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Big Paw's World

It Works!

Thanks to Buddie and all the kitties included, for my "Buddie's Well Wisher's Healing Rosette"! I really appreciate it and need it. I am doing better. I still am getting a steroid eye drop twice a day, and some ointment in my left eye to keep the fur of my lid from turning inward...and it all seems to be working well. My eyes are no longer sunken in, and I am eating and drinking well. I am not dehydrated anymore.

I even have the energy to play with my rabbit fur mice, and to wake up the humans to feed me every morning. I wasn't doing either of those things for awhile.

Thanks Buddie and all the catster kitties who are wishing me well. I can feel your love and support, and am sending you catster cats and Buddie LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

Good Days...Bad Days... you know I've had my share

Sorry to take so long to update you all on my health. I am in the middle of my Adequan shots, 2 more weeks to go. Mom got some liquid buprenorphine to give me on the days I don't look so good (very sunken in eyes) and mom is concerned that I am in pain. If these shots don't seem to help, mom may try to get an MRI for me. I am eating well and drinking. I love milk, but usually throw it up, so mom got me skim milk, and I love it and keep it down. I don't want to end up dehydrated again and have to go the vet for THAT. I HATE GOING TO THE VET! HATE IT! HATE IT! WAAAAHHHH!
Thank you kitty friends for sending rosies to me for health and healing. Mom and I really appreciate your support. Please continue to keep me in your PURRS.
P.S. I am a very bad patient, and I hate taking my liquid pain medication, too. I have eye drops for my sunken eyes too, and can't stand to have them put in either. Mom is upset with me, because it's like I don't want anyone to help me get better. Not the vet, not mom, no one. I am one cantankerous kitty! Mom is afraid that I am hurting myself more by all the struggling and fighting and squirming I do to try to get away from her when she needs to give me these things. What can I say, it's just the way I am.

Dehydrated!

Well, the vet did a blood test and found I was dehydrated, so they gave me some SQ fluids, and an injection of Butorphanol. I am still supposed to start on the Adequan Monday, but it seems that we are assuming my problem is arthritis, but I don't really have a firm diagnosis. Mom is wondering if I should get an MRI, that it might show more of what might be going on. My symptoms came on suddenly, (my sunken eyes, limping, and sagging skin), and not slowly like in my sisfur Ceylon, who, year by year, mom could see she was having problems walking and jumping. Mom is still concerned about me being in pain, and doesn't know if the Adequan will be enough as a treatment. Please keep purring for me, that the vet will find out exactly what is wrong with me so that I can be treated accordingly. Thank you kitties.