquids in her that we will have to take her to her one call vet and just walking in the door this weekend will cost us $100.

She said if we can get fluids in her until Monday then we can avoid that..but then what?? put her down? The vet said she had a seminar all day on Friday about gastrointestinal problems and she said she has a few things she'd like to try but my husband I agree if it's cancer we just want her to live out the time she has left here with us as long as she's not in any pain.

What I'm really hoping for on Monday is to get her into our vets or get her into the vets that has the ultrasound machine to find out what she really has going on so then we can go from there.

I've cried so much today, every time I leave the house I just wonder if I'm going to come back and she's no longer going to be alive when I come home. Today I left for about 2 hours and I just felt horrible being gone from her and not being here for her.

I love Anika so much. I just feel like I'm losing her. Thank you all again so much for your prays.

Melissa

**Medusa** · 10-04-2008, 08:05 PM

Somehow this has just got to turn around. This sweet faced little girl just doesn't want to eat and, obviously, force feeding her or even showing her the food isn't working. She may have to go in hospital and be fed by IV. We're w/you in this, Melissa, so don't feel as though you're alone. We're praying for Anika and you. Please be a brave girl, Anika, and get some liquid into your sweet self, girlie.

**cristy** · 10-04-2008, 08:21 PM

Oh Melissa, I feel so bad for you and Anika. We will say prayers tonight that she begins feeling better soon...or at least that you are able to find out what is wrong, economically and quickly. When we had Little Bear, before she went to Gill's, she was doing the hard swallow thing. I believe in the end that it was just dehydration and once Gill took her to the vet and got her rehydrated it went away. Love and healing thoughts to all of you!

**Anikaca77** · 10-04-2008, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Medusa

Somehow this has just got to turn around. This sweet faced little girl just doesn't want to eat and, obviously, force feeding her or even showing her the food isn't working. She may have to go in hospital and be fed by IV. We're w/you in this, Melissa, so don't feel as though you're alone. We're praying for Anika and you. Please be a brave girl, Anika, and get some liquid into your sweet self, girlie.

Your post brought so many tears to my eyes, thank you, all I can think about is trying not to cry.

Thank you,
Melissa