Squirt - my Queen has crossed The Bridge

Great Squirt ate. Hope she eats again this morning and hope the vet will find out what is wrong, but she does seem to be improving. Good luck at the vet. Sending healing thoughts to Squirt. Love, JoAnne

I'll start the chant "Squirt, eat, eat, eat, eat......." If that doesn't work, subliminal messages "you're hungry".

Hope all goes well today:)

How is our baby girl this morning?


Hugs and love

Mornin',

Squirt ate most of her breakfast this morning! Her appetite is a tad bit off again but she did at least eat. Her mouth seems to be working a little better, too. :)

Last nite when we went to bed, she wanted to cuddle and was nipping at my fingers as I massaged her and loved on her - which made my old heart SING! Then she curled up by my side and went to sleep and slept well, thankfully. Nutrients and rest - something she badly needed.

She hasn't had any Lyso, melatonin nor lignans since Fri. and I am seeing a slight increase in her water intake but that is all. I've been giving some thought to simply stopping treatment but don't really know if that is something she would benefit from or suffer from just yet. If it would allow her to enjoy her food again, let her have an appetite again, it might be worth it. But there are possible negatives with that as well...so, much to think about there.

Her shoulder is improving slowly...but my back is screaming from bending, lifting and carrying! :p She's worth every bit of it though especially when I can tell she is healing slowly but surely. She hasn't done the "walk 2-3 steps, stop" thing for a couple of days but by mid-day she is limping, just not as badly as earlier.

I hope Doc gives us a good report today....I'm choosing to believe it will be. I'll let ya'll know what he has to say.

Hugs and thanks over and over and.....
Leslie and Squirt

It sounds like Squirt is improving. Crossing my fingers for good news from the vet.

Well, Doc couldn't check her mouth very well as she is feeling well enough to fight him! :D He asked if she had been messing with it - rolling her tongue around, pawing at one side or the other - and I told him no.

He said because her liver enzymes are so high, he thinks she probably had a "little seizure" Thurs morning as a result. So as long as she doesn't slide backward again, I am to take her in in two weeks to check them again. Hopefully, the meds were assaulting the liver enough to cause this and stopping them will lower those values. If they are still high at that point with no NSAIDS or Proin in her system, then it's probably the organ itself. Like Doc said, at her age there could all sorts of "bad" things going on, including cancer, and with her weight loss the last few months, that has certainly crossed my mind more than once.

She is perkier than she has been since finding her Thurs. and she is trying to eat more. I haven't given her any of the antibiotics today as I just want her eat. But there is no fever today so the Baytril shot and Clavamox she has gotten have helped there.

So I will be watching her carefully over the next couple of weeks and hope we don't have to go back to see Doc before then. Whatever it takes to get her to eat, that I will do so she can regain her strength. She shook herself at the vet's then again when we stopped to check on Carolyn, and didn't fall or stumble so I was glad to see that for sure. When she saw Moe, whom she loves dearly, I saw some of my old girl begging for his attention. :D Funny how a tiny little thing can make us feel so much better!

Thanks again so very much!
Hugs,
Leslie and my Sweet Bebe

EDITED TO ADD:
I did get copies of the labs from Thurs -

ALP - 770 Normal range = 20-150 U/L
ALT - 643 Normal range = 10-118 U/L :eek::eek:

Well, that's good news! She's still improving and nothing appears to be wrong with her mouth:)

I am so glad to hear that Squirt is doing better, not falling over during the shake the booty maneuver, playing nip and nip with the doctor, saying hello to old and dear friend, cuddling, and eating! All great to hear and I'm sure your heart is a very happy one about that. Hopefully, each day will be better than the one before it and you'll have some calm weeks ahead, in which to make decisions about what treatments to pursue going forward.
Squirts ALP isn't really all that high compared to many (including mine), has the ALT always been high like this?

Hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

This is from Jan, this year -

ALP – 1390 U/L Normal = 20 – 150 U/L
ALT – 328 U/L Normal = 10 – 118 U/L

Kisses and tons of healing energy flying towards our sweet babe.
Luv'ya