Sunny's Doing Well & Pearl's Now Doing Much Better!!!:Latest SKY Update 6-17-09

[krazyaboutkatz]

Unfortunately, Pearl's still having liquid diarrhea. I e-mailed my vet about this last night and when I got home today I read her response which is that I should be seeing some improvement in her by now. I e-mailed her back to let her know that Pearl's still having problems and asked her if I should bring her in to be seen. My vet works Sun.-Wed. so it would most likely be on Sun. that I'd be seeing her if she feels that I should. Maybe she'll improve by then so that I won't need to bring her in after all. Please keep the prayers and positive vibes going. Thanks again.

[rg_girlca]

LOL!!!! Lut, go back to the original post #2 and click on the persons name to bring up the profile and then click on the statistics, then on "See all posts" and read all 7 posts. You will get your answer there. You will also notice that "Inka" joined PT on January 20, 2003.

KAK I'm so happy that precious Sunny is doing better, but sadden to hear that poor Pearly girl isn't.

Prayers on the way that an easy solution will solve her bowel problems.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

LOL!!!! Lut, go back to the original post #2 and click on the persons name to bring up the profile and then click on the statistics, then on "See all posts" and read all 7 posts. You will get your answer there. You will also notice that "Inka" joined PT on January 20, 2003.

I must admit that I did indeed register Inka as a member on January 20, 2003 ! It was just meant as a joke!
I am the only Belgian member here, so another member also from here and with a cat named Inka, that would have been to much of a coincidence, hey!
I swear though that I never used that again after a few posts in 2003. So who posted yesterday???

[allmycats]

I'm sorry to hear about Pearl...here's praying she gets well soon!

how are the other cats?

[krazyaboutkatz]

KAK I'm so happy that precious Sunny is doing better, but sadden to hear that poor Pearly girl isn't.
Prayers on the way that an easy solution will solve her bowel problems.

Thanks Lorraine. I hope so too.

I'm sorry to hear about Pearl...here's praying she gets well soon!
how are the other cats?

Thanks. All of my other cats are fine. Sky's still taking the same antibiotics that Pearl had been on and his stools are nice and firm again. Hopefully this will continue after he finishes them.

Poor Pearl had more liquid diarrhea tonight. She started the pred yesterday and I gave her two 5mg pills morning and evening and I also did this today. Then I'm supposed to give her 5mg once a day for the next 5 days. I've forgotten just how quickly the pred is supposed to work because Starr's been on it for quite a while now and I forgot how quickly it took to work with him. The only good thing with Pearl is that she continues to use the litter box. Starr didn't. I hope I'll see some improvement tomorrow. Thanks again everyone for your prayers and concerns. I really appreciate it.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I was able to get an appointment for Pearl today at 3:30pm so hopefully everything will go well. I'll update you when I can.

[kittykatharine]

I hope Pearl's appointment had good news. That was great the vet was able to get you guys in today - I am sending positive thoughts and prayers your way while I keep checking back on the results of the visit.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope Pearl's appointment had good news. That was great the vet was able to get you guys in today - I am sending positive thoughts and prayers your way while I keep checking back on the results of the visit.

Thanks so much Katherine. I had to go back to work after the vet visit and I got home very late, had to feed my cats and then myself so I was too tired to get on the computer and update everyone last night.

The good news is that Pearl's ultrasound is normal and everything looks great. My vet did see some more loose stools in her colon so she told me to buy some Peptobismol and give a 1ml of it once a day for the next 3 days. Hopefully this will help firm up her stools and then keep them firm after that. The bad news is we don't know what's causing this and if she continues to have diarrhea we're back to square one. Please keep the prayers and positive vibes coming. Thanks.

This morning it looked like her stools were semi-formed so I hope that this means that the Peptobismol is working and she'll continue to improve.

[Pinot's Mom]

Come on, Pearl, you can do it! Pinot's pullin' for ya (and so am I!)!!

[ChrisH]

More hopeful news than not there I think, which is good to read. Prayers and positive thoughts for your beautiful little girl are continuing.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I took Pearl back to my vet this morning at 10am. She gave her a vitamin B-12 shot and also told me to start giving her Metamucil and Forti Flora for the next 7 days. I took in another stool sample and it's normal so the antibiotics that she had been on must have taken her good bacteria away from her in her intestinal area and then it became irritated which caused her to have blood in her stool. She said it's a form of colitis that will go away when her good bacteria is restored. I just wish that we had tried the Metamucil and Forti Flora after I took her in on Wed. instead of trying the Peptobismol thing first because then she'd probably be almost back to normal by now. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Sphynx_Luver]

I hope she feels better.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope she feels better.

Thanks. Me too.

[ChrisH]

I just wish that we had tried the Metamucil and Forti Flora after I took her in on Wed. instead of trying the Peptobismol thing first because then she'd probably be almost back to normal by now.

That is more than annoying, could have saved Pearl more than a few days of suffering and you of worrying. Anyhow, here's hoping all goes well from now and Pearl is feeling better very soon.
Prayers continuing.

[Randi]

I just wish that we had tried the Metamucil and Forti Flora after I took her in on Wed. instead of trying the Peptobismol thing first

Yes Tracey, that would have been a good idea, but at least Pearl is now getting better, it seems. I hope she'll be back to normal very soon and you can stop worrying.

Lots of positive throghts.