Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey
Very Active Member
11/24 Recap:
.75 units bid
AMPS: 235
AM+3.5: 185
AM+6.5: 173
AM+8.5: 194
PMPS: 225
PM+5.75: 218
Today:
AMPS: 312 :sad:
AM+2: 267
AM+4: 242
AM+6: 244
Yet Another Hijacked Condo
I'm sorry to be so late with this - I know many of you are waiting to hear from me. This has been a long, difficult day and this is the first chance I have had to get online. I really should be washing dishes and getting dinner ready, but wanted to get this posted first.
Cinco surfed yellow all day, once again being very considerate. He didn't have to be that thoughtful - DH was home to watch him. I believe we will go up to 1.0 tomorrow. I'm hoping it's just old insulin and a new script next week will help, but for now I think we need a little more jus. He is otherwise doing well (thank God).
Harvey was at about 50% of normal this morning - he ate a little chicken and broth before the food cutoff time of 8 am. Minka drank a little broth. Harvey was a little harder to catch today, but still not up to full strength. He did his best to complain on the way, but not nearly as annoying as usual. I told him it was perfectly okay if he was this way on all future car trips. Minka was her usual self - just the occasional pathetic Meow of disapproval.
I got them to the vet 10 minutes before the appointed time (causing the staff to double check their watches - I am always late). They told me it would be several hours, so I was off - ran several errands, grabbed some lunch and tried to keep my mind off what was happening. As I was eating my sandwich, Dr. C. called. She asked if I wanted the bad news or the better news first. I went with the better news. She said Harvey's US showed thickening of the bowel - the US Vet said it could be IBD or it could be small cell lymphoma. He said there was also mild mesenteric lymph node enlargement. He said a bowel biopsy would be needed to rule out the lymphoma. He said there was evidence of mild chronic renal disease (which we already suspected). No UTI. Dr. C. said I should make an appointment at UCD, either in Oncology or Internal Medicine, for the biopsy, and they would take it from there if it was indeed lymphoma. She said she would give me Metronidazole, which would hopefully help him feel better and get him eating.
Then she gave me the bad news on Minka: The US doctor said that it is most likely renal lymphoma. He said inflammatory renal disease/severe nephritis is also a possibility, but much less likely. He recommended an FNA aspiration cytology of the left kidney to confirm. Dr. Codde said I should get Minka to UCD's Oncology department as soon as possible. She said if Minka has not started eating by Friday, to take her to the UCD emergency room and they would bring in the on call Oncologist. She told me to start her on Mirtz. I called UCD and the soonest they could see her was December 8th. When I picked them up, one of the other doctors came in and saw me, and gave me a sad look. That did it. I had all the staff crying with me. They are really good people and I've been taking cats there for 24 years. On the drive home I had to pass UCD, so I went in and talked to one of the girls at the Oncology reception desk. When I explained the situation, she went and talked to the coordinator. He keeps a couple of appointments open for emergencies. The first one they have is Monday December 1st. We decided I should book it, and if Minka gets worse before then, I'll take her to emergency (the receptionist told me exactly what Dr. C had about that). I went to the Small Animal Clinic and got Harvey an appointment for Friday, December 5th.
I gave Harvey his Metronidazole and Minka her Mirtz as soon as I got home. I offered both some chicken in broth. Minka drank a little broth. Harvey ate a few bites of chicken. I left both their plates near them. About an hour later it was time for dinner. Harvey had polished off his chicken and broth. He ate about half of his dinner!
He's gone back and nibbled at the rest. When I went in to Mark's office, where Minka was, she meowed at me and came to meet me. The plate where the chicken and broth had been was clean!!! I put the plate with tonight's entree in front of her and she dove in and polished it off in record time! dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat I guess Mirtz works a lot better on her than on Sasha! I sat there and cried - the relief was so great. I gave her another small spoonful, and she would have eaten more, but I was afraid that she would get sick after eating so little for so long, so I'll take her more after an hour or two.
Sasha, by the way, ate a normal, pre-chemo breakfast, with a little help from some kitty crack. She spent the entire day IN my bed (under the covers). She also ate a normal, pre-chemo sized meal at dinner, again with the help of kitty crack. The knot in my chest is just a little looser right now.
So that is our status. As long as I can keep them eating, I'll hold it together somehow and wait to see what they say at UCD. I appreciate all the support so far and ask for your continued vines and prayers. I hope you will understand if I don't do a lot of visiting right now. I have neglected so many important things around the house the past few days, I HAVE to get some things done. Tonight, though, it will just be dishes, dinner, and adult beverages (and feeding the cats some more, hopefully). Some major kitty cuddling is also on the agenda.
Sending healing vines to all in need and hugs to all their beans. :YMHUG: Prayers continue for Amy's DF, Lyresa's DF, Lisa's DF and Elise's DM.
