Gandalf wrote:

Thank you all for your purrs! They have worked!

Kenzie has eaten a good amount of her dry kibble overnight, and so
far today I've seen her go and nibble some of her kibble 3 times.

Eating a little food all the time is what Kenzie needs to keep her
tummy from getting upset from the Tapezole.

Speaking of Tapezole, I took her off of it almost a week ago. Now, I
will have to start her on it, and slowly increase the dosage, as I
had done before. I've gotten REALLY good cat cutting those tiny
pills with a razor blade.

And I think I'm going to decrease her prednisone: Ted put her on
5mg/day. She weighs around 10 lbs

For a 125lb human, that would be 62.5mg/day, an enormously high
dose.

When my asthma gets out of control, I only take 20mg/day, and I
weigh about 130 lbs.; not too bad for someone in their 'extremely
late' middle age.

Ok, I'm past that point.

People ask me how I stay thin: it's really easy. I only eat two
meals a day, and I spend a lot of time being hungry. But I have a
leather jacket that's over 40 years old, and it still fits.

But I digress.

Now if I get Kenzie's thyroid back under control, and if her liver
and pancreas would get better, Kenzie might have a chance at being
here for a few more years.

That's what I'm planning on, anyway. I just love her to bits. She
isn't an exciting cat that generates nice stories that I can post
here, but she is so sweet, and she has been head butting me all day,
and getting scritches

So I know she feels the same about me

The next thing I need to do is look into some new food: TED said one
possibility for her elevated liver and pancreas functions was a
possible food allergy. 'Possible'. Of course.

I was reading about Wellness food. It would eliminate the grain that
is in the Nutro Max All Natural Weight Control I'm feeding her now.
And which she is eating, while there are THREE other full bowls of
kibble, I got to try and get her to start eating regularly. Kenzie
IS a picky eater, that's for sure.

Wellness is expensive, but far cheaper than a trip to TED's clinic,
and if it makes her well again, it will be worth it, of course.

Thanks again for all of your support!

Gandalf ---has been lurking here for many, many years now.

Glad tu hear the gudgud news. Do humans & cats matabolise that drug
in the same way?? Maybe what would be a large dose fur a hooman
would be OK fur a kitty? I don't know, but you will want to d
owhat's best fur da kitty uv Korse,
It's late and I'm tired. See you all tomorrow.


--
Peace,
Fred
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