Colloidal Silver usage for cats' health in some occasions? - Page 3

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Originally Posted by LDG 

I can't tell you the number of times we accidentally closed Flowerbelle in the closet. We FINALLY figured out we needed to do a closet check every time before we leave the home.
I doubt very much they eye thing has to do with colloidal silver. I've just been doing my own research on it because of this thread. Does she tussle with the other kitties at all? Our Spooky obviously got a little scratch on her eye - we saw Tuxie slam her in the face, and for the next 2-3 days, she did exactly as you describe. We could see nothing, so we didn't take her to the vet. It cleared up on its own.

Thank you once again LDG!

Yes, because she is more active now - she plays with others more and runs around.

Her eye worried me for a day, but in the morning they were back to normal.  I did't take her to vets - thanks goodness!

Her wound is visibly improving now, she still eats very well and I still do wet compresses with CS to her wound.
 

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


Yey!!! It is so great to see an update like this
Can't wait to hear that little May is all better and that wound is finally closed up! L-O-V-E I-T

Thank you so much Carolina!

This will definitely happen!

I will let you all know, I now have great respect for and faith in CS!!!

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Originally Posted by Carolina 

Hi Nadia, How is our little May doing?

The wound keeps shrinking and is getting smaller and smaller still.

By the rate it goes - I could estimate perhaps another 2 to 3 weeks until it will be fully closed (so I hope).

I still treat her with SC  2 to 3 times a day (applying to the wound and holding soaked cotton wool there or occasionally do very small flushes if she made the wound dirty).  I do not use anything else at all apart from SC - her body does the job free of infection.

I communicate with vets over the email, so we are covered.

She is not not eating as much now having calmed down to her normal intake of food as that before the injury.

She was eating too much until recently just to recover what she'd lost.

She started eating her favorite again - which is chicken fresh and raw apart from beef.

May is in a good condition now and playful, and very affectionate still.

At the moment I can say that her wound is about 2.5 cm long to 1 cm wide, and the hole between the two muscles is as small as 0.5 x 0.5 cm and about 2.5 cm deep, but vets say that this is the part where two different muscles are actually separated naturally and they suppose to be connected lightly by a thin membrane-like tissue, which will re-grow when wound is totally closed. 

All in all it is VERY good because her whole leg was torn apart and wound was as large as half a leg itself to start with.

Thank you so much Guys!

Yes, we are very happy and May deserves to be well.

I do spray ears for both dogs and basically make them wet with washing all the scabs away.  The ears become clean immediately, we don't even have to wait, little bites heal up as you wash.

But this does not distract flies from biting and scabs come back.  But we now use the fly smear occasionally on older dog, because flies are too much on her.

On younger dog we don't use all that stuff, because my cats love her and lick her face and ears and feet.  So I just use CS more often on her.

The Older dog has constant problems with her teeth.  In her 16 years now she lost about 6 teeth all in all (vets had to remove them), and her gums are not good too.

So now I spray her mouth and gums with CS every day and it helps a lot.  There were growths on gums, and now they are gone entirely.

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Originally Posted by Carolina 

Giirrrrlllll you have become the CS super Pro!
You go girl!! that's fantastic!!!
I love it!
So I am assuming May is steadily improving as well?

Yes, improving great deal!  Only from my post when I estimated 2 to 3 more weeks - I don't know what to think anymore.  From then the wound closed so much more - it is now half of what I said then.

Now the whole area of wound is no larger than a size of a fingernail.

This morning May was performing - playing with her mates and with us after her breakfast and treatment.  Jumping and running as if nothing ever happened.

I noticed that now when I do her treatment - results are better if after a little flush and a compress - I rub her wound and all closed area of where wound was before - the whole leg basically.

I rub it with cotton wool soaked in CS and at times she softly growls, but doesn't try to get away.   I think rubbing increases blood circulation and healing speeds up, and it's like a little massage.

Sometimes she licks my hand on which she lies while I treat her with another hand.

I know from my own wounds from the past that when wound is about to heal up entirely - it somewhat itches and rubbing it is part painful and part pleasant.

