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Betty White had an endoscopy procedure with a couple of biopsy samples taken on Wednesday.
Yesterday she had a really good day. She was playful and feisty. She showed up to all her meals (five of them per day) and she ate very well.
This morning she's showed very little interest in eating or really much of anything else. I managed to coax her down from her sleeping blanket cloud to take 1/3 of a breakfast and her morning meds. For lunch, I practically had to wake her. She normally eats a 1 part Hills A/D to 2 parts Hills I/D mix. For lunch, I sweetened that mix and added more A/D. I got her to eat half a lunch portion with this richer mix. I mean if that's not what Hills A/D is for (getting a sick cat to eat), then I don't know.
I'm getting a couple of opinions on Betty's thread. But that's a sample size of two.
I want to know other cats' reactions and recovery from an endoscopy procedure. My sample size of two (not counting Betty) was one that bounced back in a day and another that was "off" for ten days. If your cat had an endoscopy with biopsies (not a surgical biopsy), were they "off" in the days after? In what ways and for how long? Anything I can do to help Betty get through this? Do you think there is biopsy pain? Would it be worth it to ask for a few doses of buprenorphine?
Yesterday she had a really good day. She was playful and feisty. She showed up to all her meals (five of them per day) and she ate very well.
This morning she's showed very little interest in eating or really much of anything else. I managed to coax her down from her sleeping blanket cloud to take 1/3 of a breakfast and her morning meds. For lunch, I practically had to wake her. She normally eats a 1 part Hills A/D to 2 parts Hills I/D mix. For lunch, I sweetened that mix and added more A/D. I got her to eat half a lunch portion with this richer mix. I mean if that's not what Hills A/D is for (getting a sick cat to eat), then I don't know.
I'm getting a couple of opinions on Betty's thread. But that's a sample size of two.
I want to know other cats' reactions and recovery from an endoscopy procedure. My sample size of two (not counting Betty) was one that bounced back in a day and another that was "off" for ten days. If your cat had an endoscopy with biopsies (not a surgical biopsy), were they "off" in the days after? In what ways and for how long? Anything I can do to help Betty get through this? Do you think there is biopsy pain? Would it be worth it to ask for a few doses of buprenorphine?