[Felvtalk] Brock update

[Katherine K.]

Thinking of you and Brock.

Katherine
On Apr 27, 2016 11:55 PM, <dlgegg at windstream.net> wrote:

> It seems you are on the right track and keeping his feedings small will
> help also.  I know my Harley who is not sick, just gulps down too much at
> one time and then up chucks has to get small amounts to prevent that.  I
> also have a pot of lemon grass for the cats to munch on when their stomachs
> are upset.    With all he has going on, he has a lot on his plate to deal
> with and other than the right medications, the greatest gift you can give
> him i love.  mWill keep both of yu in my prayers.
>
> ---- Rachel Dagner <rdagner at novahrc.com> wrote:
> > My cat Tucker was throwing up his food. We went to the vet and got an
> X-ray which showed a mass in his chest. I brought him home with steroids
> but he still couldn't keep food down probably the mass was restricting the
> food from passing through since he was just regurgitating it right back up.
> Then he totally quit wanting to eat. Went to the vet and got high calorie
> emergency food and a syringe , watched a video on how to do it on YouTube.
> I was syringe feeding him for several days, I was doing some research and
> saw a lot of great reviews on Life Gold I had it sent over night from
> Amazon. I got it yesterday and gave him his two doses. Today he is eating
> on his own and eating quite a bit of the emergency food and even his dry
> food that I crunched up small. No regurgitation after all day of eating. I
> am only giving him a small amount each hour of so as not to upset his
> stomach, or overwhelm him. Maybe you can try syringe feeding and/or the
> liquid gold. I hope it is not lympho
>  ma
> >  , I cried for three days straight after the X-ray. I am getting
> vitality science cat cancer kit, I am not going to put him through chemo. I
> hope to extend his time and his quality of life. He is also more perky and
> acting like himself again after just one day on Life Gold. I pray it
> continues!
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:45 PM, Marsha <martia at lynxe.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > My sweet FeLV+ boy Brock has taken a bad turn.  He has been doing
> really great, and only a week and a half ago celebrated his 1 year
> anniversary of being diagnosed with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and
> Congestive Heart Failure.  Only 20% of cats with that diagnosis make it to
> the one year mark.  Brock is on 5 heart meds and 2 supplements, and has
> been doing great.  About 2 weeks ago, his appetite seemed to be a little
> off.  Sometimes he would eat all his food, sometimes not.  He occasionally
> catches a mouse that gets into the garage, so I wondered if he was full
> when I brought his dinner. This past Saturday, he was really fussy about
> taking his pills.  He has always been really good about eating his pill
> pockets, no hassle for me, no dropping them into his mouth.  Now he is
> balking at taking them even after I dip them in wet food (and they are
> already in pill pockets).  I coax and coax, and have had to manually pill
> him a few times.  He will eat 4 and leave 1, then I have t
>  o
> >  give that one manually.  Or eat 2, and I have to give him 1.  Now he
> wants baby food, but only eats some of it, then more later.  He gets his
> supplements mixed with his food, 1 of which is potassium, so he needs to
> eat his food to get it.
> > >
> > > He had a blood panel done yesterday and a physical exam.  The vet
> confirmed the enlarged lymph nodes I felt in his neck, and said there were
> enlarged nodes in the back leg area also.  Brock's PCV is only 18%, meaning
> he is anemic.  It is non-regenerative.  A needle aspiration was done on a
> lymph node, and the cytology should be back tomorrow.  My biggest fear is
> lymphoma, and it's going to tear through like a wildfire.
> > >
> > > Marsha
> > >
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