Ella & Rusty & Stu(GA)
Member Since 2010
2/13 condo
Good afternoon, L&LL,
Sorry not to write Rusty's condo yesterday. It was a very difficult day for him and we are worried. I gave him his second application of the transdermal pred yesterday morning and he got progressively worse all day, so that by the evening he could hardly walk, let alone hop up on the table or the couch. But he had good appetite. I remembered Judy (@Judy and Boomer) saying that her civvie Allen got very weak after beginning pred, so 8 hours into the application I wiped his ear so that hopefully no more could be absorbed.
At bedtime Edward carried him upstairs so that he could be with us, but he only stayed for 15 minutes or so and then tried to go downstairs by himself; he fell down the stairs halfway down, but then went to his little bed by the radiator. So we took his nighttime fuds and put them next to his bed. We had a sleepless night. I have read that animals have an instinct to be alone when they are about to die, and that is what I was thinking all night. But this morning he was meowing and walking around (unsteadily). He still has good appetite and his breathing is not bad. I made a vet appointment for tomorrow morning. I want the vet to evaluate him, and if it seems as if he does not have a good chance to get better, we will make the decision then. Edward wonders if he might have had a stroke. He has spent a lot of his "walking" time today wandering around the living room, dining room and kitchen.
Anyway, we hope for an improvement, but we are aware that we may not have much more time with our boy. We don't know how old he is, but we think he must be at least 18. Please send vines and keep Rusty in your prayers. We want to do the right thing for him. He is such a wonderful kitty and we don't want him to suffer.
Good afternoon, L&LL,
Sorry not to write Rusty's condo yesterday. It was a very difficult day for him and we are worried. I gave him his second application of the transdermal pred yesterday morning and he got progressively worse all day, so that by the evening he could hardly walk, let alone hop up on the table or the couch. But he had good appetite. I remembered Judy (@Judy and Boomer) saying that her civvie Allen got very weak after beginning pred, so 8 hours into the application I wiped his ear so that hopefully no more could be absorbed.
At bedtime Edward carried him upstairs so that he could be with us, but he only stayed for 15 minutes or so and then tried to go downstairs by himself; he fell down the stairs halfway down, but then went to his little bed by the radiator. So we took his nighttime fuds and put them next to his bed. We had a sleepless night. I have read that animals have an instinct to be alone when they are about to die, and that is what I was thinking all night. But this morning he was meowing and walking around (unsteadily). He still has good appetite and his breathing is not bad. I made a vet appointment for tomorrow morning. I want the vet to evaluate him, and if it seems as if he does not have a good chance to get better, we will make the decision then. Edward wonders if he might have had a stroke. He has spent a lot of his "walking" time today wandering around the living room, dining room and kitchen.
Anyway, we hope for an improvement, but we are aware that we may not have much more time with our boy. We don't know how old he is, but we think he must be at least 18. Please send vines and keep Rusty in your prayers. We want to do the right thing for him. He is such a wonderful kitty and we don't want him to suffer.
and multitudes of scritches,