I think that May's reactions indicate just that.

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


That's amazing Nadia!!! I can't wait to hear an update from you that the wound is completely closed and she is jumping up and down, all done, happy little camper!!!
Is your vet totally shocked at her recovery? After so much daily treatments, 4 different antibiotics.... steroids..... surgeries..... and nothing working..... Now she is healing so fast! Is he in awe?

I only wrote couple of emails to vets, and I didn't take her there ever since our last visit.

I don't want to stress May needlessly to be honest.
 

But with information I put out to them - they'd get a picture.  They approved CS to start with and it's working.

I bet if they saw her now - they'd be in awe for sure.

I wish that vets in this country would introduce CS in their practice for treating wounds based on May's recovery.  They could even use it limitedly washing the wounds with CS before, or during, or after an operation because there is just not much available stuff here!  Perhaps they would, it's not really up to me to say.  One day I will go and speak to them about it.

I want to take May there just before wound completely closes.  Though I may not take her and just go myself.  I will let you know.

I was so scared - if you remember I said I'll never flush the wound to start with, but just apply to the surface, but what did I do? - I flushed it and flushed it, and it worked.

Vets said not to flush to start with - and later they said - flush 4 times a day.

Perhaps it was sort of an experiment, but it worked - that's most important.

I have faith in CS now.

I even started drinking it myself (this not very concentrated solution still helps).  I myself feel better; and my mom and sister started drinking it now, and another person from my work drinks it now three days running, and she says that pain from her shingles has reduced almost to nothing on a second day.

Don't worry, we won't turn blue.  We won't drink it by large amounts the strongest concentration for years as a food supplement.

If people abuse a medicine (even a herb) - they suffer side effect even if such not suppose to exist, isn't it?

And of course not orally for animals, especially not for cats, because they are so sensitive.  Although, my old dog (not sure her age 14 to 16 years old) perhaps gets some to swallow when I spray her teeth and gums.  And May perhaps gets some when she licks her wound after treatment.

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


That's amazing Nadia!!! I can't wait to hear an update from you that the wound is completely closed and she is jumping up and down, all done, happy little camper!!!
Is your vet totally shocked at her recovery? After so much daily treatments, 4 different antibiotics.... steroids..... surgeries..... and nothing working..... Now she is healing so fast! Is he in awe?

I also remember what you said Carolina about wound closing and bacteria (if any) being trapped inside.

I feel that the wound is about to close completely soon and that is why I resumed flushing with every treatment to make sure that there is no bacteria lives in the muscle tissues after the wound is closed.

PS: always wanted to say - I LOVE your use of smileys!

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


This made me laugh - I see that you are doing a lot of research!! Yeah... I wouldn't drink it - just one dropper a day - not more..... It is ok to take it orally, but too much is no good.....
And never ever ever mix it with chlorinated water Just get a full dropper and take that instead.....
People really swear by it - I am just SO SO glad this worked for little May
It is hard to be in places where you don't have many options....
I am from Brazil myself, and even though it is much closer to the US in what we have available, there are still things I would be concerned in moving there..... To the babies I mean.... Food is one of them - although now feeding raw I don't think I would have much of a worry anymore..... some medicines.... It is just not the same. I was raised using a lot of natural herbs, teas and natural remedies - it is really big in Brazil.
I got better from my hepatitis this way, and saved my dog from death's door when no vet could - no medicine, no treatment NOTHING could - with a little bush that grew on my gardeners yard. He had been dropped to be put to sleep that day by my mom, and I ran from my university to rescue him from the vet's office from euthanasia..... to try to save him. For many months he could not walk, for over a month not even lift his head..... But with love, this little bush and coconut water (for hydration) my puppy Weber survived and thrived, dying of old age many years later.
Maybe it's because I am from Brazil and it is within my culture to seek natural treatments before harsh treatments.... I don't know..... But there is powerful stuff in nature.... and I love putting them to good use - just love it.
That is what was given to us..... By God, the universe, mother nature, whatever you call it - so..... why not, right?
Anyways, blah blah blah....... sorry for boring you

NOT AT ALL boring Carolina!!!

