Tubby's having a bad night :-(

[mina'smomma]

Oh Debbie. Give Tubby a kiss for me and a head bump from Mina.

My mom's doxy has arthritis and the vet is having her taking a half a tablet of Pretnazone to ease the pain. It seems to work alright.

Please keep us updated on how Tubby is doing.

[gini]

Debbie, I was just checking in this morning to see if there was any uppydate.

[trayi52]

Ahhh Debbie, I am sorry Tubby is having such a bad day. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day. I know it's hard to watch the one you love in so much pain and not feeling so well. I will be keep you and Tubby in my prayers and sending good thoughts to you both.

Willie

[catmandu]

I would get him,to the Vets,as it could be a heart problem,and the blood,is not getting,to his legs.Are his back paws cold.If I had noticed that with BJ,and gotten him,in,he might still be with us.

[K & L]

Debbie
I'm just now reading this and I hope Tubby is OK. You all are in my thoughts and prayers today, and hope we here a better report on Tubby this morning.

[Logan]

Debbie? How was Tubby this morning? I hope he is better.

[sirrahbed]

Debbie? Lots of us are waiting for an update on Tubby. Between YOU and Tubby, I am getting grey hair

[Cinder & Smoke]

Hi, Tubby ~

Boots, da Kat, here...

Sendin Feel Better Wishez yur way, Buddie!!

Hope you get better wiffOUT a trip to da White Coat...
but go if ya must.

We'll all be watchin da skreen fur an UppyDate.

Wiff Best Wishez,

/s/ Bootsy
.

[cruisetime]

Tubby - hope you are feeling much better!! I missed this post before and am just getting in and wishing you good health and keeping you and Debbie in my prayers.. Debbie

[Randi]

Oh Debbie, it breaks my heart to hear Tubby is having a bad time. I hope the heating pad will give him some comfort and the painkillers work!

Try to encourage him to drink, and give him lots of kisses and gentle headbumpies from us.

Get better dear Tubby!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

'Morning everybody. Just reading all your good thoughts and prayers makes me feel better.

First of all - no change.

And for those who don't know Tubby's history, he is 18 1/2 years old, in the early stages of kidney failure and has arthritis.

Now the details. After I signed off here last night I went down to start getting ready for bed. I was just coming out of the bathroom to head upstairs and I see Terry coming down the step - carrying Tubby! Terry NEVER carries Tubby and rarely even picks him up(Tubby used to be a lot more aggressive in his younger years and Terry remembers the bites). I thought that was so sweet. I guess while Tubby had gotten up and wobbled over by Terry who was on his computer - snuggling with Peanut. Tubby was so jealous that he got up and headed over.

Anyway, so I picked him up and carried him downstairs to see if he wanted to use the litterbox before bed, and sure enough he had a good pee - whew, that's still working! Then I took him over by the food and he didn't want any of that, but took a good long drink - whew, still drinking! Then we both headed to bed where he crawled up on me and we had a good purr session. He wanted to bump, but he has to stand to bump and he kept sitting down. But we had a good snuggle session and then he laid down beside me and I fell asleep with him purring away. He was in bed most of the night, but he usually gets up around 4:30 - 5:00 am and he must have done that because when I woke up he was on his favorite purr pad again.

DIDN'T come for treats so I carried him in. I gave him Science Diet Savory Cuts which has cubes of food in a gravy. He ate the gravy but didn't want anything to do with the cubes, so Peanut finished them off. Then he went and took another big drink and headed back to the purr pad. He was sleeping as I was leaving, but I set a treat down by his nose to see if he'd wake up like normal, and he did, and he even ate the treat. Also there was more kibble gone from their dish in the basement and the litter box had been used more, and he didn't have to use it when I carried him down there this morning, so he is still getting around without me, and is still eating and drinking. Maybe not eating as much, but still eating which is good.

Terry is on the road today so I didn't want to leave the heating pad on all day unattended, so Tubby will have to wait until I get home again tonight for that. It's still damp and icky here, and it's supposed to be until Sunday sometime, so all I can do is try and make him as comfortable as I can until the weather changes. I will call the vet to see what they suggest, but Thursday is their day out of the office or something like that, so I don't know if I'll be able to get in touch with them. If I do I'll let you know what they say.

Oh, and not to make this long post any longer, but we are planning on heading to Denver for Thanksgiving to see Terry's parents. We will be leaving next Tuesday and won't be back until late late Saturday night. We'll be staying with his sister who has 2 cats of her own. So before we fell asleep last night Terry says "Maybe we should not go to Denver." I said "No, we have to go. If it gets that bad we'll just take Tubby with us!" And he says "Maybe I'll just fire up the motorhome and we'll take that!" I said "Now you're talking!" If he doesn't get any better before we leave, I sure hate to leave him, but we have to go because Terry's dad is in the advanced stages of Alzheimers and he might not be around much longer. So we'll see what happens.....

Thanks again so much for all the hugs, prayers and positive thoughts - and thanks for getting the Prayer Pups on it Phred. They really do help to lift my spirits.

[jazzzytina]

Prayers for you and for Tubby...Get well soon, Tubby! Meowmie and Daddie need you!

[K & L]

Thanks for the update Debbie. Keeping my fingers crossed for you and Tubby!

[slick]

Oh Debbie, I'm so sorry things have not improved and I can imagine how awful this must be for you and Terry. I think taking the motorhome trip would be good. I didn't know about Terry's Dad, or if you told me in an email, I've forgotten. I'm so sorry. This trip is necessary and yes, take the furbabies with you.

It's good that Tubby's output is OK and that he's drinking water. Specks is somewhat the same but she's still got her good appetite. She just chooses to sleep ALL the time.

More prayers and hugs and postive thoughts coming your way. You know where to reach me.

luv
slick
xo

[ramanth]

*HUGS* to you and Tubby. I hope his arthiritis lets up soon. Poor guy.