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You guys are the best :grphug2:
I agree 100 percent Wasa and understand. Good post. You're a good, smart cookieThank you @catconcern and @Loving Mickey. And please don't get me wrong, I am a proponent of euthanasia when the animal has a poor quality of life or is physically suffering. What steams me are the vets that think "well how much longer could this animal possibly have, why bother with the time/money/effort of testing now?"
I've heard of cats living into their 20s.
So I'm going to keep the door open with my old office (they have weekend hours and are affordable), but will insist on seeing the older, more experienced and less cynical vet at that practice. As far as diagnostics, they are out. And should Roni beat this and end up with a normal white cell count, combined with increased kidney damage from the infection - that vet is getting a letter with the test results and a explanation of my disappointment in her idea of "care". No need to cause a scene in the office.
So... hopefully we can beat this without too much damage to her already compromised kidneys. No throwing up or runs in the box this AM. *fingers crossed* - but this time she is on a strict probiotic regimen along with the ABs
Loving Mickey, I hope you are recovering and the bitter memories are turning into memories that make your heart smile instead of ache. It takes a while.
Thank you SO much for your thoughts on Henry. We are doing just dandy today and YES - the :sun: :sun: did do wonder's for us yesterday. A couple of walks in his stroller and he always had a big smile on his face sitting in this throne. :king: Henry... :lol3:I'm very sorry to hear you had a hard day with Henry yesterday
to both of you and you are not alone either. Hopefully you are having similar weather to the beautiful day that we are having here and you can spend some QT outside with your little doggie, sunshine does wonders for the soul.
SO glad that it was a good day and Oh hun............ We do the poop dance ALL THE TIME on the forum's. And it looks a bit like this........................Omg, I feel like a crazy person because this AM, I looked at her food bowl and it was empty - I dared a little smile inside and then peeked, with great trepidation, into her litter box and... wait for it... solid poop!!!!
I wanted to dance around the house doing some kind of weirdo "solid poop' dance, but figured that would land me squarely in the Crazy Person category - so I opted to hop online to share the good news!
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LOL. Hysterical. And true.We do the poop dance ALL THE TIME on the forum's. And it looks a bit like this........................
and afor SOLID POOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have good days and bad days with the food, but lately more good than bad. I was shocked at how much she loved her Wellness Core last night, it was good to see her eat with such gusto! She was meowing heartily to be fed this AM!
She must be feeling so much better!
Is she still eating on her own? A lot?
I hope the 6 weeks of antibiotic treatment goes by in the blink of an eye for you both
Thank you SO much for your thoughts on Henry. We are doing just dandy today and YES - the :sun: :sun: did do wonder's for us yesterday. A couple of walks in his stroller and he always had a big smile on his face sitting in this throne. :king: Henry... :lol3:
AND AND AND ... Lovely, beautiful, angelic picture of Roni. SOOOOOOOOOO very, very, very sweet. :heart3:
SO glad that it was a good day and Oh hun............ We do the poop dance ALL THE TIME on the forum's. And it looks a bit like this........................
:lol3: :high5: :blobgreen and a for SOLID POOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love all of that above !!!!!!!!!!! The good appetite, her meowing loudly, her allowing you to pill her more easily, the solid poop AND that she is using the box for her pees right now. THAT IS ALL GREAT NEWS and I am so happy to hear that today.We have good days and bad days with the food, but lately more good than bad. I was shocked at how much she loved her Wellness Core last night, it was good to see her eat with such gusto! She was meowing heartily to be fed this AM! :heart4:
I think if I'm diligent with the probiotics and try to keep her away from grains as much as possible, this new AB regimen just might work. She is even letting me pill her more easily, I think she knows they are helping her.
Along with the solid, perfect poop, she used the litter box for pees as well. She has been terrible with peeing outside the box for a long time. I might have to retrain her... but all these are positive steps!
:lol3: Cats...... they are all so different. Mine love the Wellness Core - even the two pickiest, Perla and Pipsqueak. They all dislike completely any Merrick and especially the Halo Spot's Stew. The peas, carrots, spinach, etc. they all stare at glaring with disgust. :sick:BTW, just an aside, my cats ALL hate Wellness Core, they will starve and pester me rather than eat it, but they like the Merrick grain free and they like Halo grain free Spot's Stew.