Butters & Lyla
Member Since 2020
Yesterday
Been at this for over a week, now. Recapping this here to try to make sense of my furiously scribbled notes.
10/07 - Butters began acting disoriented. Took her to the vet.
10/08 - lab work came back showing poss early CKD, stage 2. Butters acting like normal self.
10/09 - Butters was clingier, seemed lethargic, twitchy. Ate all day. Stopped eating later at night.
10/10 - Vomited twice early in the morning. Took her to the ER closer to where she lives. Given plasmalyte, blood panels, spec fPLI, thyroid.
10/11 - spec fPLI shows pancreatitis. Came home from ER in afternoon with inadequate drugs to control her pain, no subQ fluids. Vets thought she was too nervous and that she would do better at home. Also told me Butters was in remission in her opinion. Butters wouldn't eat at home. Syringe fed her.
10/12 - still home. Twitchy. I gave her buprenorphine, zyrtec and ondansetron. Wouldn't eat. I syringe fed her. Gave half dose of insulin in evening.
10/13 - Still home. same medications. ate almost nothing on her own. I syringe fed her, gave half dose of insulin and took her to the other ER. IM vet took over primary care in the afternoon. Ultrasound showed pancreas is inflamed, diagnosed with "mild" pancreatitis. Butters ate a little a/d food. Placed on methadone and gabapentin for pain. Plasmalyte fluids. Cerenia for nausea. Cyproheptadine for appy stim.
10/14 - Still in ER. Not eating much. Resting more comfortably. No insulin given.
10/15 - Tried to switch out methadone for bupe the previous night, but it didn't work. Back to methadone, with plans for a fentanyl patch to see if she can come home. Ate "quite a good meal" around noon. Looking better than she did on the 14th. Finally gave Butters some insulin. BG 300+
10/16 - Fentanyl patches out of stock. Waiting for delivery. IM mentions Butters has a gallop rhythm. Vitals all stable, but still not eating much. I asked them to check her liver enzymes with next blood panel this afternoon. Concerned about the not eating. BG 300+
10/17 - spoke to front desk this morning. The person offered to help get an update. All she could find out is that overnight last night Butters ate very little but was comfortable. The hospital had a huge influx of patients so never got called with an update, which is understandable.
Been at this for over a week, now. Recapping this here to try to make sense of my furiously scribbled notes.
10/07 - Butters began acting disoriented. Took her to the vet.
10/08 - lab work came back showing poss early CKD, stage 2. Butters acting like normal self.
10/09 - Butters was clingier, seemed lethargic, twitchy. Ate all day. Stopped eating later at night.
10/10 - Vomited twice early in the morning. Took her to the ER closer to where she lives. Given plasmalyte, blood panels, spec fPLI, thyroid.
10/11 - spec fPLI shows pancreatitis. Came home from ER in afternoon with inadequate drugs to control her pain, no subQ fluids. Vets thought she was too nervous and that she would do better at home. Also told me Butters was in remission in her opinion. Butters wouldn't eat at home. Syringe fed her.
10/12 - still home. Twitchy. I gave her buprenorphine, zyrtec and ondansetron. Wouldn't eat. I syringe fed her. Gave half dose of insulin in evening.
10/13 - Still home. same medications. ate almost nothing on her own. I syringe fed her, gave half dose of insulin and took her to the other ER. IM vet took over primary care in the afternoon. Ultrasound showed pancreas is inflamed, diagnosed with "mild" pancreatitis. Butters ate a little a/d food. Placed on methadone and gabapentin for pain. Plasmalyte fluids. Cerenia for nausea. Cyproheptadine for appy stim.
10/14 - Still in ER. Not eating much. Resting more comfortably. No insulin given.
10/15 - Tried to switch out methadone for bupe the previous night, but it didn't work. Back to methadone, with plans for a fentanyl patch to see if she can come home. Ate "quite a good meal" around noon. Looking better than she did on the 14th. Finally gave Butters some insulin. BG 300+
10/16 - Fentanyl patches out of stock. Waiting for delivery. IM mentions Butters has a gallop rhythm. Vitals all stable, but still not eating much. I asked them to check her liver enzymes with next blood panel this afternoon. Concerned about the not eating. BG 300+
10/17 - spoke to front desk this morning. The person offered to help get an update. All she could find out is that overnight last night Butters ate very little but was comfortable. The hospital had a huge influx of patients so never got called with an update, which is understandable.
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