excellent news that chynna continues to improve. i guess she lost alot of weight when she wasn't eating properly so hopefully she will regain all that now.
big hugs to your special girl!
big hugs to your special girl!
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Please.... I need vibes for Chynna
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You'll have an answer next time you check her thyroid (imo). Patrick also had normal values on his thyroid tests, but the folks on my crf list made the point that as a senior kitty, they really shouldn't be evaluated the same as a younger adult cat re these test results.
In Patrick's case we followed his thyroid values and noticed that they were increasing each time (though all still normal)..when they got to high normal and he was night howling (oh boy was he ever!), we began treating him for hyper-t and the howling stopped, his thyroid values came down.
Glad that her bp is down and she is doing well
In Patrick's case we followed his thyroid values and noticed that they were increasing each time (though all still normal)..when they got to high normal and he was night howling (oh boy was he ever!), we began treating him for hyper-t and the howling stopped, his thyroid values came down.
Glad that her bp is down and she is doing well
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Yeah, Chynna has never been a very vocal kitty. Now she shouts at me and has been for some months. And she's never been a real pest during the night except for lately. She historically has settled on the pillow next to me, given and gotten some lovings then went to the foot of the bed and slept all night. Now she's up and down and up and down and pawing at me. And while she's always been a bit of a bully towards Abby, she's gotten worse. She literally stalks her at times....and it's not for a play session!Originally Posted by Pat & Alix
You'll have an answer next time you check her thyroid (imo). Patrick also had normal values on his thyroid tests, but the folks on my crf list made the point that as a senior kitty, they really shouldn't be evaluated the same as a younger adult cat re these test results.
In Patrick's case we followed his thyroid values and noticed that they were increasing each time (though all still normal)..when they got to high normal and he was night howling (oh boy was he ever!), we began treating him for hyper-t and the howling stopped, his thyroid values came down.
Glad that her bp is down and she is doing well
So there is definitely something up. I need to take her back in again in 3 months for another blood pressure check and a prescription renewal. I think it will be good to have another Thyroid test done again then.
Can you tell me a bit about the treatment for hyperthyroidism in cats? My vet said that they don't use radioiodine and went on to mention a couple types of medication they have (IE: a flavoured liquid or something)
How long do they take the medication for? Do they have to be isolated? How much does it cost?
I can only answer a bit about treating with tapazole (methimazole)..we have not considered doing the radioiodine treatment (or whatever the exact correct description is..my mind is elsewhere at the moment), and surgery is a poor third option.
Patrick
would howl, walk over our feet, jump off the bed, howl, circle the bed, jump back up...and repeat, repeat, repeat! It really did stop as soon as we began treating him.
ps taking medication is a for the rest of their life option and does have some risks.
Patrick
ps taking medication is a for the rest of their life option and does have some risks.
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It doesn't look like I will have a problem getting Chynna to eat that new food! I decided to try giving her a 1/3 of the tin for dinner tonight instead of mixing it. It's chicken flavour and the only Friskies that I have here is Beef and Salmon. She ate more than 1/2 of what I gave her. Now I just hope that she keeps that up and that tonight was just lucky! She's become so picky with food lately: likes something one day but not the next or even the next serving.
Aww, fingers crossed for her.
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OMG! I can't do this anymore! My heart is just breaking.
The vet saw that she had a bad tooth, but she appeared to be eating without any problem. She's become very "picky", or at least that's what I thought it was. One meal she will eat the food, the next meal she won't and want something else, and when I give her something else she licks the gravy and leaves the rest which is shoved off the plate all over the placemat.
She's lost a 1/6th of a pound since the end of March.
I've been watching her the last couple of days while she's eating. She seems to favour the left side of her mough, the one with the bad canine tooth, and I noticed it moreso today.
Today I can't get her to eat much of anything. I've tried tuna, Friskies beef flavour, Fancy Feast grilled salmon, Fancy Feast turkey and liver minced, a cut up cooked chicken breast, a minced chicken breast, a liquified chicken breast, soggy dry cat chow...and she only licks up the liquid and wouldn't have anything at all to do with the liquified chicken.
I know she's hungry because she follows me to the kitchen looking for food.
If she's eaten a tablespoon of food today I'm lucky
And she's back to throwing up
She just threw up 2 times in addition to 2 times over night.
She is drinking ok and using the litter box, but she's not eating and she's wasting away.
I so cannot afford all of these vet bills. After taxes, bankruptcy fee, rent and utilities, bus pass, Chynna's medication, I'm left with $450.00 per month for groceries and everything else including cat food and supplies, and now I'm paying $200.00 a month to the vet. Last month I couldn't even fill my own prescriptions, so I lowered my dose and stopped taking one medication entirely.
