> Well, she hasn't gotten any worse, but hasn't improved any either, so
> she will see TED this afternoon (he only sees patients in the
> afternoons, mornings are when he does surgeries).  She is eating, but
> not enough.  She is also drinking & her skin is elastic, so I don't
> think she's dehydrated. I hope that this is nothing serious.  She
> just looks soooooo sad, like she's saying "Mommy, my tummy not feel
> good"
> I'll post more after her visit to TED.
>
> Magic Mood Jeep? wrote:
>> The past couple of days, Mimi has been 'off her feed' so to speak,
>> only nibbling at the food instead of gobbling it down with her usual
>> gusto (I guess she decided to put herself on a diet in order to lose
>> some weight, so we won't call her "butterball' any more).  She's also
>> started to get a bit 'scruffy' looking.  Her skin is still very
>> elastic, so she's getting plenty of fluids.
>>
>> Last night, she acted like she was going to puke (but didn't) - so,
>> remembering back when we had Ivy & her CRF, we decided to give her a
>> Pepcid - actually, about a fourth of a pill.  An hour after that she
>> ate some, not much.  At 3:30am I got up to do the bathroom run, and
>> Mimi was in one of the kitchen chairs (I gave her a pat on the head
>> before I went tinkie).  After the obligatory bladder-emptying, I
>> stopped at the computer to check things out (a habit I find hard to
>> break), and after about 30 seconds, I hear crunching behind me.  Mimi
>> is chowing down.  When she's finished, when wanders over to a
>> scratching post to sharpen some claws. About then DH comes in, and
>> ask about her.  She immediately trotted over to him so she could rub
>> his ankles.  More movement than she's made in days!  We took her back
>> to bed with us, and she settled in to give herself a bath. About an
>> hour later, she was walking around the bed, so I got up and took her
>> out to the sofa.
>> When DH's alarm went off & he got up, he said she came running to the
>> bedroom door.  After DH left for work, I left the bedroom door open
>> and lay in bed reading.  Mimi joined me, leaning on my ankles (after
>> conquering them with a kitten-nip or two) and proceeded to give
>> herself another bath - until she drowsed off.
>>
>> DH just called me from work, and Mimi followed me into the kitchen -
>> and she 'meeeeeeeeeee' at me!  She proceeded to lead me back in here
>> to the computer so I could watch her eat, and she is now meatloafing
>> under the 'sun' created by my desk lamp (the only sun around here for
>> a couple of days, too - it's been yucky wet weather so much, I was
>> wondering if our complete neighborhood had been beamed to the Seattle
>> WA area).  She is also looking less 'scruffy'.
>>
>> Purrs that Mimi continues to get over her upset tummy, and a visit to
>> TED is not needed.
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