[Felvtalk] Gilbert

dlgegg at windstream.net dlgegg at windstream.net
Thu Jun 8 12:03:45 CDT 2017


While you are away from home, you could place pillows or soft mats around his favorite up high places in case he falls and block off stairs.  This way he could still be free to roam.  I hope you will find some meds for him and he can be close to you when the time comes.  As for not getting attached, that is impossible.  Five minutes after they are with you, you have lost.  God b e with you both and give him a peaceful passing.

---- ROBERT CHAPEL <bchapel at optonline.net> wrote: 
> My latest boy.... Gilbert... who is not FeLV but does have a Cancerous 
Tumor behind his Right eye that is extending into his jaw and mouth, is 
beginning to show signs of pain ( periodically bats at his jaw with his 
paw and rubs his eye and jaw repeatedly against objects...eating is off 
and he shifts food to the left side of his mouth and uses rocking 
motions of his head to chew rather than opening and closing his jaw....
I have a couple of suboxone syringes left and I'm sure I can get the 
shelter to prescribe pain meds ( I'm fostering him for them) but wanted 
to ask you folks what you all have used in the past for pain control or 
amelioration....  I don't want the guy to hurt but don't want him to 
have to spend all his days in a stupor either as he is not , apparently, 
in such constant pain that he is not interested in appreciating the day 
or exploring a little bit.....  As predicted I am going to be 
heartbroken when he passes.... I thought that knowing in advance that I 
was taking a dying cat I might be less prone to intense attachment but 
apparently I am not built that way.... this boy is one of the sweetest, 
gentlest cats I have ever met.... all he wants is to be near people...to 
sit on laps and to be petted ( perhaps being Brain damaged affected the 
" ignore" center in his brain : )...  The fact that his balance is a 
little off and he ofen holds his head at an odd angle just adds to the 
affection I feel for this brave guy ( Yeah, I know... it's built into 
his  genetics to survive but there is still something courageous about 
watching this boy non complainingly doing his best to make do...   Have 
any of you used meds that helped with pain that did not completely put 
your cats into a stupor....   I'm worried about my boy because he is 
already less than able with his balance and I am not always home... 
would like for him not to hurt himself attempting to jump on something 
and missisng......   Ultimately I could keep him confined to a "safe" 
room... but that is a last resort thing..... I took him from the shelter 
so that he would not be confined and would like him to have free rein 
for as long as I can.....
Thanks for any experiences you might be able to contribute....

Bob


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