I can't stand seeing her in pain and wasting away. The vet actually said she was "emaciated" when I was there the other day and that she can't afford to lose anymore weight. And she is. She's lost so much weight over the last year.
I'm sitting here crying with my heart breaking because I love her so much that I'm thinking of having her euthanized in order to end her pain and discomfort.
She's been so cuddly today and giving me hugs and kisses like she knows that I'm huring and somehow knows what is on my mind.
I always promised myself that I wouldn't ever let her suffer, and I feel like I've let her down terribly.
I feel like such a failure as her meowmy because due to my own health issues that have prevented me from going back to work, I haven't been able to get her the medical care that she so deserves and now her life may be ending early because it's the cheaper alternative for me at this time
The vet saw that she had a bad tooth, but she appeared to be eating without any problem. She's become very "picky", or at least that's what I thought it was. One meal she will eat the food, the next meal she won't and want something else, and when I give her something else she licks the gravy and leaves the rest which is shoved off the plate all over the placemat.
She's lost a 1/6th of a pound since the end of March.
I've been watching her the last couple of days while she's eating. She seems to favour the left side of her mough, the one with the bad canine tooth, and I noticed it moreso today.
Today I can't get her to eat much of anything. I've tried tuna, Friskies beef flavour, Fancy Feast grilled salmon, Fancy Feast turkey and liver minced, a cut up cooked chicken breast, a minced chicken breast, a liquified chicken breast, soggy dry cat chow...and she only licks up the liquid and wouldn't have anything at all to do with the liquified chicken.
I know she's hungry because she follows me to the kitchen looking for food.
If she's eaten a tablespoon of food today I'm lucky
And she's back to throwing up
She is drinking ok and using the litter box, but she's not eating and she's wasting away.
I so cannot afford all of these vet bills. After taxes, bankruptcy fee, rent and utilities, bus pass, Chynna's medication, I'm left with $450.00 per month for groceries and everything else including cat food and supplies, and now I'm paying $200.00 a month to the vet. Last month I couldn't even fill my own prescriptions, so I lowered my dose and stopped taking one medication entirely.
I can't stand seeing her in pain and wasting away. The vet actually said she was "emaciated" when I was there the other day and that she can't afford to lose anymore weight. And she is. She's lost so much weight over the last year.
I'm sitting here crying with my heart breaking because I love her so much that I'm thinking of having her euthanized in order to end her pain and discomfort.
She's been so cuddly today and giving me hugs and kisses like she knows that I'm huring and somehow knows what is on my mind.
I always promised myself that I wouldn't ever let her suffer, and I feel like I've let her down terribly.
I feel like such a failure as her meowmy because due to my own health issues that have prevented me from going back to work, I haven't been able to get her the medical care that she so deserves and now her life may be ending early because it's the cheaper alternative for me at this time
I hope she feels better. I have not taken my Inhaler or Chloesterol Pills right either. I try skipping to make the Meds last longer too.
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I'm so proud that I hate asking for help with things especially financially.
I called my brother to ask how much the Vet charged him to have his dog euthanized. He and I got to talking and I told him what has been going on with Chynna. I so wanted to ask him for help, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
To my surprise he offered! He told me to call tomorrow and find out how much it is to have a tooth extracted and he will pay for it! He said that she is such a loving cat and still very healthy and that it's not right to put her down because life circumstances currently prevent me from taking care of the tooth myself.
I'm still crying, but this time tears of happiness. I so hope that this vomiting is related to her tooth.
I'm calling tomorrow and going to see if I can get her in Monday or Tuesday at the latest. My poor baby girl
I called my brother to ask how much the Vet charged him to have his dog euthanized. He and I got to talking and I told him what has been going on with Chynna. I so wanted to ask him for help, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
To my surprise he offered! He told me to call tomorrow and find out how much it is to have a tooth extracted and he will pay for it! He said that she is such a loving cat and still very healthy and that it's not right to put her down because life circumstances currently prevent me from taking care of the tooth myself.
I'm still crying, but this time tears of happiness. I so hope that this vomiting is related to her tooth.
I'm calling tomorrow and going to see if I can get her in Monday or Tuesday at the latest. My poor baby girl
how wonderful of him!
that things go well for you & her!
Just seen this update, Linda. So glad your brother is helping out. I know how much you love those cats.
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OMG! I sure do!!Originally Posted by neetanddave
I know how much you love those cats.
