Prayers for Ripley - He's Better! Update #95

[jenluckenbach]

I sure hope the antibiotic helps hs mouth feel better. Then he can go back to eating without pain and hopefully will be good for a long time yet.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I sure hope that the antibiotics will help him and that he'll start eating much better very soon. You could also try feeding him some chicken or turkey baby food. Ripley continues to remain in my thoughts and prayers.

[Medusa]

I don't want to sound like a harpie but did you have an opportunity to ask your vet about Aluminum Hydroxide Gel? Aside from helping w/CRF and nausea, it also will help to heal whatever is going on inside his mouth. Puddy got a dropper full twice a day and it really helped.

[Vermontcat]

I'm sorry I didn't see this thread until now.
I'm sorry to hear that Ripley hasn't been feeling well lately.
I hope you and your vet figure out some way to make him feel better soon.

[orangemm]

Me, too.......lots of prayers and good thoughts going up for Ripley. We dealt with kidney issues with three of our cats and it was a day by day thing. They had good days and bad, but we tried to make all days good for them.

Lots of love and good karma for Ripley..............

[Barbara]

I am absoutely convinced by now it is not the last stage of kidney failure. Filou needed tooth cleaning two times since he is in kedney failure and the vet always gave him a very light anesthesia- because of course when they have a mouth and teeth problem they cannot eat and kidney kitties need to eat.
So I hope Ripley will be better soon and have some more years.

[catmandu]

MY JUKE JOINT JOSEPH AND MICHAEL THE DREAM CAT BOTH EAT THE SCIENCE DIET A/D FOOD AND THE MEDICAL CONVOLRSCENT FORMULA. WITH A TOUCH OF SOUP BROTH, MAYBE DEAR RIPLEY WOULD LIKE THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR RILPEY EVERY NIGHT, HES SUCH A WONDERFUL MATURE CAT
WE WISH WE COULD HAVE SENT THE SEA FOOD CHOWDER PUREED WITH CREAM THAT OUR AUNT JANICE BROUGHT OVER SATURDAY NIGHT.
DID MR PURRR PURRRRRRR!!!:

[jazzcat]

Thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts. Ripley is doing better, finally. It took the antibiotics to bring him around and now 48 hours later he is eating better, drinking on his own and being his regular grumpy old grandpa self. When he ran ahead of me to the door to grump that he wanted to go out to the garage I knew we were past the crisis. He's still not 100% but he is definitely on the road. Whew! I'm hopeful his food intake will keep increasing too.

I'm suppose to call the vet tomorrow for an update. I want to ask her about giving him another antibiotic injection towards the end of the week because she said they last about 7 days. I don't want to risk the mouth issue flaring back up.