3/10 Cain Brought him home

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Oh yeah that was fast.

Oh I'm not hinting for money. I'm just complaining I guess. Or venting. Not sure which. $20 feels like a big amount of money some days and here I owe hundreds to my vet. Yeah. It's one of my anxiety triggers seems like.

I'll try again and see if my vet will give me a prescription specifically for it. I think I have a Costco about 50mins away. I'll try to talk to my Dad about it tonight too but I can't guarantee I can change his mind.

Oh! I forgot, but my vet suggested I check for BG and if it's high to give him some insulin for it. ..which even if my vial is any good anymore, how much should I even consider?
 
Jennifer, if you're not already a member, you might also want to join the Facebook groups that deal with Feline Diabetes and Pancreatitis (there's a FB group for everything!)

Then you could do a fundraiser for Cain. People are so very generous, and if they know what's going on, many of them will be happy to try to help. Some may only give $5, but some give much more, and it does add up quickly.

I did one for China's dental and was just shocked at how wonderful people can be when they know someone needs help with their animal. The Fundraiser I used was YouCaring and there's another one called FundRazr

You wouldn't want to use both, but I was pleased with how easy You Caring was. They take a tiny bit in fees, but out of $500, I got about $485

Sending more vines for Cain and hope you can get him feeling better soon.
 
Sending many, many healing vines for Cain.

I do think it is critical to get the ondansetron. Also, I have no idea why your vet is saying getting buprenex requires a lot of paperwork. I gave our Gussie buprenorphine (which is what they should write the script for) for a few years for chronic pain and I never had any issue getting it. And that was as recent as last November. You do have to take a written prescription in since it is narcotic.

I had to use a feeding tube for one of our cats many years ago. He had liver cancer and eventually we had to help him cross because of it but the feeding tube gave us so much more time with him and it was good time .....and he started eating on his own again.
 
Okay, I talked to Dad about it. He doesn't think it'll help him. Every time someone needed a feeding tube it was end of life kind of thing. But, he'll help me pay for it IF the vet that would be doing it agrees that it'll help him. I told him I'll pay him back. I swear I'm about to cry again.

I'll call the other vet tomorrow morning. I'll try to get up earlier if I have to. (Hopefully I don't hit snooze too much.)
 
Sending tons of feel better vines for Cain, and hugs and strength and support for you. I know how exhausted and worried you must be.
 
I know you weren't hinting but that's how strict those yahoo groups are. They have to follow a terms of service and some groups follow it more strictly than others. Since you were new to joining the Yahoo group I thought I'd let you know right away so you didn't lose time getting advice.

Liver disease is horribly nauseating. Maverick recovered from it October 2008. My Dad got sick in 2009. He didn't eat solid food for six weeks. He was horribly nauseated - that was at the same time as the big H1N1 breakout pandemic scare. Turns out when my Dad finally got admitted and they found out what was wrong - it was liver disease. My Dad was able to verbalize how horrible he felt and how horrible things tasted. I expect Maverick felt the same way.

Ondansetron is in the plumbs guide as a drug prescribed for cats. Renowned vets have written on the need to treat nausea in cats. This is shown as showing interest in food but just licking or sniffing and walking away, lip licking or smacking, teeth grinding and even lots of swallowing. Nausea isn't just vomiting. Cerenia doesn't address true nausea - just acute vomiting. I paid $9 a pill up in Canada. It is worth its weight in platinum.

Your dad sounds pretty awesome.
 
Ah okies. Thanks for the heads up. :)

Well Cain is at the other vet today. She didn't feel a mass along the pancreas and she's sounding like he'll recover from the liver problems and we'll tackle the other cause after. At least I think so. I'm running on five hours of sleep today. :) He should be getting surgery soon and they'll call me as soon as he's awake to give me news. My vet is going to be handling the after care and checkups since she (the other vet) knows I'm not financially stable and can add to the tab at my vet. And if she needs to see me again, their rates are pretty good. And here's the better news: it's not going to be as expensive as quoted cause I already did the blood tests at my vet they would usually do with this surgery. So that knocks a $100 off easy.

Cain was sleeping next to me this morning. And he's alert and looking around so the other vet thought it was good and a good sign that he's fighting still. (That and him trying to run away while I was syringe feeding yesterday.)

The A&M test (spec fPL I think) still hasn't come back yet. I checked with my vet while I was paying them another down payment and letting them know that Cain was getting that feeding tube.

Yeah, my dad is pretty darn awesome. :-D

BG last night was 383. I hope he drops back down when he gets to feeling better, but I'm prepared to get him back on insulin. I'll figure it out somehow.

I'll do a fresh thread soon as he's home. Just wanted to update here.
 
Thanks for the update, Jennifer. This is good news. We'll be sending positive thoughts and prayers for the surgery. Cain is a terrific trooper!

Hugs and scritches,

Ella & Rusty
 
Yah Jennifer and Cain!!! \M/

I didn't know that they were looking for a mass but happy to hear that he does not have one. And great news that the vet that is now seeing Cain thinks that the liver problem might not be that bad.

Sending you both prayers, love, light, and much healing back to good health.
 
Thanks for the update! I am so happy to hear that this vet is so optimistic :-D And happy to hear that Cain was more alert and sleeping next to you - he will be so happy to be home. Mega vines for Cain, and strength vines for you. Big hug for your dad too :YMHUG:
 
This all sounds like good news. :smile: I'm so glad your dad is going to help and the vets are taking care. I'm sending tons of prayers and snowflakes and healing vines that this all works out and Cain WILL get better. You are an amazing bean and I'm sure Cain can feel that love.. Thanks for keeping us updated!1
 
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