I just wanted to pipe up that I know you don't want her to suffer, but if she's purry and cuddly, I don't think she's ready to go yet. Please keep us updated!
to Chynna and
to you.
Aww, that is lovely of your bro, and fingers crossed it helps her lots.
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I still haven't heard back from the vet about an estimate. I called and the vet that I see is not there today and won't be in until Monday. And apparently it's the vet that gives the estimates! They can't find the file right now so she believes Dr. Worb had been looking at it.
I explained the situation and the fact that Chynna isn't eating and it's rather an emergency. They have an opening for an anaesthetic procedure on Monday morning. So I booked it because the next time she would be able to get in would be Wednesday.
They know she recently had a complete blood panel done, so that won't need to be repeated, and I said it was only for an extraction of one or two bad teeth and that I was going to hold off on a cleaning.
So I have to have her there on Monday by 8:30am. In the meantime on my way from the hair salon I'm stopping at the vet's to pick up some special food they have that I can give to Chynna by syringe. Apparently it's a pudding consistency and highly concentrated so that even a little will give her some nutrition.
My poor baby girl is so hungry, she's begging for food but she just can't eat it
I just hope my brother is ok with whatever the cost of this bill is going to be! I will be paying him back, but I don't want to take advantage of his generosity.
I explained the situation and the fact that Chynna isn't eating and it's rather an emergency. They have an opening for an anaesthetic procedure on Monday morning. So I booked it because the next time she would be able to get in would be Wednesday.
They know she recently had a complete blood panel done, so that won't need to be repeated, and I said it was only for an extraction of one or two bad teeth and that I was going to hold off on a cleaning.
So I have to have her there on Monday by 8:30am. In the meantime on my way from the hair salon I'm stopping at the vet's to pick up some special food they have that I can give to Chynna by syringe. Apparently it's a pudding consistency and highly concentrated so that even a little will give her some nutrition.
My poor baby girl is so hungry, she's begging for food but she just can't eat it
I just hope my brother is ok with whatever the cost of this bill is going to be! I will be paying him back, but I don't want to take advantage of his generosity.
Glad they can get to her on Monday!
Hopefully the special food will get her some relief until then.
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The vet called me today. He told me that the price would be about $600 or $700, maybe more.
My brother said he can't afford that much and that he could help me pay for $200 or $300 of it. I would have to talk to the office manager about paying monthly for the rest.
I just can't afford to take on a $200.00/mth obligation for the next 3 months. I just don't have that kind of income. Plus I have to pay for my nursing license within the next month or two so I can do a back to work program. All of this just couldn't come at a worse time for me.
She isn't eating because of her teeth. She's in pain. She is hungry. It's just not fair to her. And this can't wait until fall when I'm hopefully back to work.
I think the time has come to let her go. She's been my faithful companion for over 15 years and I just can't stand seeing her in pain, and as much as I want to be able to get all of her mouth problems fixed, it's just not financially possible.
I bought some different foods and some baby food so I can try and get her to eat something. But I think I'm going to take the weekend and spend as much time with her as I possibly can, and then make an appointment on Monday to take her in and have her euthanized.
I've always known that this day would eventually come. But it doesn't make it any easier, and I made her a promise that if she was ever in pain and I couldn't fix it, then I would do the right thing and let her go.
My brother said he can't afford that much and that he could help me pay for $200 or $300 of it. I would have to talk to the office manager about paying monthly for the rest.
I just can't afford to take on a $200.00/mth obligation for the next 3 months. I just don't have that kind of income. Plus I have to pay for my nursing license within the next month or two so I can do a back to work program. All of this just couldn't come at a worse time for me.
She isn't eating because of her teeth. She's in pain. She is hungry. It's just not fair to her. And this can't wait until fall when I'm hopefully back to work.
I think the time has come to let her go. She's been my faithful companion for over 15 years and I just can't stand seeing her in pain, and as much as I want to be able to get all of her mouth problems fixed, it's just not financially possible.
I bought some different foods and some baby food so I can try and get her to eat something. But I think I'm going to take the weekend and spend as much time with her as I possibly can, and then make an appointment on Monday to take her in and have her euthanized.
I've always known that this day would eventually come. But it doesn't make it any easier, and I made her a promise that if she was ever in pain and I couldn't fix it, then I would do the right thing and let her go.
I'm so sorry. If you are still interested in other options, you may want to consider imom.org. They may be able to assist.
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Thank you.
I went to the website and looked, I saw this:
I went to the website and looked, I saw this:
That is a scandalous price for a couple of teeth to be removed, and I am sooo sorry it has come to this. Fingers crossed something miraculous happens - can the vet not do a deal on the price?