.75 units bid
AMPS: 235
AM+3.5: 185
AM+6.5: 173
AM+8.5: 194
PMPS: 225
PM+5.75: 218
Today:
AMPS: 312 :sad:
AM+2: 267
AM+4: 242
AM+6: 244
Yet Another Hijacked Condo
I'm sorry to be so late with this - I know many of you are waiting to hear from me. This has been a long, difficult day and this is the first chance I have had to get online. I really should be washing dishes and getting dinner ready, but wanted to get this posted first.
Cinco surfed yellow all day, once again being very considerate. He didn't have to be that thoughtful - DH was home to watch him. I believe we will go up to 1.0 tomorrow. I'm hoping it's just old insulin and a new script next week will help, but for now I think we need a little more jus. He is otherwise doing well (thank God).
Harvey was at about 50% of normal this morning - he ate a little chicken and broth before the food cutoff time of 8 am. Minka drank a little broth. Harvey was a little harder to catch today, but still not up to full strength. He did his best to complain on the way, but not nearly as annoying as usual. I told him it was perfectly okay if he was this way on all future car trips. Minka was her usual self - just the occasional pathetic Meow of disapproval.
I got them to the vet 10 minutes before the appointed time (causing the staff to double check their watches - I am always late). They told me it would be several hours, so I was off - ran several errands, grabbed some lunch and tried to keep my mind off what was happening. As I was eating my sandwich, Dr. C. called. She asked if I wanted the bad news or the better news first. I went with the better news. She said Harvey's US showed thickening of the bowel - the US Vet said it could be IBD or it could be small cell lymphoma. He said there was also mild mesenteric lymph node enlargement. He said a bowel biopsy would be needed to rule out the lymphoma. He said there was evidence of mild chronic renal disease (which we already suspected). No UTI. Dr. C. said I should make an appointment at UCD, either in Oncology or Internal Medicine, for the biopsy, and they would take it from there if it was indeed lymphoma. She said she would give me Metronidazole, which would hopefully help him feel better and get him eating.
Then she gave me the bad news on Minka: The US doctor said that it is most likely renal lymphoma. He said inflammatory renal disease/severe nephritis is also a possibility, but much less likely. He recommended an FNA aspiration cytology of the left kidney to confirm. Dr. Codde said I should get Minka to UCD's Oncology department as soon as possible. She said if Minka has not started eating by Friday, to take her to the UCD emergency room and they would bring in the on call Oncologist. She told me to start her on Mirtz. I called UCD and the soonest they could see her was December 8th. When I picked them up, one of the other doctors came in and saw me, and gave me a sad look. That did it. I had all the staff crying with me. They are really good people and I've been taking cats there for 24 years. On the drive home I had to pass UCD, so I went in and talked to one of the girls at the Oncology reception desk. When I explained the situation, she went and talked to the coordinator. He keeps a couple of appointments open for emergencies. The first one they have is Monday December 1st. We decided I should book it, and if Minka gets worse before then, I'll take her to emergency (the receptionist told me exactly what Dr. C had about that). I went to the Small Animal Clinic and got Harvey an appointment for Friday, December 5th.
I gave Harvey his Metronidazole and Minka her Mirtz as soon as I got home. I offered both some chicken in broth. Minka drank a little broth. Harvey ate a few bites of chicken. I left both their plates near them. About an hour later it was time for dinner. Harvey had polished off his chicken and broth. He ate about half of his dinner!
He's gone back and nibbled at the rest. When I went in to Mark's office, where Minka was, she meowed at me and came to meet me. The plate where the chicken and broth had been was clean!!! I put the plate with tonight's entree in front of her and she dove in and polished it off in record time! dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat I guess Mirtz works a lot better on her than on Sasha! I sat there and cried - the relief was so great. I gave her another small spoonful, and she would have eaten more, but I was afraid that she would get sick after eating so little for so long, so I'll take her more after an hour or two. Sasha, by the way, ate a normal, pre-chemo breakfast, with a little help from some kitty crack. She spent the entire day IN my bed (under the covers). She also ate a normal, pre-chemo sized meal at dinner, again with the help of kitty crack. The knot in my chest is just a little looser right now.
So that is our status. As long as I can keep them eating, I'll hold it together somehow and wait to see what they say at UCD. I appreciate all the support so far and ask for your continued vines and prayers. I hope you will understand if I don't do a lot of visiting right now. I have neglected so many important things around the house the past few days, I HAVE to get some things done. Tonight, though, it will just be dishes, dinner, and adult beverages (and feeding the cats some more, hopefully). Some major kitty cuddling is also on the agenda.
Sending healing vines to all in need and hugs to all their beans. :YMHUG: Prayers continue for Amy's DF, Lyresa's DF, Lisa's DF and Elise's DM.
