01/21 J.D. Dental PMPS HI, +5.5 86, +6.5 69

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Dyana

Dyana

Member Since 2009
Yesterday's Condo

Last Night:
447 PMPS
582 +3
464 +5
486 +10.5

I gave him a drop of R at +11.5

We're off in 10 minutes.

Please send all the good dental vines you have to spare. I need the support :)

He is supposed to be the first kitty on schedule for a dental, around 12:00pm EST.

I'm wishing for a perfect dental and a fast recovery for my precious boy.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Good vetty vines, hope you have an easy, stress free drive and the same for the visit. Good luck!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Sending J.D. good dental vines and safe travel vines for your trip.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Best vines and prayers for you two today. Will be watching for J.D. update. - mary and oliver
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Morning guys! Prayers and paws crossed over here for a great dental! Look forward to hearing the update later!!! Take care Dyana!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Sending a ton of good dental vines to J.D. and calming vines to you, (((Dyana))). We'll be waiting for your update.
Liz
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Sending lots of good dental vines and prayers for all to go well today for J.D. Hugs.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Good thoughts coming your way for an easy dental and recovery for JD! He's going to feel so much better afterward! and You'll be so relieved!
Hang in there!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Thinking good thoughts for J.D.'s dental and sending lots and lots of happy-dental vines. :-D

Hugs from us,

Ella & Rusty
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Hi guys .. sending good dental thoughts J.D.'s way .. and calming thoughts his momma's way :-D I am sure all will go well and he'll be home in no time!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Sending tons of good dental vines and some white lights for quick recovery for JD and a HUGE ((((((((((Dyana)))))))))) for you! Will be looking for an update!
Safe travels!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

sending good vetty dental vines for JD and hugs and support to the Bean cat_pet_icon :YMHUG: :YMHUG:
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Good vet vibes to you! Wishing you all the best, and an easy fast recovery.
:YMHUG:
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of good dental vines....
it shouldn't be too much longer....

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Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Boatloads of good dental vines coming your way! Try not to worry, Dyana - speedy recovery J.D. - be a big brave kitty today!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Sending that handsome boy JD good thoughts, tight hugs and a speedy recovery!!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Mega good dental vines today for JD. We're thinking of you both and waiting to see how it goes. More hugs for you, Dyana,
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Hi Dyana,
I know what your going through. Hang in there. You are doing a great job and J.D. is going to be fine.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. PM+11.5 461 - Send Good Dental Vines, Please

Sending lots of good recovery vines, he should be done by now!

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Re: 01/21 J.D. We're Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, how I couldn't wait to say that.

I haven't tested J.D. yet. I need to do that in a minute.
When I let him out of the carrier, He Dove For His Water Fountain, and I let him drink and drink for awhile, and then had to take it away from him. I added lots of water to a little bit of FF, but he isn't eating yet. Mostly, just walking fast around my house.

I'll update more in a bit.......
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. We're Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad you guys are home - I've been thinking about you and checking for updates all day!!
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. We're Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAAYYY!!! :RAHCAT :RAHCAT :RAHCAT

Hope he's soon settling down for a nice supper and long nap! Glad all went well and you're both home safe and sound.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Bupe Question

He's still not eating and pacing back and forth.
On the way home in heavy traffic, he started pawing at his mouth and I told him to stop and he did.

I am supposed to give him .3ml of bupe 3 times a day, starting in 15 minutes.

Does that dose of bupe sound okay?
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Bupe Question

I still have Molly's bupe from her dental (she didn't seem to need the bupe)
So for reference (shes 11 lbs) her dose was 0.15 ml every 12 hours and the concentration of the bupe is 0.3mg/ml so I guess that works out to 0.045 mg each dose if I've done the math right......
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Bupe Question

should also add that was probably a conservative dose, as vet wasn't sure she'd need it, just gave it as a just in case type of thing.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Bupe Question

** Update **

His heart is good, or more than good. He had a cardiologist do a echo.
His creatinine has gone from 2.2 to 1.6
And his BUN is down to 45 from 50 last time and 67 the time before that.

He did not pee the whole ride there, but did pee 4 feet out into the middle of the floor as he was sitting on my lap in the waiting room. I asked if they expelled his bladder if they could get me a USG as I am interested if that has gone up, but they said there was no pee. I wonder how dehydrated he is.
When I got home, when I released him from his carrier, he wobbily ran (fast walked) to his water fountain, and put his head under it and drank and drank and drank, until I took it away from him. His discharge papers say to limit his water. I asked about that and they said if he drinks excessively, to take it away after a time, so he doesn't get too much and throw up. His entire head is sopping wet...both ears, front of face, and both cheeks from diving into the water fountain.

He still hasn't eaten.

I asked about the bupe dosage because when he was diagnosed with cronic pancreatitis he was prescribed .1ml and he was so wobbily. I decreased to 0.05 and he was still wobbily. I finally gave him 0.025 and he wasn't wobbily anymore.

They said if he is eating, then he may not need the third dose of bupe per day, but if he is not eating (which he is not) and is just sleeping, then he does. It's a little confusing to me.

He had 8 teeth pulled, and it was pretty bad. One of his canines, that has been broken for about 10 years or more, was so abcessed that the doctor said he measured 11mm on the pocket and that a lot of puss came out.

Maybe, J.D. just doesn't know how to eat with his new teeth, yet.

I need to give him his bupe, now. Is .3ml okay for tonight?

Ketones = negative.

Eat J.D.

