Ana & Frosty (GA)
Member Since 2018
I think Frosty may have just told me that he has had enough.
I tried changing his dressing that covers his skin tears, we gave him pain meds beforehand as always and for some reason he FLIPPED out. He was fighting us, biting, and screaming as if we were murdering him. I couldn’t have been hurting him because I was just turning him to get the gauze wrap around him. I’ve never seen him so upset, not even when he was feeling well. He always hated changing his clothes, but we only had to do it once a week before these new skin tears, and it was never this bad. Maybe something does hurt or he just feels really sick and we are bothering him.
Now because of the heart failure he is leaking a ton of fluid from his wounds and needs at least a daily dressing change. His left side was totally soaked today when i got home so we had no choice but to do the change. I had to buy a second onesie because I’m washing them daily at this point. But I can’t even keep up.
Also, yesterday I noticed his back feet were swollen. The heart failure must be getting worse.
His tears are getting worse too. I spoke to Dr. Demarco today and she said that she really doesn’t have any more ideas for him. It’s like we take one step forward and two steps back. That’s exactly how i feel.
She said I can bring him in on Saturday if I want hik to be looked at, but I don’t know how we will make it until Saturday if we can’t change his dressing. And if I’m honest with myself, I don’t think there’s any way the tears can be effectively repaired given how thin his skin is and how many of them there are. Not to mention all his other issues and the fact that he lost so much muscle and weight at this point.
I emailed lap of love and explained the situation to see what days or times they have available for the vet to come out. I feel like if he’s had enough the last thing I want to do is put him in a carrier and take him on an hour long drive.
I feel really bad because he was so upset and I really didn’t want him to suffer that much. This really sucks. He’s even eating and taking all of his meds, but his little body seems like it has given up.
I tried changing his dressing that covers his skin tears, we gave him pain meds beforehand as always and for some reason he FLIPPED out. He was fighting us, biting, and screaming as if we were murdering him. I couldn’t have been hurting him because I was just turning him to get the gauze wrap around him. I’ve never seen him so upset, not even when he was feeling well. He always hated changing his clothes, but we only had to do it once a week before these new skin tears, and it was never this bad. Maybe something does hurt or he just feels really sick and we are bothering him.
Now because of the heart failure he is leaking a ton of fluid from his wounds and needs at least a daily dressing change. His left side was totally soaked today when i got home so we had no choice but to do the change. I had to buy a second onesie because I’m washing them daily at this point. But I can’t even keep up.
Also, yesterday I noticed his back feet were swollen. The heart failure must be getting worse.
His tears are getting worse too. I spoke to Dr. Demarco today and she said that she really doesn’t have any more ideas for him. It’s like we take one step forward and two steps back. That’s exactly how i feel.
She said I can bring him in on Saturday if I want hik to be looked at, but I don’t know how we will make it until Saturday if we can’t change his dressing. And if I’m honest with myself, I don’t think there’s any way the tears can be effectively repaired given how thin his skin is and how many of them there are. Not to mention all his other issues and the fact that he lost so much muscle and weight at this point.
I emailed lap of love and explained the situation to see what days or times they have available for the vet to come out. I feel like if he’s had enough the last thing I want to do is put him in a carrier and take him on an hour long drive.
I feel really bad because he was so upset and I really didn’t want him to suffer that much. This really sucks. He’s even eating and taking all of his meds, but his little body seems like it has given up.
And many prayers .....
