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You guys are great.  Thank you.  Once I got over the emotional barrier of syringe feeding, I rolled up my sleeves and dove right in.  I AM going to save her!  I go into the feedings with that attitude and it makes them go so much better.  Purrs are happening more frequently, and she's coming up...

More energy this morning (her, not me)...  heard her pattering around the house at 5 am.  Came up to me in the kitchen looking for fresh water or something.  Picked her up, and instant purr and kneading my shoulder.  Not like the past week where it's taken 15 minutes of petting to get a purr...

Just under 1 can of AD in in the last 24 hours... No throwing up yet....knock on wood. No poop either though... hmmm. I'm up to a schedule of 19ml (as much as my one syringe holds), 6 times a day.  Tomorrow I'll increase the frequency if she can handle it to get her up over a can a day.  She...

What about constipation?  Might food after a period of no food, coupled with the pain meds (an opiate) stop her up? I wonder if I should stop the pain meds.  How long until something should show up in the litter box?

Thank you for your kind words, we'll see how this goes.  At this point, I'm just so scared it's too late.  I got 5 feedings in today, about 6ml the first 2, and 10ml the next 3.  About half a can today of AD in today.  No throwing up, so that's a positive.  Tomorrow is another day.

Like anyone who would join a cat forum, I love my cat, Pudding, a 13 year old Cymric, more than words can express.  She's always been of fine health.  She's abnormally needy for a cat, and follows me everywhere I am for as long as I'm home.  Always been this way.  It's one of the reasons that...