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One of the mobile vets was very kind to me. She said it's "shocking" that these practices won't sell me the injections. She also called about the VCPR enforcement after seeing my link but it's still active in our state. Not knowing that he'd already had biopsies and surgery, she wondered if it's intestinal lymphoma since nothing can be done if so. I will be hiring her for a check up for my other boy when the pandemic is over (if he's not dead by then, too). I feel forever changed by all of these heartless people. They get away with horrendous behavior because most of their clients aren't knowledgeable enough, care enough, or simply have nowhere else to go. After a life of pets I don't want to adopt an animal ever again, but if I had a vet I trusted...
She recommended the in-home euthanasia/palliative care vets who I had already begged. Only one of them could help me but she can, indeed, help me! She's very brave to still be going into people's homes right now. I sent over his piles of information and have an appointment for Thursday. I made sure that she can give me injectables since there's no way I could afford her driving out here every day. I also asked if they could forward all of the records they get, particularly the surgery notes, since no one will give me anything after repeated requests.
I'm done with all of these horrible places. I think I've bought him a little time: I've been blending the Friskies paté and adding clear Pedialyte or water to make a slurry. He's licking it up and actually getting something into him as well as unknowingly taking the full dose of S. boulardii to firm his stool (SEB is a hard sell). There is definitely something going on with his jaw since even licking the slurry can suddenly make him rear back and chomp/smack, I don't think this particular reaction is nausea. It seems like he's trying to realign his jaw? I don't know what this awful surgeon did to my poor boy. If he survives maybe we'll figure it out.
I removed all dry food night before yesterday. I should have done it sooner but I was desperate for him to eat and he likes it, but eating doesn't matter if he's just going to throw it all up. He vomited a small amount of bile yesterday morning and then a much larger amount this morning...but that might indicate he's actually digesting. There's been no food vomit since then and he actually had a small firm bowel movement yesterday (along with diarrhea) which I'm attributing to the S. boulardii. No other bowel movements so far and I'm afraid of making him constipated so I'll only give him his probiotic today. He's obviously still losing tons of weight and barely getting any calories but at least now he might not be so dehydrated. I will wake him up late tonight and make him eat a little something to try to prevent vomiting tomorrow.
He cuddled and purred last night in a much more normal, non-nauseated way. I'm not getting my hopes up but that was really nice to see.
She recommended the in-home euthanasia/palliative care vets who I had already begged. Only one of them could help me but she can, indeed, help me! She's very brave to still be going into people's homes right now. I sent over his piles of information and have an appointment for Thursday. I made sure that she can give me injectables since there's no way I could afford her driving out here every day. I also asked if they could forward all of the records they get, particularly the surgery notes, since no one will give me anything after repeated requests.
I'm done with all of these horrible places. I think I've bought him a little time: I've been blending the Friskies paté and adding clear Pedialyte or water to make a slurry. He's licking it up and actually getting something into him as well as unknowingly taking the full dose of S. boulardii to firm his stool (SEB is a hard sell). There is definitely something going on with his jaw since even licking the slurry can suddenly make him rear back and chomp/smack, I don't think this particular reaction is nausea. It seems like he's trying to realign his jaw? I don't know what this awful surgeon did to my poor boy. If he survives maybe we'll figure it out.
I removed all dry food night before yesterday. I should have done it sooner but I was desperate for him to eat and he likes it, but eating doesn't matter if he's just going to throw it all up. He vomited a small amount of bile yesterday morning and then a much larger amount this morning...but that might indicate he's actually digesting. There's been no food vomit since then and he actually had a small firm bowel movement yesterday (along with diarrhea) which I'm attributing to the S. boulardii. No other bowel movements so far and I'm afraid of making him constipated so I'll only give him his probiotic today. He's obviously still losing tons of weight and barely getting any calories but at least now he might not be so dehydrated. I will wake him up late tonight and make him eat a little something to try to prevent vomiting tomorrow.
He cuddled and purred last night in a much more normal, non-nauseated way. I'm not getting my hopes up but that was really nice to see.