Barney is an Angel Now.

[Emeraldgreen]

All prayers are needed, so thank you so much!

I went to see Barney tonight and he was a bit improved but not as much as I had hoped. I'm going to pick up an elizabethan collar for him on Thursday because we can't figure out if he is scratching his left ear or if it is just bleeding on it's own. There was alot of dried blood that needed to be removed. Angela said she doesn't see him scratch but he might be doing it through the night.
She said she came downstairs this morning and found him in the kitchen. The little sneaker had pushed his way through the barrier she put up to keep him in the small room he is allowed to be in. I guess that is a good sign! He did eat a bunch of Jack's cat chow though so that wasn't good. But hopefully it won't set him back too much.

We gave him another bath and trimmed some more mats and cleaned around his ears. He nipped a few times but only stayed angry for a short time. He really is so forgiving. He just gets frustrated with us and who could blame him.

I spoke with the vet today and she seemed a bit surprised that he was showing some improvement. I think she was a bit shocked as well by his condition when she examined him. We talked about his future bloodwork and I asked when the glucose levels should be checked so we could find out if the diabetes was reversing or not. She said that can take more time and with the infection he has and the thyroid issues, it might affect the numbers so the test should be done once the other things are stabilized. She did say that we should check his blood for the infection and thyroid at the two week marker so that is what we will do and all the donations will go towards that. I decided to just throw the 100.00 in and not worry about it. He is a special guy and he needs all the help he can get. Thank you guys again for the help you've given.

I will update the donation total when everything is in. I haven't asked the reception about it yet but will when I go in on Thursday to pick up the collar for Barneybear.

p.s. I have sent a long letter to a rescue organization that doesn't have a shelter but they foster cats until they are adopted. It is located in the town I used to live in and I sort of know the woman who runs it. I sent her Barney movies and asked her if there was any way someone in her org could foster him while he was up for adoption. I haven't heard back from her yet. PT prayers that she will open her heart to the Barneymeister.

[Medusa]

All prayers are needed, so thank you so much!

I went to see Barney tonight and he was a bit improved but not as much as I had hoped. I'm going to pick up an elizabethan collar for him on Thursday because we can't figure out if he is scratching his left ear or if it is just bleeding on it's own. There was alot of dried blood that needed to be removed. Angela said she doesn't see him scratch but he might be doing it through the night.
She said she came downstairs this morning and found him in the kitchen. The little sneaker had pushed his way through the barrier she put up to keep him in the small room he is allowed to be in. I guess that is a good sign! He did eat a bunch of Jack's cat chow though so that wasn't good. But hopefully it won't set him back too much.

We gave him another bath and trimmed some more mats and cleaned around his ears. He nipped a few times but only stayed angry for a short time. He really is so forgiving. He just gets frustrated with us and who could blame him.

I spoke with the vet today and she seemed a bit surprised that he was showing some improvement. I think she was a bit shocked as well by his condition when she examined him. We talked about his future bloodwork and I asked when the glucose levels should be checked so we could find out if the diabetes was reversing or not. She said that can take more time and with the infection he has and the thyroid issues, it might affect the numbers so the test should be done once the other things are stabilized. She did say that we should check his blood for the infection and thyroid at the two week marker so that is what we will do and all the donations will go towards that. I decided to just throw the 100.00 in and not worry about it. He is a special guy and he needs all the help he can get. Thank you guys again for the help you've given.

I will update the donation total when everything is in. I haven't asked the reception about it yet but will when I go in on Thursday to pick up the collar for Barneybear.

p.s. I have sent a long letter to a rescue organization that doesn't have a shelter but they foster cats until they are adopted. It is located in the town I used to live in and I sort of know the woman who runs it. I sent her Barney movies and asked her if there was any way someone in her org could foster him while he was up for adoption. I haven't heard back from her yet. PT prayers that she will open her heart to the Barneymeister.

Was the situation w/the ear polyp ever addressed? If left untreated, the ear will bleed because the polyp grows quickly. The one that Yodie had grew right out of her ear and down into her throat. Shrinking it is only very temporary; it has to be removed at the head, meaning at the root, or it will continue to grow back. Give that boy some belly rubs for me.

[Emeraldgreen]

Was the situation w/the ear polyp ever addressed? If left untreated, the ear will bleed because the polyp grows quickly. The one that Yodie had grew right out of her ear and down into her throat. Shrinking it is only very temporary; it has to be removed at the head, meaning at the root, or it will continue to grow back. Give that boy some belly rubs for me.

No, it's been put on the back burner because we wanted to see if we could keep him alive and then go from there. I know that sounds so brutal but it's all we can do right now. The vet said it's either a polyp or a tumour. She agrees with you, the polyp needs to be removed but we told her we just couldn't deal with that financially. That is when she said that steroids can help shrink it temporarily. But we can't do that either at this point because he can't have steroids in the condition he is in. We're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place right now.

It must be the polyp bleeding because in two days, the amount of dried blood that built up was crazy. It was rock hard and about half an inch thick. It took me 20 minutes or more to cut through the build up to get it smaller so we could soften it up with some coconut butter (Angela's idea, she has some experience with holistic stuff so that has been great). The coconut butter/oil is only going on the external part of his ear where the dried blood is. We also put hydrogen peroxide again and it foamed like crazy.

I think this must be dealt with if he makes it. I just don't know how at this point. We're trying to get him to the two week marker for the retest of blood to check his thyroid and infection to see if there has been a change and then make a decision. Finding him shelter is number one on the list right now too. But the polyp must be dealt with if he makes it. Thanks for posting about Barnacles when I know you have so much going on with Pidgelet. I'm going to go check your thread now.

[Medusa]

Should the time come when you decide to have the polyp removed, PM me and I'll give you as much info as I can recall regarding what Yodie experienced, recuperative time, expense, etc.