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Date Posted: 14:44:03 05/27/06 Sat
Author: Sandy
Author Host/IP: 68-187-173-005.dhcp.hckr.nc.charter.com / 68.187.173.5
Subject: Mentally worn to a frazzle!!!!

As you know, my cat Toupe' had surgery on Tuesday. I brought him home on Wednesday. He's done pretty well except for the fit he pitches every time I give him medication ...and the fact that he doesn't want to eat. The first day home he ate a little bit and also had a bowel movement but since then I hadn't seen him eat at all. I went to the store and bought all the stuff that he usually begs for and tried to bribe him to eat but he wouldn't. I started getting worried because cats shouldn't go too many days without eating. They can get a condition called hepatic lipidosis, which is where they start to metabolize their own body fat. It can basically shut down their liver and they can die. So, I was naturally worried. I took him back to the vets office today. The regular vet wasn't there but his associate was. She said he is still running a fever, the same as it was right after surgery. She said most cats get over it in a couple days but it does vary and she wasn't too worried about it. She did give him an antibiotic shot. She also gave him fluids and force fed him some food. It took 3 of them to do that because he's a big cat and he's had all the uninvited attention he can stand. He's started fighting back. Usually he's so docile and sweet but right now he is one pissed off cat when people keep on messing with him. Anyway, he's still on 2 antibiotics at home. He's been walking around and acting much better the past few days but I just want him to eat on his own. Honestly I know I can't force feed him with a syringe all by myself. It's all I can do to medicate him and I have some battle scars to show for that. I dread it when it's time to give him his medicine.

I went to the store and bought some chicken baby food. He actually licked up a little bit of that..so maybe I've found something he will eat. It's expensive but if it will get him to eat, I'll buy it until he gets back to himself and eating normally. He keeps going to the water bowl, putting his foot in it and then crouching there like he's going to drink but I haven't seen him do it. Not sure what that's about but at least it's progress. Before he wasn't interested in water either.

So, now he's sleeping like a baby and hopefully he's going to eat this baby food and I won't have to be ripped to shreds by his claws trying to force food in his mouth. It's bad enough that I have puncture wholes in my stomach from when I gave him his medicine. When he sees me coming to give him medicine, he starts drooling like a bulldog. The vet said it's just anxiety. He does that sometimes when I take him to the vet.

Anyway, that's the update. I'm just so exhausted from worrying about this cat for the past 3 weeks, all the 30 mile trips (round trip) to the vet's office, several times a week. First it was all the enemas and giving him medication to try to make him be able to have bowel movements and prevent surgery. Now it's the surgery and antibiotics and worrying when he won't eat. I'll be so happy when we can just relax and he's ok again.

But...even though it's exhausting, he's my little boy and I love him so I figure he's worth it. He's been acting sweet today to me instead of avoiding me like he has been since the surgery and that makes me feel good. I don't like him to be mad at me.

Hope you all are having a good weekend.

Sandy

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