? 3/8 Yum ER high respiratory rate Congestive Heart Failure

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Yeah! Glad she is home. :bighug::bighug::bighug: Hungry and normal RR is awesome news. Neko's RR came down even more after a few days on her heart meds.

Neko had a heart meds gelcap consisting of Plavix and the pimomedin, but in powder form. Can't remember now, but I think I had another med in there too so I only had two gelcaps per day. If you go that route, get a number 4 or 5 gelcap. Number 3 is supposed to be Ok for cats, but with the potential for soft tissue growth in the pharynx of acros, smaller is better.
 
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MJW said:
Yum is home. She was so excited and happy. Me too.
She was also very hungry. Woohoo.
Now she's a bit tired.

Her BG has been in the 500's at the ICU and now for me. Maybe it's because of the interaction of Lantus and Lasix. I can reduce her lasix by 1/3 on Friday. 500's are depressing though.
Her creatinine came down to 3.2 today from 3.5 yesterday.

The meds are going to be difficult.

She gets amoxicillin as a liquid twice a day. I mix it into a small bit of food and sweat bullets until she eats it all.
She gets enrofloxacin twice a day as a pill. It was a struggle.
She gets lasix 3 times a day as a liquid. That will be a struggle.
She gets a giant pimobendan chew (sure) twice a day. I ground that up and gave it to her in the bit of food with the amoxicillin, finger crossed. I had to sprinkle on a lot of that awful fortiflora stuff.
She gets plavix once a day as a 1/4 pill. It was a struggle.
She gets cerenia as a 1/4 pill once a day. It will be a struggle.
She gets RenaPlus 1t gel twice a day. I think I can mix it in her food or put it on her paw. Shouldn't be too hard.
They want me to give her pepcid AC but I will try to use the slippery elm bark unless I have to move on.

She is crashed now, either because of the meds ore because of the big pill fight. I suppose it will get better. I remember when I thought I could never home test her.
At least her respiratory rate is normal. 25.
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What a saga! I must say I admire both of you. Talk about guts!
Welcome home Yum - so glad she's with you.
 
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LizzieInTexas said:
So very happy to hear Yum is home. :bighug::cat:

Check the ingredients on the Renaplus. I believe it is sugar based. I never could find the ingredients but discontinued and had remarkable decrease in BG levels (way back when)

http://www.vetone.net/Default/CatHeaderPage?id=90993d01-38a0-4079-8561-e4f774a9a228

I am now using Potassa-chews. Let me know if you need more info.
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Thanks. I was already worried about that. I haven't found the carb content for the gel. Might try calling Vetone. Glad to hear about Potassa-chews.
I can't find the ingredients in her Pimobendan chews, either.
 
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Thanks. I was already worried about that. I haven't found the carb content for the gel. Might try calling Vetone. Glad to hear about Potassa-chews.
I can't find the ingredients in her Pimobendan chews, either.
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Potassium has been and remains the most difficult to get into Gizmo. It is known to upset their tummies. I have tried all different types. The pottasa-chews have been the only one that he has eaten on his own. The powders (added to his food) have not worked. Ever. The gel spiked his BG.
 
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