In-fact I'm so glad to hear this what  you said.

Don't take it lightly what I'm about to say, because I really, really mean it.

Even though I myself originate form Russia - on results of my other research - Brazil is one of three places on Earth (New Zealand and Tibet are the other two) that is going to make a difference to mankind and preserve all Nature and basically save the planet from depletion.

If I lived in one of these places - I'd never ever wanted to move myself, nor my babies.  You are very, very lucky you are from Brazil, no matter wherever you go - that's what I think.

Even living in Zimbabwe for some 22 years - we are happy here as one can be.  We are NOT planning to move anywhere else from here.

Myself, I'm all for natural medicine, though not denying any progress with conventional medicine either.

My babies (cats and dogs) were raised by me in use of knowledge of both.

I must thank you very much Carolina and it can't be put in words for you existing and replying to my thread.  Because of you I got brave in using CS and my May is alive and well today because of you too.

If you saw my face short of one month ago - you'd think I was a 100 years old lady on her death bed - that was due to tears shed every day over May.

Today my face is back to its normal - that of a 50 year old lady who is a happy lady too.

As for us humans drinking CS - no, it's not too much at all.  After all we are not made of silver that we need to replace all the time.

It helps to solve some problems, but silver is not a part of our make-up in large amounts.  We know that.

What we drink is about a tea-spoon or so 2 to 4 times a day to heal.  And that is not a strong solution, even though not less than 500ppm either.

And there is no way we'll drink it if not necessary to heal something.

Also this lady doesn't use chlorinated water, only purified water without any trace of anything in it.

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


Oh no.... what I meant was to not cover the wound with a bandage type of thing as you could run the risk of trapping bacteria inside..... But if the wound is healing...... more power to you!!! That is what you want it
If you feel that flushing helps her - do it! If not, don't.... Evidently, whatever you are doing, is working wonders - I would just continue to do exactly as you are doing
You are the super-hero of the wounds Nadia!! You are doing an amazing job - at this rate, next thing we know, this is going to be closed in just a few days

You are not far off Carolina - that is what I see happening.  I bet that the wound will close so very quickly now.

I don't flush to hurt her and/or not to break any of the healing tissues growing.  The hole is so small now and often my flushes involve just a spray bottle instead of a tube.
 

I often just spray inside that hole whilst massaging her leg and May likes it too.

Also the whole area of former wound (being shaved) is now covered with a very thin layer of fur re-growing.

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


You are just a sweetheart Nadia...... But don't disappear on us!
How is our sweet May? How is the wound, how is she doing, and how is momma doing?
Thank you so much for your kind words.... You just warmed my heart

PS: I hope you DO get to visit Brazil one day.... it is beautiful..... I go once a year.... I love it there.... I've been here for 15 1/2 years, so now this is my home..... But yes, I do consider myself lucky 2-fold..... For being from there, and now, for living here - I have the best of both Worlds I will never stop being Brasilian..... That is in my soul
I do love it here though, and I am so used to live here......
I would love to go to Russia one day - My mom has been there a couple of times and she LOVED it - aside from the language barrier she said it is amazing!

Thank you Carolina!

No, I'm not disappearing, it is now the year end in accounts 2011 for the company I work for, and it takes just a bit more time from me attending the issue.

Apart from that - we have rains all the time and no electricity more then usual, so I cannot use my computer most of the time.

Our biggest power cut recently was for more than 48 hours!!!  And our generator is quite small and doesn't support us all the time.

May is so very well!!!  Not much to say from my last posts apart from that her wound is closing rapidly and I can just see next week there will be no wound at all!

Another good news is my vet has replied and said that they are excited and would love to use CS in complicated cases based on what May's recovery has been.

I straight away answered and offered to supply it urgently if need be, because we keep it in stock now (not wanting to be short of it).

Just perhaps a last update on open wound on May - it is almost closed.  I can not even do a flush anymore - it is so tiny.

