3/8 Trixie AMBG 92

Yesterday

We are absolutely heartbroken for Karen as she said goodbye to her sweet boy Doodles yesterday. What an inspirational duo, and an amazing bean...

Happier appy and less snuffly again today. For the most part, things did seem to settle down with her throughout the day yesterday...appy was OK, snuffles were less intense than they were the day before. But I'd put her appy closer to mid-range...Ok, but not stellar. She is being social and snuggly and seems pretty bright-eyed.

However, last evening DH and I decided to go out for a quick bite at my favorite wood-burning oven pizza place - it's right across the street from the pharmacy that was compounding Frankie's HyperT gel and thought it would be good for me to get away from things for a short while. Trix had her evening meds and a small snack (with an acceptable amount of enthusiam) right before we left. We were only gone maybe an hour and a half. As soon as we walked in the door, Trix stood up in the bed she was snoozing in....and barfed . We let her settled for a few, did her evening fluids, she peed, and then maybe 5 minutes later, she barfed again . Both seemed like empty-tummy barfs, and she did bounce back and want to eat fairly quickly, but my nerves are absolutely, completely, utterly shot right now. I was relaxed from dinner, and then immediately went back into massively stressed out mode within 30 seconds of walking back into the house. I had wanted to do an assist-feeding last night, but I didn't want to push my luck if her tummy was feeling sensitive, so I did skip it, so IMO she really didn't get as many calories yesterday as I would have liked.

Today seems fairly "normal"...but who knows what normal is anymore, and sometimes it's all an illusion.

@tiffmaxee - vetty said to give 2.5mg Zyrtec once a day. I guess I'll run out today to get some for her...just so nervous about adding another med in, especially with all of her sensitivities.

@Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey - We do have last year's tax forms...they don't reveal quite enough info as for what all I need to gather. It's more a matter of questions like, are their long-term care premiums deductible? And, I can find some statements (such as hospital and drug copays), but not all...and my Mom has no idea where things are plus she glazes over if I ask her to look for something. (My Mom has 100% of her faculties, but she really, truly never did a thing with regards to finances so she doesn't know where info is, nor does she understand any of it at all - and she doesn't want to.) And, with having to dig through all this stuff I've had to go through folders with all of my Dad's medical records - scan reports, etc - and it's just a big unpleasant flashback of the last several nightmarish years.

I'm being whiny, but right now parts of my life just feels like slow torture....I start to gain footing, and something knocks me back down.

With that, though, I am going to do my best to keep myself distracted with activity and productivity.

Prayers to all....

Amy

 

Sending you lots of hugs and feel-better vines for Miss Trixie.

 

Sending prayers.

 

Sending some feel-better vines to Miss Trixie! And lots of hugs for you

 

Awwww, Amy... I feel for you. I'm in the same situation in reverse. Took care of my mom for the past 2 years before she passed in Dec., but in my case, Mom took care of everything. My dad is still here, he's 90 and has no clue. He's never even written a check. Had no idea where anything was or is. I just got done wading through gobs of paperwork and checkbook register, etc. to get their tax info together so I can send to accountant. It's very hard and my heart goes out to you.... I know the stress all too well.

If it helps any, Flame had a horrible snuffly nose with nasal discharge for a while on top of everything else. I did some reading and research and it appeared he probably had rhinitis. Zyrtec was one of the recommended meds. I spoke to my vet and she said it was OK to give. The recommended dose for cats is .5 mg, but I started with 2.5 mg and he never needed more. I started giving him 1/4 tab (2.5 mg) per day and was amazed at the quick response. Within a couple days, the discharge stopped and he improved. I was hesitant as well to add to his meds, but now, I'm glad I did because it really did give him relief.

Sending to you and feel better vines to sweet Trix

 

Wow - that totally sounds like what I'm up against! My Dad was also sick for 2 years....went to every appointment but 2 with them. My Mom barely wrote checks, either, much less paid a bill or tracked anything. UGH!

Thank you, everyone for the Zyrtec experience and encouragement. I'm feeling less apprehensive about trying it!

 

I'm so sorry about Frankie's HyperT and hope the meds help out quickly. So sorry about Miss Trix last night Lots of vines, prayers and

 

Hi Amy, just wanted to send hugs your way. Sometimes life can (and does) plain old suck -and that's putting it mildly...

I'm glad you have the option of using gel the on Frankie's ears and won't have to pill.
Also hoping the Zyrtec does the trick for Trixie without any sides. Sounds like it may be just the thing to help her out from reading the positive results of others. I have used Lysine off and on with Uncle when he gets the sneezies and snuffles but it seems to take an awful long time to kick in.
from Barbara & Uncle

 

And BTW Amy... I forgot to add. I bought the generic Walgreens brand of Zyrtec and he did just fine with it. Ingredients are the same and saved some money. Brand name Zyrtec is expensive.

 

Good to know - thank you! I'm heading out in the Walmart area tomorrow...of course, though, today the snuffles are much better than they were the other day......

 

Awww, poor Trixie and poor you. I'm so sorry your peace and serenity lasted such a short time last night.

I hope the Zyrtec helps Trix. Elise says she found it to have the welcome side effect of increasing appetite, so that would be helpful, too.

Sending good appy and tummy vines for Trixie and lots of comfort vines and s for you.

 

Oh yea, forgot to mention that too. It did help with Flame's appetite also - at least initially until he got really sick at the end.
Even though the snuffles are better today, I'd get it anyway. Trix is a CAT you know!! They have a way of toying with us!!
Sending some to you and Trix

 

Very true - she certainly has proven that this week! It will be good to have Zyrtec on hand...and yeah, if it helps with appy, all the better!

 

Amy, I am so sorry that Trixie snapped you back into stress upon your return last night. I hope that her tummy settles. Could it be the AB? My Sug,GA, couldn't tolerate an AB and it was at the very end of the RX that she started having problems with it.

Hope the Zyrtec helps.

 

Might be the AB, might be a fluke, might be her kidneys.... She does usually tolerate ABs pretty well, and she's been fine today and other days (except Monday when her appy was bad), so it'll probably just be a mystery. I do have her on a probiotic, and she always gets Pepcid twice a day and cerenia once a day anyway. These last two days I've assist-fed a syringe of food about half an hour before the AB so that I was positive she had a good cushion of food in her belly before the AB went down....maybe that has helped today? I dunno.....the joy of not knowing for sure

 

Sorry about the stressful evening last night. Hoping today is much better.

 

Amy, what probiotic do you use?