Dyana
Member Since 2009
So, besides getting my taxes ready, and shipping a package to an FDMB member, all I have done today is worry about Ginger and research the internet. I just joined the Feline Hyperthyroid Support Group on Yahoo.
I was going to do Ginger's "annual" vet appointment in May when she turns 11, but she started making funny noises when outside and crossing the salted ice. I didn't know if it was the ice or the salt, but the noises were peculiar and she is very vocal and expressive anyway, but they had me concerned. Also, she became excessively cranky, growley, and hissey to Jackson.
During the physical, the vet found her to be very tender at the base of her tail, and did an X-ray and found one of her disc's a little abnormal (I don't remember the term, maybe herniated, there was bits of white where it should be clear). She was given Onsior to be given for 5 days. She stopped eating after 2 days, so I was told to stop the drug, and now she is eating again. And she's not as cranky, but still not actively playing like she was before with Jackson.
Her blood work came back fine except TCO2 High at 23 - reference range 12 - 22 and Monocyte High at 538 - reference range 40 - 530. Her regular T4 was 2.9, so the vet wanted to do a Free T4 and it came back normal (but I didn't ask what the number was). The vet said to test again in 6 months but she thinks she might go hyper T. I see that that I-131 would be the best option, if she is a candidate for that. Her T4 was 1.7 in her last blood work in November of 2013. She's been drinking a lot of water for about a year (but maybe she always has, and I just didn't notice). Last summer she started excessive grooming to where she is bald or almost bald at the base of her tail and between her back legs. I think she has become crankier since I got Jackson, but more so lately.
Jackson gained another 9 ounces this past week from 6lbs 2oz to 6lbs 11oz today.
Today is my mom's birthday in heaven and next Wednesday is my sister's first birthday in heaven.
I hope Ginger is okay. Right now, she is in the linen closet. It would be nice if Spring would come, so I can see if it was just the ice and salt that was bothering Ginger.
I was going to do Ginger's "annual" vet appointment in May when she turns 11, but she started making funny noises when outside and crossing the salted ice. I didn't know if it was the ice or the salt, but the noises were peculiar and she is very vocal and expressive anyway, but they had me concerned. Also, she became excessively cranky, growley, and hissey to Jackson.
During the physical, the vet found her to be very tender at the base of her tail, and did an X-ray and found one of her disc's a little abnormal (I don't remember the term, maybe herniated, there was bits of white where it should be clear). She was given Onsior to be given for 5 days. She stopped eating after 2 days, so I was told to stop the drug, and now she is eating again. And she's not as cranky, but still not actively playing like she was before with Jackson.
Her blood work came back fine except TCO2 High at 23 - reference range 12 - 22 and Monocyte High at 538 - reference range 40 - 530. Her regular T4 was 2.9, so the vet wanted to do a Free T4 and it came back normal (but I didn't ask what the number was). The vet said to test again in 6 months but she thinks she might go hyper T. I see that that I-131 would be the best option, if she is a candidate for that. Her T4 was 1.7 in her last blood work in November of 2013. She's been drinking a lot of water for about a year (but maybe she always has, and I just didn't notice). Last summer she started excessive grooming to where she is bald or almost bald at the base of her tail and between her back legs. I think she has become crankier since I got Jackson, but more so lately.
Jackson gained another 9 ounces this past week from 6lbs 2oz to 6lbs 11oz today.
Today is my mom's birthday in heaven and next Wednesday is my sister's first birthday in heaven.
I hope Ginger is okay. Right now, she is in the linen closet. It would be nice if Spring would come, so I can see if it was just the ice and salt that was bothering Ginger.