I expect the whole area of the skin over the wound to be in about two to three days or so.  At the moment the area of the opening is so minute - it doesn't even worth mentioning - about 2 x 2mm all in all!

After the wound is closed - it will now take some time for the damaged muscle to re-generate to the end I think if it has not done so already.

Still I apply CS to her remaining (should I call it 'scratch'?) soaking cotton wool in it and just holding it there for as long as May will sit on my lap.  And also I just rub that cotton wool around the area where the wound was.

May now walks most of the time without limp, but when she runs and jumps - I can not detect any limp at all.

Being first kitty in my family and the eldest - she now resumed disciplining others if need be.  All of them are so very happy to have her back as their play-mate!!!

Horay!!!  Bye bye to the wound!!!  It is finally all closed now!

Just a little scab where the small remaining wound was!

Happy and healthy May (thank you to CS and Carolina who encouraged me to use it!!!)

Today the nice lady came to deliver me my next order of CS (stronger one this time - I'm using it for myself and giving it to my mom and sister).

She told me that she is treating with it her own cat's eye and even gives it to the kitty a tiny bit internally and it helps.

Wow - that was such amazing news to me!  Perhaps a venture for future problems...

All in all - May is well all the way around, active and affectionate as ever, even more than ever!!!  She likes me stroking her leg gently now and it is not hot any longer.  I still apply CS once a day to her scab (a wet cotton wool with CS and hold it there for something short of 5 minutes).

I got another email from my vet and she said that they will now use CS for even routine operations to free them from the risk of bacteria!!!  Yay!!!

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Originally Posted by Carolina 


YEAH!!!!!!! GO MAY! This update just made my day!!!! How wonderful!!!!!! !!!!!
My goodness, what a fantastic update
Please, stick around, ok? Love having you here!!!

Oh, and we definitely need more pictures of your darling May!

Thanks Carolina!!!

No sick cats at the moment and hopefully ever!!!

Will pop into this section with MINOR problems if so.

Here is the first picture I took of May's wound (I hadn't have a heart to take pictures of her whilst she was so sick - I thought it's a bad thing to do).

Before (just in words) that whole shaved area was a raw wound (can you believe it?!!), including the back of her leg (under her).  Now there is hardly a scar on the that shaved area as you can see.

That small now hole going into the muscles (where the arrow is - you can't really see the hole) was not the only one.   The whole lot of skin of that shaved area was falling apart to start with because of infection, and even after a month from when the oozing pus was stopped - the skin was apart from the muscle all around.  That closed up miraculously just about 3 days from start of flushing with CS!

And now that the wound is closed entirely - my only concern is for her muscle to be able to re-generate most of the lost tissues, so that she can use her leg without any discomfort.  (She doesn't jump high now - as can be expected, but she also doesn't limp when walking, and I can't see any disability at all when she is running, jumping around and playing.)  But she is doing very well indeed!  She just needs to exercise her leg more now... and she sure does!

Will  try get a picture of May's recovered leg and post it in this thread as well.  Just hope she lets me take it - she is sort of camera-shy if up-close.

And I will sure be around, and...

My next post(s) I'm preparing will be perhaps in the picture section or any other appropriate section.  Today got some funny photos of couple of my kitties playing that I'd love to share with your guys.....

Can't post old pictures all the time, LOL!

Lots of Love & Light to everyone,

Nadia

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Originally Posted by Carolina 

Hi Nadia! How are you and little May doing? Please donct go anywhere.... We miss you

Oh, I'm still here, I was just reading, but haven't posted anything as yet.

May is very well now.  No scar left, all covered with fur now.

She is in good condition and very playful, but she doesn't go out of the property anymore.  Perhaps this leg doesn't let her jump high on a wall.

She runs, plays a lot, but sometimes after sleep she would limp a bit one or two steps, like being stiff.

Considering that a lot of muscle was taken out - she is doing great.

Here are her current pictures:

You can see the side where the wound was.

May is reading newspapers in a car

May is being her naughty self: