I put a brief post here about my senior cat Christine. She lost so much weight and was simply not eating at all in the last few days. Myself and friend took her to vet for euthanasia as she seemed to want to give up.
Vet found a abscessed tooth! Offered to do the surgery at a reduced price so of course I said yes. It is now post op day 4 and she is doing fair. First night home she was having hallucinations, most likely from all the drugs in her system. She looked like she was seeing things that were not there. At one point she was stalking my laundry hamper as if there was another critter inside it. Next day she was hungry as a wolf. Ate everything that was soft well. Pain med (buprenex) worked well. It is 30 times stronger than morphine so I was giving only 0,1 ml. twice a day. Also a strong antibiotic of ClindaMed. for 10 days in total. Pain med for 5 days. Soft diet for 5 to 10 days as tolerated. Of course the combo of wet food and antibiotics started diarrhea last night. A long haired cat and diarrhea do not mix! Her meower is still weak. So this am to the vet for Flagyl. I was told it will not kick in until tomorrow. She is going through a tough time for an older kitty. Now I am soaking the dry food in water until it is soft and mixing it with a little wet food. Vet told me that may help with the diarrhea too. Please send healing thoughts to Christine! Thanks
@Milo
Vet found a abscessed tooth! Offered to do the surgery at a reduced price so of course I said yes. It is now post op day 4 and she is doing fair. First night home she was having hallucinations, most likely from all the drugs in her system. She looked like she was seeing things that were not there. At one point she was stalking my laundry hamper as if there was another critter inside it. Next day she was hungry as a wolf. Ate everything that was soft well. Pain med (buprenex) worked well. It is 30 times stronger than morphine so I was giving only 0,1 ml. twice a day. Also a strong antibiotic of ClindaMed. for 10 days in total. Pain med for 5 days. Soft diet for 5 to 10 days as tolerated. Of course the combo of wet food and antibiotics started diarrhea last night. A long haired cat and diarrhea do not mix! Her meower is still weak. So this am to the vet for Flagyl. I was told it will not kick in until tomorrow. She is going through a tough time for an older kitty. Now I am soaking the dry food in water until it is soft and mixing it with a little wet food. Vet told me that may help with the diarrhea too. Please send healing thoughts to Christine! Thanks
@Milo