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Lactated Ringer's has no sugar source, however there are IV drips that do have Glucose.  I have no experience using them.

Can anyone tell me their story of Lymphoma and how the end plays out? 

I am tapped financially and am about to call and cash in a 401k I have. I was hoping to nurse him to health at home. 

He's getting 100 ml 2x day of lactated ringer's Sub-Q. Anyone use a IV liquid with glucose/dextrose/etc Sub-Q?

Slykat12, what was your last Cat diagnosed with? Or, if no firm diagnosis, what did you suspect?

He had diarrhea again.  It looks like pure blood.

Thanks for the reply Denice. How close to death would Patches look? Charlie was 13-14 lbs originally, now he's 7 lbs.  His eye is cloudy and the doctor diagnosed him with Uveitis.  He looks terrible.  4 weeks ago when this all started he was a healthy cat. He looks bad. The last Dr. we went to...

X-ray was normal. No sonogram preformed. No infectious disease or parasite detected in all of the tests. I wish I had an answer.

I did syringe feed him for many days. We tried the prescription diet mixed with water.  He just had more diarrhea. We tried poached chicken, hard boiled egg and rice, in a syringe. He just had more diarrhea. He won't eat on his own. I'm worried the dexamethosone is causing the bleeding. We...

The last two Doctors have been great.  The latest is telling us to give it a few days. He hasn't sugar coated things.  He has made us aware it could be Lymphoma.  The weird things are that Charlie never had a fever and the Doctors cannot feel any swollen lymph nodes. I was hoping to run across...

March 23, 2014 Charlie has not been eating much. He has vomited several times under the bed and in a hiding place. He is reclusive and not his normal self. Charlie was originally 13 to 14 lbs. A healthy weight. March 24, 2014 Charlie is taken to Park Animal Hospital. The Dr. draws blood and...