Help Please from SubQ Experienced!

CatNipped wrote:
I just noticed a *huge* swelling around Jessie's right leg. It's not
sensitive to the touch and it wasn't there earlier today. Is it
possible that the subQ fluids she received at the vet's today
"traveled" down to her leg? The vet told me to expect a lump on her
back from it, but she doesn't have one on her back, just the one on
her leg. Should I call the emergency vet?

Hugs,

CatNipped

Ivy's (RB) subQ fluids constantly migrated before being absorbed. Usually
flowed to her belly/chest area. We called them her "water-boobies". Of
course, TED showed us to give her the subQ on her back, preferrably between
her shoulder blades - but Ivy didn't like that. She preferred to lay on her
side, so she invariably got the subQ fluids on the side she wasn't laying
on, so it flowed more easily to her chest/belly. I think it was more of a
matter that she cold see what we were doing when she lay on her side, but
couldn't and therfore was more nervous & skittish if she lay on her belly.

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