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Artie pooped a good sized pudding poop when I got up. He waits for me!
He is not cuddling.. last night, he did not want to cuddle on my lap... and he stopped sleeping with me.. sigh.
I am going to cut down on the Miralax a bit..
I asked him if he wanted to get brushed.. he was wary of me at first, cuz I am the "sticking person'.. but then hopped up on his tree for a good brushing. He let me know when he had enough ~~ he growled a tiny bit..actually more of a loud warning meow..
He has stopped playing. The last time he played was over a month ago.. sigh
I also weighed him. He lost more weight!!! I cannot believe that!! He was 10.2 lbs on Tuesday, 10.1 yesterday..., today he is 9.9 !! what is going on with him?? He is only eating 2 1/4- 2 1/2 cans of food. I know that is not enough for him, but to lose all that weight..
That is really worrying me. He does not act nauseous.. He acts quiet. alert but quiet. wonder if the sub-q's are stressing him out?
I gave him half of a cyproheptadine this morning. I know that is going to make him drowsy, but he needs to increase his appetite.
Unfortunately, I have to call the S vet with an update. I know she is going to again tell me that I need to give him the Reglan. I really do not think he is nauseous; plus I do not care for the way it really zonks him out; between that and the cypro, he is a zombie... not a way to live.
for some reason, yesterday, a huge thought came to me... it is not necessarily good, but here it is: I have to give Artie the month of January.. for some reason, January came into my mind. I will know one way or another if things are into a new routine for him.. or things will be decided... I cannot seem to get that thought out of my mind....
Artie really loved his brushing, but he is too thin, I kept running over his bones.. he kept purring though...
He cannot be constipated.. too many puddings coming out--and daily..
I am wondering if he is getting all the nutrients from his food..if he is absorbing them...I asked for a B-12 blood test, but never heard the results of that.. it was around the time of his first, of the most recent crisis of December...I hate to give him more meds...sigh...
Staying home today and making a big pot of the chicken soup I have been talking about all week. I will have enough to put in the freezer. I am washing a Christmas tablecloth now.. next will be the rugs, and wash the floor.. hate to put down fresh scatter rugs on a dirty floor. A lot of cleaning and tidying up has to be done around here. With Artie, it has all been put on hold...
I am getting a bit anxious about him... the weight bothers me... is there something causing him not to put on weight? is it lymphoma that we cannot see? or is his IBD so bad..or is it a side effect from all that he has been through?
Am I making things worse by giving him all this medicine? Is it his time? am I trying to prolong something that is meant to be?
man, all these questions are going through my mind... as I said before, I am really feeling as if something will be decided this month...sigh
He is not cuddling.. last night, he did not want to cuddle on my lap... and he stopped sleeping with me.. sigh.
I am going to cut down on the Miralax a bit..
I asked him if he wanted to get brushed.. he was wary of me at first, cuz I am the "sticking person'.. but then hopped up on his tree for a good brushing. He let me know when he had enough ~~ he growled a tiny bit..actually more of a loud warning meow..
He has stopped playing. The last time he played was over a month ago.. sigh
I also weighed him. He lost more weight!!! I cannot believe that!! He was 10.2 lbs on Tuesday, 10.1 yesterday..., today he is 9.9 !! what is going on with him?? He is only eating 2 1/4- 2 1/2 cans of food. I know that is not enough for him, but to lose all that weight..
That is really worrying me. He does not act nauseous.. He acts quiet. alert but quiet. wonder if the sub-q's are stressing him out?
I gave him half of a cyproheptadine this morning. I know that is going to make him drowsy, but he needs to increase his appetite.
Unfortunately, I have to call the S vet with an update. I know she is going to again tell me that I need to give him the Reglan. I really do not think he is nauseous; plus I do not care for the way it really zonks him out; between that and the cypro, he is a zombie... not a way to live.
for some reason, yesterday, a huge thought came to me... it is not necessarily good, but here it is: I have to give Artie the month of January.. for some reason, January came into my mind. I will know one way or another if things are into a new routine for him.. or things will be decided... I cannot seem to get that thought out of my mind....
Artie really loved his brushing, but he is too thin, I kept running over his bones.. he kept purring though...
He cannot be constipated.. too many puddings coming out--and daily..
I am wondering if he is getting all the nutrients from his food..if he is absorbing them...I asked for a B-12 blood test, but never heard the results of that.. it was around the time of his first, of the most recent crisis of December...I hate to give him more meds...sigh...
Staying home today and making a big pot of the chicken soup I have been talking about all week. I will have enough to put in the freezer. I am washing a Christmas tablecloth now.. next will be the rugs, and wash the floor.. hate to put down fresh scatter rugs on a dirty floor. A lot of cleaning and tidying up has to be done around here. With Artie, it has all been put on hold...
I am getting a bit anxious about him... the weight bothers me... is there something causing him not to put on weight? is it lymphoma that we cannot see? or is his IBD so bad..or is it a side effect from all that he has been through?
Am I making things worse by giving him all this medicine? Is it his time? am I trying to prolong something that is meant to be?
man, all these questions are going through my mind... as I said before, I am really feeling as if something will be decided this month...sigh