Sugar in hospital

Karen wrote:

On 2006-01-14 00:59:40 -0600, "Sandy"
said:

Intussusception? Whatever it is, I hope she recovers quickly.

Sandy


That's it. That's what they were worried about. Today's xrays showed
more clearly it was some stool that just looked odd. I saw all the xrays
and it was hard to tell but much clearer today. She is home and settling
down. I am waiting for her to feel less stressed. She has some
antibiotics to take since it's pretty clear she has some kind of
infection. They think maybe this history of periods of nausea may
indicate kind of a chronic pancreatitis. She's been hospitalized about 4
times now for nausea in 5 or 6 years. I haven't had to pill Sugar much,
so wish me luck. Should be OK. I just hope she eats and doesn't throw up
now. But she looks fairly OK. thanks so much everyone for the good
thoughts. I know they help ME for sure. Let's cross our fingers that all
returns to normal soon.

Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes that it is only an infection that
can easily be cleared up with the antibiotics,
Polonca and Soncek

Hi Karen,
Just wanted to send purrs and all the best for Sugar and your nerves for
Sugar's illness!
Christine
"Karen" wrote in message
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On 2006-01-14 00:59:40 -0600, "Sandy"
said:

Intussusception? Whatever it is, I hope she recovers quickly.

Sandy


That's it. That's what they were worried about. Today's xrays showed
more clearly it was some stool that just looked odd. I saw all the
xrays and it was hard to tell but much clearer today. She is home and
settling down. I am waiting for her to feel less stressed. She has some
antibiotics to take since it's pretty clear she has some kind of
infection. They think maybe this history of periods of nausea may
indicate kind of a chronic pancreatitis. She's been hospitalized about
4 times now for nausea in 5 or 6 years. I haven't had to pill Sugar
much, so wish me luck. Should be OK. I just hope she eats and doesn't
throw up now. But she looks fairly OK. thanks so much everyone for the
good thoughts. I know they help ME for sure. Let's cross our fingers
that all returns to normal soon.

Karen wrote:
On 2006-01-14 00:59:40 -0600, "Sandy"
said:

Intussusception? Whatever it is, I hope she recovers quickly.

Sandy


That's it. That's what they were worried about. Today's xrays showed
more clearly it was some stool that just looked odd. I saw all the xrays
and it was hard to tell but much clearer today. She is home and settling
down. I am waiting for her to feel less stressed. She has some
antibiotics to take since it's pretty clear she has some kind of
infection. They think maybe this history of periods of nausea may
indicate kind of a chronic pancreatitis. She's been hospitalized about 4
times now for nausea in 5 or 6 years. I haven't had to pill Sugar much,
so wish me luck. Should be OK. I just hope she eats and doesn't throw up
now. But she looks fairly OK. thanks so much everyone for the good
thoughts. I know they help ME for sure. Let's cross our fingers that all
returns to normal soon.

Purrs for Sugar to feel much better soonest! And purrs for you for the
pilling.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

On 2006-01-14 23:14:46 -0600, Marina said:

Karen wrote:
On 2006-01-14 00:59:40 -0600, "Sandy" said:

Intussusception? Whatever it is, I hope she recovers quickly.

Sandy


That's it. That's what they were worried about. Today's xrays showed
more clearly it was some stool that just looked odd. I saw all the
xrays and it was hard to tell but much clearer today. She is home and
settling down. I am waiting for her to feel less stressed. She has some
antibiotics to take since it's pretty clear she has some kind of
infection. They think maybe this history of periods of nausea may
indicate kind of a chronic pancreatitis. She's been hospitalized about
4 times now for nausea in 5 or 6 years. I haven't had to pill Sugar
much, so wish me luck. Should be OK. I just hope she eats and doesn't
throw up now. But she looks fairly OK. thanks so much everyone for the
good thoughts. I know they help ME for sure. Let's cross our fingers
that all returns to normal soon.

Purrs for Sugar to feel much better soonest! And purrs for you for the pilling.

the pilling has gone quite well! The pill popper makes it pretty easy
and I have a cat tree just the right height that I can tuck her under
one arm and pill with the other. The pricey part is the canned chicken
broth (not canned broth but the kind that comes with canned chicken - I
drain it off). Since she WILL drink that right up, I have that ready
for after pilling to make it a happier experience as well as chase the
pill down. I just realized, I've never had to give her medication
before (besides the occassional pepcid). She has been eating fine since
yesterday evening and kept everything down, so I think we are on the
mend.

"Karen" wrote in message
news:200601141023242781%kchuplis@alltelnet...
On 2006-01-14 00:59:40 -0600, "Sandy"
said:

Intussusception? Whatever it is, I hope she recovers quickly.

