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Awww, I'm so glad that the vet is able to help! Grace sounds wonderful and that poor baby! Too bad that you didn't get the name of those losers who had her, your vet could've sent them the bill and reported them to animal control!
I hope that he can give you a break.
As for Tipper not having seizures - you have always heard her when she has so it sounds like the meds are working :) Yeah!!!
Hi Everyone:
Well I stayed up last nite and have to report that Tipper did have seizures. She had 2 small ones while I was awake watching, so they are not gone unfortunately. I up her medicine to a full tablet tonite though and we will see after a week of that. It is really disappointing , but I guess that she has been having them and it did not wake me up. So back to the drawing board we go. She is getting miserable with no walking and being confines so she does not jump. She is acting out and beating up her toys and digging on the rug- all the attention getters. I know how she feel as she ahs always walked and this is awful for her.
Grace moaned a little last nite, and she wanted the bandage off her leg. She was all happy when I took it off. She has settled in again, and is her sweet self. This is killing me to make her move. The vet was unable to find someone to take her. I brushed her hair this morning, gave her some soft food, and put her meds in her eyes which she hates. It is an ointment and must temporarily blurr her vision and scares her. Other than that she is fine and all fixed up and ready to be a wonderful companion to someone. I can see she has taken off some weight since she has been cut down on food. This is all good. She needs to be put on a quality low cal food and monitored carefully as to the amount given. I did not sleep well last nite and have to take Tipper to therapy this afternoon. I will have to drag myself there. I must try and find Grace a home by this weekend it is not fair she is closed in one room and she wants out. I have a friend back in Pittsburgh I may try her, but that would mean driving all the way back there. Oh well she must have a permanent home. I got the 500.00 bill from the vet yesterday and he gave me no breaks whatsoever, so much for his big heart. Blessings
Patti
Hi Patti,
Catching up on your news...I've been dealing with my mother in law who fell and broke her leg. She's in rehab now, so I've been back and forth to see her there.
I am so sorry about Grace. Those stupid people who had her were abusive pet owners...guess that was obvious when they were going to just dump her in the dead of winter.
Well...sorry you still saw some seizures but it does seem like there's been an improvement with the medication, I hope that upping a bit will help even more.
Super cold and I'm forcing the Trixie to wear her sweater. Doing very short walks and she's bored inside. We have a foot of snow in the park but it's just too cold to have Trixie outside so she's forced to stay in and tear up paper bags and play tug of war with me! Hope you and your babies keeping warm. I'm hoping you find Grace a good home and someone who will love her like you do.
Barbara
Hi Everyone:
Oh Lordy!!! Now my other elderly neighbor the man is sick real bad with the flu and bronchitis. He is really sick as he is diabetic and it hit him hard. I am calling to check him and made two different soups vegetable and wedding and put on his porch as I can little afford to be sick. I put it on his porch and he got it after I left. I was in the process of trying to talk him into taking Gracie too. He is very kind and could use the company since she is more dog like she would have it good as I can look in on her and still see her. We will see. For now he has to get better, he went to the Dr. and got meds so I hope they do the trick. I will not take her there until he is better, but want to know today if he wants her as this is unfair to her and she wants out of this room bad. I know he is older, but I cannot find anyone else, and I would place her if anything happened to him. She is on her back laying and purring up a storm. The weather is awful and we just got a wind alert until 12:00 tomorrow. I have to take Tipper out in this to therapy, and she must go so I will have to suck it up and take her. Blessings
Patti
hi patti, did you manage to drive to tippers therapy and back safe? is her leg better again as a result of the therapy? no walking would bore my dogs to death too.
if your neighbour wants grace, you can keep an eye on her and keep in touch. the weather sounds terrible.
we had a cold drizzle today, but it is still +2c. so no slippery roads.
hope the full seizure pill will do the trick.
i am disappointed that the vet charged you everything he did for grace, considering you are one of his main customers i think, and the fact that grace is a rescue......my vet is acting more commercial also. i still get discounts, but nothing for free anymore.....
Patti,
2 small seizures is definitely an improvement for Tipper. I hope that your neighbor takes Grace. That poor cat has been through enough. Good luck today and be safe.
Hi Everyone:
Well I took Tipper to therapy yesterday. The therapist said she is ok to be loose in the house. I am so worried as she is wild after this confinement and have to watch her carefully. If she hurts this again I will scream. The therapist said she felt her ACL where it crosses over her knee and she has no swelling. She said she ahs responded well. Tipper was bother by the laser yesterday though and something is hurting her, could be on her back. As she was touchy there. Also I thought I noticed a small red spot on her Koochie yesterday. She may be sore there for some reason as when I tried to look she snapped. I will have to get her in a head lock and put some zinc oxide on it. It was funny I told the therapist yesterday and she kept trying to get a look at it and Tipper would put her tail way down so she could not see, so the therapist shot it with the laser a little bit to start it healing. Which gave me a brain storm idea. Could cold laser therapy possibly help CC heal since it rejuvenates the cells??? I am going to ask her next time as this may help Dawn and Renee etc. I am still searching for a home for Grace. She want out of this room. God she is sweet and loving and so funny. Tipper did have some small seizures last nite and the cortisol is climbing as she is moving all over the bed and being hungry. I do not know if I should do 20 mg Vetoryl and 9mg trilostane as we are at 28 combined now or go back to the 30 mg which made her pre number low??? I would like some opinions please on what you would do?? This is just a balancing act all the time it wears you out. It is frigid and snowing here. The roads were bad on the way home yesterday. Glad we do not have to go out until
next week. Pray I find Grace a home. Blessings
Patti
Hi Patti, I hope the full tab will work for Tipper. Every time it makes me laugh when I read about her beating up her toys to express her dissatisfaction about something.:D:D:D I wish I could see that. None of my babies do that. Hopefully the weather will get warmer so Tipper can have her walks as she really needs them. BTW, your vet is in the wrong profession, he should be in a cut throat kind of business!:mad:
What about splitting the dose more? Instead of 20/8 how about 14/14, same over all dosage but splitting it more evening through the day?
Interesting idea on the laser therapy and cc. I was trying to remember if any of the members have tried that in the past.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Sharlene:
I tried the split dosage before and does does better on one in the morning for some reason. So it has to be one dose of either 30mg Vetoryl, or 20mg Vetoryl and 9mg tirilostane. Don't know which to do and hate to buy more trilo and it does not do it. Hate to give her 30 vetoryl and make her pre low. It is just a catch 22. Blessings
Patti