Amy&TrixieCat
Member Since 2011
Yesterday
There actually isn't much new to report for Trix today, other than she seems even brighter to me today than yesterday. It's in her posture, her demeanor, her eyes, her tail. She seems to feel quite good. Now...she still wants room service, and is still spending most of her time upstairs instead of coming down too often. I don't know if these things are psychological at this point or not....but I suspect they are, at least to a degree. For now, that's fine...what Trixie wants, Trixie gets.
She did come down at breakfast time, and when she came down the stairs, it was with her old Trixie-self level of energy...that was the first time I saw that. She insisted on lounging on the ottoman (where I do her test) while MamaBean held the plate rather than eating on the floor with "the commoners :lol: "; she had a pretty decent first round, but then headed back upstairs. She has also had a couple rounds since then.
MamaBean is still a bit clumsy with the gelcaps, but we'll get that down smoothly one of these days. So far, they've all gone down, and that makes me happy...it is such a relief to have everything down the hatch in one shot. At this point, she is only on BP meds (amlodipine and benazipril) and 5mg famotidine BID.
I did speak with the vet on Sunday about Trix's drug interaction reactions, and we agreed about being extremely cautious about adding anything else in at this point, including cerenia or odansetron (according to Tanya's site, even cerenia can cause a similar reaction to the cypro when combined with the amlodipine, although - unlike the cypro - Trix seemed fine when taking the two together). At the moment, Trix doesn't seem to need anything other than the famotidine, but I guess if that changes, we'll have to seriously analyze and examine the situation and options.
I survived leaving her alone all day while I was stuck at work...but man, by the end of the day, was I getting anxious to get out of there! I am sure she was happy to have all that time without a nagging, hovering MamaBean around.
I'm off today, but aside from feedings, I am going to let her be a cat and sleep and just be. Ok, ok....I'm going to have to pet her and scratch cheeks a few times, too....
Question:
Does anyone have ideas for the cheapest source of 10mg famotidine tablets? I got the last box at my local RiteAid, but I ams sure there are cheaper ones out there. I think I saw 90 tablets for 7.88 at Walmart...that's probably the best deal, right? As of now at least, it does look like she'll be getting 5mg BID on a daily basis. Because of her kidney issues along with the pancreatitis, the vet thinks we'll probably be continuing this for the rest of her life. She did say we could try cutting back to once a day at some point, but honestly, as of now, I hate to mess with anything that is making sure she feels good.
Time to start some chores...have a great day, LL!!
Amy
There actually isn't much new to report for Trix today, other than she seems even brighter to me today than yesterday. It's in her posture, her demeanor, her eyes, her tail. She seems to feel quite good. Now...she still wants room service, and is still spending most of her time upstairs instead of coming down too often. I don't know if these things are psychological at this point or not....but I suspect they are, at least to a degree. For now, that's fine...what Trixie wants, Trixie gets.
She did come down at breakfast time, and when she came down the stairs, it was with her old Trixie-self level of energy...that was the first time I saw that. She insisted on lounging on the ottoman (where I do her test) while MamaBean held the plate rather than eating on the floor with "the commoners :lol: "; she had a pretty decent first round, but then headed back upstairs. She has also had a couple rounds since then.
MamaBean is still a bit clumsy with the gelcaps, but we'll get that down smoothly one of these days. So far, they've all gone down, and that makes me happy...it is such a relief to have everything down the hatch in one shot. At this point, she is only on BP meds (amlodipine and benazipril) and 5mg famotidine BID.
I did speak with the vet on Sunday about Trix's drug interaction reactions, and we agreed about being extremely cautious about adding anything else in at this point, including cerenia or odansetron (according to Tanya's site, even cerenia can cause a similar reaction to the cypro when combined with the amlodipine, although - unlike the cypro - Trix seemed fine when taking the two together). At the moment, Trix doesn't seem to need anything other than the famotidine, but I guess if that changes, we'll have to seriously analyze and examine the situation and options.
I survived leaving her alone all day while I was stuck at work...but man, by the end of the day, was I getting anxious to get out of there! I am sure she was happy to have all that time without a nagging, hovering MamaBean around.
I'm off today, but aside from feedings, I am going to let her be a cat and sleep and just be. Ok, ok....I'm going to have to pet her and scratch cheeks a few times, too....
Question:
Does anyone have ideas for the cheapest source of 10mg famotidine tablets? I got the last box at my local RiteAid, but I ams sure there are cheaper ones out there. I think I saw 90 tablets for 7.88 at Walmart...that's probably the best deal, right? As of now at least, it does look like she'll be getting 5mg BID on a daily basis. Because of her kidney issues along with the pancreatitis, the vet thinks we'll probably be continuing this for the rest of her life. She did say we could try cutting back to once a day at some point, but honestly, as of now, I hate to mess with anything that is making sure she feels good.
Time to start some chores...have a great day, LL!!
Amy
