3/3 Indy AMPS - 313 +3 248 PMPS - 203

Jessica & Indy

Jessica & Indy

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Yesterday

Well, Indy continues to perplex me. We have a stinky pinky for AMPS today. His numbers at least went down last night instead of just up like the previous night. I still don't like it. I think we are going to have to bite the bullet and do the increase....*sigh*

Keeping an eye on Indy's cough. Did a deep clean by his bed on my desk lots of vacuuming and such. He didn't cough last night, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Part of me really wants to go back to thinking it isn't a big deal...

Hope everyone has a good surf today.
 
Jessica & Indy said:
Yesterday

Well, Indy continues to perplex me. We have a stinky pinky for AMPS today. His numbers at least went down last night instead of just up like the previous night. I still don't like it. I think we are going to have to bite the bullet and do the increase....*sigh*

Keeping an eye on Indy's cough. Did a deep clean by his bed on my desk lots of vacuuming and such. He didn't cough last night, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Part of me really wants to go back to thinking it isn't a big deal...

Hope everyone has a good surf today.
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I hope he comes down gently, good luck if you do the increase!
Safe surfing Indy :bighug:🏄‍♀️🌊
 
Well, +3 and we are at 248. *sigh* Guess his pancreas has decided he needs more help. Unless he all of a sudden dives fairly fast and low, probably going to increase tonight. Would be nice if his pancreas would be okay with a dose for awhile and be boring!
 
Best of luck with the increase. ❤️ I know how stressful this is. It feels really weird going up and down the ladder, especially when there's no obvious cause of the change! (I'm over here trying to figure out if my recent reduction was the right choice for Gen's pancreas overall, or if his food intake was throwing things off and he'll need to go right back up, or what!)
 
Thanks @Allie & Gen, It is super stressful! I hate those limes especially when I am not home.

Right now, I am trying to not go down the rabbit hole over Indy's cough. But that is hard. So many different reasons for a cough. Minor things all the way to cancer....
 
My vet told me that sometimes she feels like she has to say "stop looking so hard at your cat," even though there are other times when it's really important to look closely. Gen had a really WEIRD, dramatic, arrhythmic and asymmetrical twitchy thing going on with his tail for a few days back in January and I was halfway convinced that he was developing Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome. I couldn't believe it was just that he didn't like his new shirt (he's "gone on strike" before, but never like that) ... but I took it off, and the twitching stopped. I was flabbergasted.

It's just so hard to know! But I definitely would avoid jumping to the worst conclusion for something that could be so innocuous. Probably I'd mention it to my vet (I forget how well you trust yours) and see if she thought it was worth checking on at all. The infrequency you cite makes me think it's probably not a big deal, but I don't have much actual basis for that, just a general instinct that it's one very minor symptom that isn't worth putting too much emphasis on all on its own. (I'd feel the same about an occasional sneeze, you know? And I could definitely be wrong.)
 
The fact that it hasn't gotten worse or better and it has been months, makes me think it isn't a big deal. My vet is a big believer in quality of life especially given Indy's age. She wants to reassure me that Indy is okay but knows that she needs more information before she can do that for certain. I know my vet won't BS me (even when I wish she would). There have been a couple times that she told me she didn't know if Indy would respond to meds and it was okay to think about letting him go....and Indy bounces back making a full recovery. She has nicknamed him Lazarus. *laughs*

I really do feel like I am borrowing trouble outside of the cough he is acting completely normal. Gallops down the hallway, jumping up on the table, my desk, demanding his treats, good appetite, weight is stable, his fur is healthy etc. Like for his age, he is doing so freaking well. Darn anxiety anyways.
 
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