> Just got back from TED.  Have left her there overnight as they are
> going to run blood (and other) tests in the morning, and probably do
> some x-rays as well.  TED said that her kidneys felt small (but she's
> a small cat), and her heart sounded loud on both sides (she was
> scared to death).  She was not dehydrated at all, and her temperature
> was normal (and she growled like a junkyard dog while TED was taking
> it).  I could have brought her home, but for blood tests they need to
> have fasted for 12 hours, and 8 hours was bad enough when we took
> Ping in for TBS (The Big Snip) - deny food from one and you have to
> deny food from all, and they nearly ate me alive the next morning. She
> will have food and water until the cutoff time, and then only
> water.  She will also not have 7 other cats harrassing her, even if
> she is cowering in a metal cage :(
>
> Magic Mood Jeep? wrote:
>> 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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