Update Post #23 - Blood Work Results

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear that she's lost weight. I hope that the nutri-cal will help her. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

[Donnaj4962]

Oh no, not such good news. Still praying for Thumper.

Come on sweetie.... eat for mommy!

[Craftlady]

We were able to get Thumper in to our regular vet.
They took enough blood to run a full panel on her (checking liver, kidneys etc). We get results tomorrow.
He suspects an over active thyroid problem, thus medication would solve the problem.
She is on Prescription A/D and inhaled what I gave her this morning.
The true test will be later today, up until 11:30 a.m. she hadnt eaten since 8:30 p.m. last night. Only started to eat when I called the vet's office and they said come in within 40 minutes (it takes 20 mins to get there).

[Catty1]

Only started to eat when I called the vet's office and they said come in within 40 minutes (it takes 20 mins to get there).

Sounds like Thumper is still training her meowmy!

Glad she is eating...and a high thyroid can be dealt with. Hope all works out!

[Craftlady]

Her evening meal at 6 p.m.

I divide up the can into 1/4 portions.
Mix 1 Tablespoon of dry into wet mixture.
Make 4 equal squares for portion eating.

Inhaled 3 sqs within 15 minutes, slowed down on the 4th one and finished her meal within 25-30 minutes. I think Thumper wanted to burp
She definetly loves the new a/d food.
In 2 meals, she has eaten 1/2 the can (5.5oz size can). It's the size of a large tuna can for those not familiar with pet can sizes.

HUGH accomplishment since I was struggling to get 3/4 of a 4.oz can finished everyday.

[Catty1]

THUMPER! You go, girl!

[Craftlady]

THUMPER! You go, girl!

Even better her last meal of the day at 10:30 p.m.
She ate 1/4 portion.

So in 3 meals today she ate all but 1/4 of the can.
I dont feed her 4x a day so there will probably always be one portion left to carry over to next day.
At some point I will take that 4th meal portion and divide it up into the 3 meal times, that way she will be eating a whole 5.5 oz can in a day.

I am amazed at her
I'm sure our vet will be to when I talk to them tomorrow. I only bought 2 cans (if she didnt like, I didnt have a whole case), guess I will be making a trip up there for a case

[Craftlady]

Blood work results....

Everything looks good but the white count is elevated.
Thus maybe indicating infection. So he is putting her own antibotic.
Also, in the future we will put her on a senior food diet.
He feels since she is 9 years old that it's time for senior food, thus the weight loss. We are keeping her on the a/d food for a while and monitoring her weight.

Ok, mom can breath now

[rg_girlca]

Even though I haven't posted much, I have been reading about dear Thumper.
I'm soooooo glad to hear that she likes the new food and is starting to eat and that her blood tests came out well. I pray that she continues to eat well and that she will start to feel better real soon with the antibiotics.

Give that sweet and brave girl of yours a hug and kiss for me and {{{{{{HUGS}}}}} to you for being such a fabulous meowmie.

[kimlovescats]

I'm glad to hear that the labs were all good! Hope that nasty infection is gone soon and she enjoys her new senior food!

Kim