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I meant finding another vet who more specializes in internal issues in cats that can review her history and records/results and tell me something I can do/not do that will help her.
i'm so sorry that your krissy isn't feeling well.
do you mean finding via phone/email a vet to do a second opinion? or finding a vet who will do a second opinion after reviewing krissy's medical records/tests (but not actually seeing krissy and doing any tests), over the phone and/or by emails? you may be able to find a vet to do a second opinion the way you're thinking, but i think it still comes down to trusting the (second opinion) vet/the vet's experience.
are you still considering a home cooked and/or raw diet? if so, i do remember reading somewhere on dr lisa pierson's website that she does phone consultations for raw or home cooked diets after she's received and reviewed the patients medical records -- for those cats that have medical issues/have specific dietary needs due to medical issues. there's a fee.
i think i'd worry that a second opinion by another vet where the vet is really only looking at your krissy's medical records and test results, might really only be this other vet interpreting again the symptoms and results of the tests already run. and if there are differing opinions between the two vets, that might confuse me (even more).
(via phone/emails) not needing them to see Krissy, she's had all the tests she needs really, another viewpoint I suppose.
After giving her BB turkey canned with fortiflora on it even, she wouldn't eat that, and now I have FF turkey with fortiflora on it and she won't eat that now either, just the dry turkey food.
I trust the advice of LDG, in regards to the supplements, etc but am stuck with the food part, which is huge for Krissy's outcome and recovery.
I want to know just how bad this really is for her, if there are other options that the first vet hasn't taken or considered, maybe a steriod IS better, I don't know.
I know vets can reeeally vary a great deal, and I also can tell Krissy's current vet is at a loss from here, she stopped checking in even, I don't think she really knows what to do.
I mean what do I do if she won't eat what I need her to eat? What do ya do? Another frustrating night, sorry. I hate to see her not feeling good.