Ellie-Mae off to the whitecoats...

[Anikaca77]

My prays are coming for Ellie-Mae and for you as well.

Melissa

[jennielynn1970]

Many comforting thoughts and prayers going out to you and to Ellie-Mae. Poor little thing. I hope she'll rebound and have a good many years with you yet!

[mrspunkysmom]

I am so sorry to hear about Ellie and her mouth problems. Sam has chronic problems, too, but not that bad. Hopefully never. He gets bottled water without minerals, which has had a tremendous effect. He is sensitive too the additives in the public water supply. He is on steroids but every three months not daily. I hope it stays that way.

I do hope Ellie can improve and feel better.

[Pinot's Mom]

Prayers still coming, Carole, for a good outcome in all this. I know she means so much to you and you'd do anything in the world for her.

[carole]

Thanks everyone for your support and encouraging and kind words,means so much.
Ellie seems happier today, the injection will have reduced her inflammation somewhat, to be honest when i saw how bad her poor mouth was, i almost cried then and there, i knew it was not good, but she is not keen on me looking, and i don't like to too often as i know it hurts her, i just see it when i pill her three times daily.
She ate reasonably well today, so that is good.

Mrspunkysmom, i was told by a lady at the cat shelter that ginger cats are more prone to this, my ellie has ginger in her, but she is a calico as you can see,so i am not certain how much truth there is to that, but maybe there is something in their gene pool, who knows.

Thanks Mary, yes i do try and keep that in mind, my husband keeps reminding me of that, ellie would have died a slow and painful death from starvation through her illness if that horrible woman had still owned her, she did nothing for them, even to the point of only feeding them now and then.

Ellie had a rough life for six years, i am sure it has taken its toll, however i know that the chronic mouth condition can happen to any cat, so it has nothing to do with her initial bad care, but other things certainly could crop up in the meantime due to the neglect she suffered.

Well onwards and upwards as the saying goes, we are keeping positive.

My courtyard is not finished yet, it has the cobblestones to go down, but we have our outdoor set up and the cats just love to join us out there, they also love rollling in the gravel, and having dust baths in it, much to my dismay,they almost need a bath to come inside, lil monkeys, but still it is lovely on a summers days to be out there enjoying it with my cats, especially seeing my Ellie stretched out enjoying the nice weather.

[mrspunkysmom]

Mrspunkysmom, i was told by a lady at the cat shelter that ginger cats are more prone to this, my ellie has ginger in her, but she is a calico as you can see,so i am not certain how much truth there is to that, but maybe there is something in their gene pool, who knows.

Glad she's feeling better. If Ginger is also Orange, then that applies to Sam as well. My Calico female, RB Maggie, had teeth problems, too. The filtered water doesn't prevent the problems, but it does greatly reduce the recurrence.

This vet is trying other preventive measures so he can keep his teeth, but I am not opposed to pulling teeth if it means a better quality of life. A previous vet told me to feed dry food since that helps with tartar, but she didn't know what to say when I told her that Sam is the dry food eater in the house.

I do hope she can improve.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Prayers on the way from me for you both too.

[Laura's Babies]

Prayers for her are on their way again. May whatever time she has left with you be quality time for her and for you! Give her soft kisses for me...