Healing Vibes needed for Eva...

[Shelley123]

Glad Eva is a little better

[Moli]

Eva is back at the vets...Just waiting to hear from Lainey...........

[angieh]

Fingers crossed Moli. I'm glad Elaine has you to chat with.

[Leesy]

Fingers crossed here as well.

[dandysmom]

And here too.

[Elaine]

Just back from the vets with Eva, she has been there all afternoon.
I took her back as I felt she may be impacted/constipated due to dehydration, I also felt that she may have needed some pain releif.
Discussed everything again with Andrew (vet), all my concerns, the possitives and the negatives. Cannt afford to be complacant as this IS a serious condition and I cannt take anything for granted if she is to have very chance of getting through this. I also got some info via another vet who had said that if her toungue was yellow than she should have been on fluids.
So today she has had an xray, more bloods, an enema (she is very impacted), fluids, more steroids and I have a supplement now also to help aid her liver.
The xray showed that her liver is not too badly inflamed, her kidneys are of normal size and shape, no signs of tumours (which was a worry), no abnormalities at all.
Her bloods show that her cholestorol has dropped a little but is still high, her ALT has dropped from 194 to 176, white blood cells all good which means that the infection hasnt got into her blood stream and poisoning her.
Her toungue and most of her gums are back to a more normal colour but her skin is still very yellow.
She hasnt eaten at all today, but hopefully if she can shift some of that poo, she may want to eat. We await the explosion...
She not out of the woods and this may take up to 12 weeks, apparently, before she is fully recovered.

I dont want to start bitching about my vet as he is a very nice guy and is working with me but I cannt help feeling that I am asking for all of these things to be done when he is the vet and should have said to me that this is the course we should take. Another bit of me feels that if she wasnt such a difficult cat to deal with, would he be more pro-active rather than me being the pro-active one. What if the cat owner wasnt quite as clued up and as forcefull as me???

Anyway not gonna dwell on that as I know what she needs and I guess at least I know if I ask him to do it then he will. Just want my grumpy puss back, alive and biting again

[Shelley123]

Poor Eva, she's having it rough. Hope she manages a good clear out and begins eating again

[angieh]

Well, there's a heap of good news there - her liver, kidneys, no growths etc. I agree with you about veterinary advice and that they should be more proactive ..... I have the same problem with my G.P. - I have felt on several occasions that I am leading her by the nose. Of course, that means I am getting what I want, but is it what I need? You obviously feel exactly the same way about your vet.

Eva is a lucky cat to have you as her Champion. I am very hopeful of a good and full recovery for her. Well done Eva and well done to you too Elaine.

Hope the explosion isn't too much for your household. I hope it doesn't make the Scottish papers!

[dandysmom]

I'm focussing on the good news too; it does sound like a long way to full recovery but it's definitely looking up. Poor baby, what a battery of tests she's been thru, and we can't make them understand it's for their own good.... thank God you are forceful and well informed (and you too, Angie)!!

I hope she has a movement soon!

[Elaine]

No explosion, no poop but she did manage to eat a little