Prayers for Sam

[Catty1]

Geez Anne - even the NICE vet - what gives? Poor Sam and poor you! He does have a dental coming up, right?

[mrspunkysmom]

Geez Anne - even the NICE vet - what gives? Poor Sam and poor you! He does have a dental coming up, right?

Yes, Sam's dental is this Thursday. I'm glad I scheduled it further out since he needs to get hydrated enough for surgery.

I'm not sure what you mean - "even the nice vet". Sam is just very sick. he gets fluids tonight. I gave him a break on Saturday and Sunday. I'm going to inject him with the Clindamycin under the skin at the same time I give fluids. I already put it in the hypo. I have some appetite suppressant (oops, stimulant) and tuna juice, so that gets put in a syringe to be given orally.

The swelling has reduced a little, but even when he ate over the weekend it was on his left. The swelling is on the right.

And right now he is lying near me, sweet baby.

Poor me is right, too, and more than you know. My sinus infection resurfaced last week. My nose now bleeds. And I am tired, fatigued. Trying to keep hydrated myself since I love soda, esp Pepsi. Pepsi is now on my list of things to be avoided. The right ear is still somewhat infected, but the infection reappeared on the left side. The change in weather meant my jaw was swelling and that put pressure on the ears or sinuses.

I'm taking myself to a doc tomorrow.

[cassiesmom]

Here's a candle for Sam and meowmy
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...g&cid=21869382

[Karen]

I have some appetite suppressant and tuna juice, so that gets put in a syringe to be given orally.

You do mean stimulant, not suppressant, right?

Aww, so sorry your are feeling yucky! My big brudder just started antibiotics for a sinus infection, too! Can you take some iron to help make up for the bleeding? No wonder you are tired, too!

[mrspunkysmom]

You do mean stimulant, not suppressant, right?

Aww, so sorry your are feeling yucky! My big brudder just started antibiotics for a sinus infection, too! Can you take some iron to help make up for the bleeding? No wonder you are tired, too!

Yep I did. Fixed. Thanks. I don't know if I should have given the Clinda via hypo, but Sam is so bad right now, he can only get better. Someone on Facebook, a vet tech told me it's not sterile, which i already knew. I figure we survived a lot of infection the last several million years. He also got more AB orally.

I found out that my favorite vet doesn't do dentals, so I'm trying to arrange for a different vet. If I had know that she didn't do dentals I would have asked to see the other vet. I might have to take Sam to the Cat Clinic. I made it clear that the other woman is not to touch my cat.

I'll get some iron tomorrow. It's cold outside.

Thanks

[mrspunkysmom]

Me, too.

I got chewed out by someone in another group for not taking him to a feline dentist. Not just a cat specialist, but a dentist.

The doc, a cat specialist, says his gums are barely irritated and the swelling has gone down on the right side. The eyes are still dilated unevenly.

Some of this is psychosomatic, but not all of it. He does not feel well, and it may have been going on longer than I thought. I've been so sick, it is possible I missed subtle signs.

Any help or thoughts are appreciated.

[Catty1]

Does this specialist not have any ideas?

Perhaps as the swellings go down the eyes may improve?

Sorry I'm not much help.

[Taz_Zoee]

I'm still just sending good thoughts for both of you.

[mrspunkysmom]

I'm still just sending good thoughts for both of you.

Thank you

[mrspunkysmom]

Does this specialist not have any ideas?

Perhaps as the swellings go down the eyes may improve?

Sorry I'm not much help.

No problem.

The specialist thinks there is something else going on, but since Sam can't tell us what we need to know it's hard to say. A few weeks back Sam was trying to go outside and he has occasionally made efforts to do just that. At first I just thought he was mad at me, but I wonder if he's trying to go off somewhere.

He's never been a cuddly cat, or I would just hold him.