I need to call my boss tomorrow morning and ask for the rest of the week off, as the doctor said what he did today would be very painful. I guess I'll give him this dose of bupe and wish and hope he eats.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 1**

Dyana:

Don't be surprised if he doesn't want to eat tonight. Between the bupe, the stressful day, and dental pain, you and I really wouldn't want to eat. You can try baby food if J.D. likes it. Or, you could put his usual food through a blender to make it a smoother consistency.

I really wonder how much that abscessed tooth has been contributing to the ups and downs in J.D's numbers. I'm going to see if I can track Marje down. She remembers more about bupe dosing than I do.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 1**

wow. maybe he will have better numbers without all that teeth pain and infection. will see what happens in a few days. glad everything else is ok. scritches to my boy and hugs to you
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 2**

Yes, eight extractions. The vet was pretty astounded at how bad the broken canine tooth was that he had lived with all these years. He said there was a big pocket remaining, and normally they would fill it with bone?, but that that may leave a possibility of infection, so I came home with all sorts of products to give him, starting tomorrow.


I can't quite, remember, but I think I don't restart the ABs until tomorrow, too. 14 days of ABs..

And then, when we come back for or recheck in a month, he'll teach me how to keep his remaining teeth healthy.

I swear that hospital is competing for The Best Hospital In The World. OMG. Thank you Hillary and Maui! for suggesting it. They have a conceirge who does nothing but greet people and talk to people and ask if there is anything he can bring them, as he went and got me a cup of coffee when I arrived. What A Nice Person and A Nice Touch.
The receptionist asked me how J.D. was doing when I walked back in from a break. It's a busy hospital, and she remembered my (cat's) name. Then she walked all the way around to where I was waiting and asked me if I'd like to go to get something to eat, or go to the library...I had asked a long time ago.. in October, if there was a library nearby, where maybe I could log on to the board, to give you all an update.

Okay, I have to log off now, to try to get J.D. to eat. And I guess I should give him more water.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 2**

(((((Dyana and J.D.)))) I'm so glad you're home it sounds like the poor little guy had quite a day, I hope he's all buped up and his mouth doesn't hurt. Prayers and feel better vines to you both. take good care mary and oliver
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 2**

(((Dyana & J.D.)))
I'm so glad he's home and near you. I hope for a speedy recovery.

Also, how nice that you had a good experience at the hosp. That kind of niceness goes a long way!

Take care, and I hope you and J.D. can get some rest tonight.

~Josie
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 2**

J.D. You are a very brave kitty! What a day for you and your boy, Dyana. I hope that he'll be able to rest and sleep tonight and hopefully to eat something that doesn't require chewing. We are sending our best healing vines to J.D. and lots of hugs to you.

Ella & Rusty

p.s. before Rusty came to us he had more than 9 extractions and since then, another one. He only has 5 teeth left and has no problems eating.

Yo J.D., hang in there, man. You can do it. KTSS is going to whip up some nice chilled chicken soup for you to heal your gums.

Rusty
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 2**

Glad you are home & the dental is now history. I agree that if I had 8 extractions in one day I probably wouldn't want to eat either. Liquidating his food is a good idea, you already know he will drink b/c of all the water he is drinking. I don't know much about the bupe, so not much help there.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 2**

I'm glad everything went well and you made it home safely. Sending prayers for J.D. to heal quickly.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 3**

PMPS was HI and he was in the 400s the whole afternoon.
He is wobbily (I guess from the anesthesia and the last dose of bupe), and pacing.
But, he has peed (ketones=negative), and pooped a normal poop, and I know he's not supposed but has jumped off and on the couch and into his big tall sided litter box (over and over and over).

I have let him drink water three times, so far, and he keeps going back to his missing water fountain.
I tried adding a bunch of water to regualar FF Chicken Feast, but he didn't want it.
He did eat some HC :-D :oops: but I am limiting that because of his numbers and because he's not supposed to eat too much at a time.

I'm sorry, if I am repeating myself. I am oh so tired. But it didn't snow on the way home :) at least.

He is to get his bupe at 7:30pm, 3:30am, and 11:30am, for three or four days. I have tomorrow off. I have to ask my boss for the rest of the week off, now. Wish me luck on that.

I was given a booklet with before and after pictures of J.D.'s teeth and gums, in color, and I have the one canine that is long on bloody and with brownish cruddy stuff sticking to it, in a vial (sorry to be so graphic).

The doctor said the work he did was pretty extensive and J.D. will be in pain for awhile.

And, I'll be afraid tomorrow, to start giving him his Ondansetron and Pepcid, and now I have 5 more things (mostly drops) to give him on top of that now. One once a day. Three twice a day, and the bupe three times a day. I told the doctor, I will need a chart. And he said that would be a good idea.

I just want to get him to eat.

Thank You Everyone For The Vines And Good Wishes, Today
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Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 3** then bedtime

ni-ni, Dyana. I hope you and J.D. can get some well-deserved sleep tonight. I bet he will be feeling a lot better by morning.
 
Re: 01/21 J.D. Dental **Update 3** then bedtime

I had all but 4 canine teeth of Baileys removed at once. Part of his jaw had to be sewn together becuase the damage had eaten through the bone. (bad care from prior owner).

Anyway we got him home and for the first 12 hours he was active and pacing - I think it was the anaesthetic and their drugs. He had big pupils and was wired. Then he came down. Wouldnt eat or drink and sat curled up. Couldnt get comfortable and couldnt sleep even with the bupe that first night. Drooled a lot. He started eating a little the next day and more the day after. So it takes time. Our vet also said his insulin needs may drop a bit due to the infection being cleared. They dropped a little although while he wasnt eating we kept him off entirely but his dose was very small anyway.

Anyway just an fyi .. see what to expect.
 
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