Sandy


That's it. That's what they were worried about. Today's xrays showed more
clearly it was some stool that just looked odd. I saw all the xrays and it
was hard to tell but much clearer today. She is home and settling down. I
am waiting for her to feel less stressed. She has some antibiotics to take
since it's pretty clear she has some kind of infection. They think maybe
this history of periods of nausea may indicate kind of a chronic
pancreatitis. She's been hospitalized about 4 times now for nausea in 5 or
6 years. I haven't had to pill Sugar much, so wish me luck. Should be OK.
I just hope she eats and doesn't throw up now. But she looks fairly OK.
thanks so much everyone for the good thoughts. I know they help ME for
sure. Let's cross our fingers that all returns to normal soon.

Poor Karen, you do seem to have bad luck with your kitty's health. I am so
glad it wasn't an intusseption (sp?) when a section of intestine collapses
and pushes itself inside another section, sort of like a finger of a rubber
glove when it refuses to get itself straight when you take your hand out.
Some dogs can get this, certain breeds are prone to it, it often goes along
with gastric torsion and without very swift action, it's fatal. Bloodhounds
are particularly prone to get it, hounds in general though suffer most from
it. I'm not sure why, maybe because they have deep chests which doesn't
leave a lot of room for stomach expansion when they've eaten.
I was advised that placing their meal up on a stand so they could eat at
head height rather than from floor level helped to prevent it, so I always
did that. Also the advice was, if they really gobbled up their food, to put
medium sized stones in the food bowl, they then can't grab whole huge
mouthfuls and gulp them down. They then have to take their time licking it
up around the stones. Apparently it works. but don't quote me on this.

Rotties can be prone to gastric torsion too, Catnipped alert..

Tweed

Karen wrote:
On 2006-01-14 23:14:46 -0600, Marina said:

Karen wrote:
On 2006-01-14 00:59:40 -0600, "Sandy"
said:

Intussusception? Whatever it is, I hope she recovers quickly.

Sandy


That's it. That's what they were worried about. Today's xrays showed
more clearly it was some stool that just looked odd. I saw all the
xrays and it was hard to tell but much clearer today. She is home
and
settling down. I am waiting for her to feel less stressed. She has
some antibiotics to take since it's pretty clear she has some kind
of
infection. They think maybe this history of periods of nausea may
indicate kind of a chronic pancreatitis. She's been hospitalized
about 4 times now for nausea in 5 or 6 years. I haven't had to pill
Sugar
much, so wish me luck. Should be OK. I just hope she eats and
doesn't
throw up now. But she looks fairly OK. thanks so much everyone for
the
good thoughts. I know they help ME for sure. Let's cross our fingers
that all returns to normal soon.

Purrs for Sugar to feel much better soonest! And purrs for you for
the pilling.

the pilling has gone quite well! The pill popper makes it pretty easy
and I have a cat tree just the right height that I can tuck her under
one arm and pill with the other. The pricey part is the canned chicken
broth (not canned broth but the kind that comes with canned chicken -
I
drain it off). Since she WILL drink that right up, I have that ready
for after pilling to make it a happier experience as well as chase the
pill down. I just realized, I've never had to give her medication
before (besides the occassional pepcid). She has been eating fine
since
yesterday evening and kept everything down, so I think we are on the
mend.

I'm glad to hear she's doing better. Continuing purrs.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
A House is not a home, without a cat.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Karen wrote:
the pilling has gone quite well! The pill popper makes it pretty easy
and I have a cat tree just the right height that I can tuck her under
one arm and pill with the other. The pricey part is the canned chicken
broth (not canned broth but the kind that comes with canned chicken - I
drain it off). Since she WILL drink that right up, I have that ready for
after pilling to make it a happier experience as well as chase the pill
down. I just realized, I've never had to give her medication before
(besides the occassional pepcid). She has been eating fine since
yesterday evening and kept everything down, so I think we are on the mend.

Wonderful news all around! When I had to give the cats ringworm
medication, I always gave them some turkey coldcuts afterwards. But
then, they are absolute angels.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Karen wrote:
the pilling has gone quite well! The pill popper makes it pretty easy
and I have a cat tree just the right height that I can tuck her under
one arm and pill with the other. The pricey part is the canned chicken
broth (not canned broth but the kind that comes with canned chicken - I
drain it off). Since she WILL drink that right up, I have that ready for
after pilling to make it a happier experience as well as chase the pill
down. I just realized, I've never had to give her medication before
(besides the occassional pepcid). She has been eating fine since
yesterday evening and kept everything down, so I think we are on the mend.


That's so wonderful to hear!
Continued purrs and best wishes for Sugar to recover completely and
really soon,
Polonca and Soncek

Karen wrote in message
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). She has been eating fine since
yesterday evening and kept everything down, so I think we are on the
mend.


I've been away for a few days, and read your updates anxiously when I saw
the original thread. I'm so glad that things are improving.

Jeanette

On 2006-01-14, Karen penned:
high. So, for sure that probably would cause nausea. So any purrs
for Sugar for clear xrays that don't show this rare condition (that
the vet said would be very VERY bad if she had it) would be much
appreciated. I begin to think I am cursed when it comes to my cats.

Purrs for Sugar.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca