Anika's Last Update, Anika will be PTS Today. #114 Posted on Cat Memorial Section

[Anikaca77]

This morning I gave Anika her other shot, this time it went better but I'm still so nervous doing it.

It seemed a lot easier at the vets.

I had to force feed her some more A/D food and she will keep that down at least.

But the weird thing is last night I tried to give her some milk by a syringe and she started to foam it back up again, almost like she didn't want to swallow it and just wanted to spit it up so I tried some water and the same thing happened.

I'm not sure how I'm going to get fluids in her but I'm leaving work early today so I'll be better to monitor her drinking today and the rest of this weekend and see if she picks up eatting, if she doesn't an ultrasound will be scheduled.

My poor girl. I just hope these meds help her since we are now able to get them in her.

[Medusa]

We're going to think positive and pray easy that the meds will work for Anika and that she'll be back to normal in no time. Extra prayers being sent for you, Melissa.

[jennielynn1970]

Goodness dear Anika! You really need to eat and drink and get better! This has been going on way too long, and you are worrying your meowmy sick!

Please eat something, drink something, and keep on doing it and get much better!

[Catty1]

She IS keeping her food down...in a PM to me, you said you did see her drinking on her own after the syringe incident.

If this is going to help, it should really be showing by tomorrow, I would think.

PT Prayers for Anika kitty.

Sweet faced baby.


All curled up


Snuggly Girl

[Anikaca77]

Ok this is the latest update for now.

Anika is not eatting on her own, I haven't seen her drinking since the last time at the water bowl and that was a few days ago.

Since then she was at the vets had the fluids and now just comes out occasionally comes into the living room and goes back on the bed and lays down.

Tonight we forced fed her and she threw up once, we waited a while and gave her some more food and she kept it down.

I went to give her, her shots (1 amoxicilin and 1 baytril) and she started drooling right after the last shot.



I'm so worried now. I went ahead and scheduled an ultrasound since she's not improving with 3 does, tonight was her 4th dose and it's scheduled for Wed. at 11:30 a.m. unless I can get my vets to call them on Monday and get her in sooner.

I'm afraid I'm not sure how much longer she is going to last if she doesn't eat.

My poor girl, it's already been 1 week since we noticed she wasn't eating. How often should a grown cat get feed every 2 to 4 hours?

The vet said just to give her a tablespoon or what would fit on my thumb at the time but I've been just doing the syringe.

I'm so afraid what I'm doing is not working for her but I hope I can continue to do what I'm doing until my regular vet gets back on Monday and then call her.

I can't afford to go see an on call doctor but if I have to I will for my baby.

Please pray.

I'm so worried about my baby.

Thank you everyone who has donated money. I really appreciate it and can't thank you enough during this hard time right now.

Melissa

[Medusa]

Oh how worrisome. I'm so sorry, Melissa. I know how difficult it is for you to see this and feel so helpless. I wish I had an answer for you. Puddy even tried to eat right up until the end so I've not had to deal w/the not eating issue. Sweet little Anika, we're praying for you.

[Anikaca77]

Thank you so much.

Oh how worrisome. I'm so sorry, Melissa. I know how difficult it is for you to see this and feel so helpless. I wish I had an answer for you. Puddy even tried to eat right up until the end so I've not had to deal w/the not eating issue. Sweet little Anika, we're praying for you.

[Catty1]

Melissa, when my mom was force-feeding her sick kitty, she did mix the A/D with warm water and make a goop out of it...she also gave it a bit at a time.

I am sure you are doing that, but wanted to make sure Anika is getting enough time between "doses" to swallow completely. If too much hits her tummy too fast, up it comes! And with the water in there, less concern about her drinking.

Also, A/D is a surgical recovery food - it is WAY too rich for regular healthy cats to have. So anything she DOES keep down is packed with nutrition a few times over.

{{{{hugs}}}}

[Catlady711]

So sorry to here she's not doing well.

I can't guarantee anything for another cat, but my own Dusty went for 2 weeks 2 days in 1997 without eating. She had aspiration pnemonia from vomiting and apparently blamed the food for it. Even when they got her better from everything she didn't eat until 1 hour before the appt to have her PTS which we GLADLY cancelled as soon as she started eating on her own. She was with us an additional 10 years after that. I do realize she was an extreme case and was fortunate to have been overweight when the whole thing started or she probably wouldn't have survived.

As for the drooling from the injections. That could very likely be stress. When cats get stressed out big time they tend to drool like crazy. It should subside when they calm back down again.

I hope your vet can see her soon and get her feeling better. Give her a head rubbing for me.

[Emeraldgreen]

Poor Anika! Candace's idea of A/D is good. There is another brand of the same idea that has come out called 'Recovery' and you can get that at the vet clinic too. I picked up a few cans of both A/D and Recovery to keep my cat interested when I was trying to get him to eat.

I wonder if she would be interested in just the gravy of some wet food. There are some Fancy Feast cans that have gravy mixed in like the Grilled flavours. And Friskies shredded turkey and cheese has quite a bit of gravy and is well liked by my crew. I know it's like Twinkies for cats but at this point, getting something in her is key.

The foaming at the mouth after syringing milk and water might indicate that it's going down to fast. My vet suggested to me that it is safest to slowly squirt some water into the pouch of the cheek and then they can swallow it. She said that if you syringe it straight in too quickly, it can cause a cat to aspirate and that could cause alot of problems. You may already be doing the cheek thing but I thought I'd pass it along just in case.

This may have already been mentioned in this thread but smearing some wet food (a thin layer) on her paw will probably get her to clean it off. Hopefully a few times throughout the day will help her get some nutrients in her.
Prayers going out for Anika that she will soon find her appetite.