From:
Melissa Litwicki
Date: 2002-10-09 17:43:50 UTC
Subject: Puff condition yo-yo
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.44.0210091319001.30136-100000@naughty.monkey.org>
Well, it's been a tiring 6 days. Monday, Puff was limp as a rag -
possibly due to the torbutrol - and refusing food and water. Tuesday, she
was eating great both on her own, and with the food (chicken, pasta,
veggie baby food + pure chicken canned cat food) I was giving her. She's
still getting a tiny amount of pred, .5ml amoxi, .1ml carafate, 2x a day,
and I've reintroduced .5ml Pepto once mid-day.
Today, she's utterly limp and refusing food and water. She's completely
weak and seems too tired to walk or stand. While I think she has a good
chance to have another healthy couple years ahead of her if she pulls
through this, I am baffled as to what else I can do at this point.
Regardless of whether she has shown an appetite or not, I've been getting
about 10cc of food in her 4x/day (today she'll get quite a bit more). She
is still grinding her teeth, particularly after being fed, but I'm more
concerned at how lethargic she is and her utter lack of appetite.
To recap, on last Thursday, Puff had a splenectomy and an insulinoma
removed, as well as a removal of a lump that had been attached to the
spleen. I don't have a path report on that yet. Since Thursday her
condition and demeanor have varied wildly - from hungry and active and
bored to utterly limp and almost unresponsive. She was originally on pred
- after a vet visit monday, she is now being given pred, amoxi, and
carafate. She has torbutrol for pain but I am reluctant to give that to
her as it seems to increase her drowsiness.
I think another vet visit would overly strain her, and I don't know how
she'd respond to being hospitalized, or what they could do (particularly
overnight). I have a call into the vet who performed the surgery and am
awaiting her input. At this point I am adopting a 'feed, wait, and see'
because I don't know what else I can do to give her a better chance and
make her feel better.
Thanks,
Melissa