7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6, PMPS 136

[kryskat]

Still sneezes, a little blood mixed in last night - maybe more than a tinge, but not straight blood - just colors the little bit of mucus when I wipe her nose. Still less mucus than a week ago...

She had a strangely good appetite today. I got up for her 3 am snack and she ate about a tsp and then I took it away... But then she got up off the bed and came in the kitchen to ask for more, so I opened a fresh can and gave her another spoonful. She was eating that when I went btb. This morning, she ate almost all of her FF (2 Tbsp) and then about 1/2 hour later asked for more and she's been nibbling at that for a while. Oddly enough, very little sneezing this morning (she sneezed at snack time, but I don't know if I've heard her sneeze since I've been up for real this morning).

Now she's resting in her papasan chair.

My stomach is in knots. Besides an underlying worry about her sneezing and all the things that could go wrong with her (after a week like we've had in LL, my nerves are shot), besides the sick sad feeling I have about my (ex?) BF... tbp is really bad lately. It seems like every day lately I acquire some new and more dreadful responsibility that I am supposed to assume without adequate training. Or, I'm told I already received the training, so apparently I'm losing my mind because I have neither memory nor any notes or physical proof of any training. Which is unlikely, but how to argue with people who know everything?

Yesterday

 

[Iorwen & Tray]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114

the mystery of Kasha's sneezing continues....I sure hope it stops soon. It has to be an allergy to something doesn't it? Sending healing vines to her sinuses.

You seem to be really stressing out, try to stay calm or you'll make yourself ill. Not that I am one to talk, I'm terrible at not worrying. Yoga helps though, do you practice it at all?

 

[kryskat]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

Well, maybe that explains why she's eating so much (I just put more food out because she was working her way thru the day's food)... she's dropping fairly quickly this morning! 65 @ +1.6!

I don't do yoga. I should, but I'm not patient enough. My stress reducer is long walks/hikes... A few years ago, my chiropractor recommended I talk walks to try to de-stress and it really helped. The walks got longer and longer. Somehow I got in better shape too - not sure how that works, I've never thought walking would do that much for me. I've skipped a few walks in the last week because I've been so tired, that can't be helping.

 

[Kristen & Emma (GA)]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

Sorry to hear Kasha is still sneezing, and that you're having a tough time. :sad: It's bad enough when one stressful situation rears its head - sounds like you have several going on. Be careful and take care of yourself. I was in a similar position about 10 years ago - work was stressful, life was stressful, relationships were stressful - and I ended up with some serious digestive problems that tooks years to work themselves out. You need to find something to relieve the stress! For me it's sitting down at the piano - do you play any instruments, or sports?

 

[Kelly & Logan]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

Sorry about all of the stress...it seems like everything always hits at once. My civvie, Preston, has chronic sinusitis...has had it for years. We've tried everything except surgery...no one seems to know the reason or the cure. So, we just deal with his sneezing and snotting. It's appalling what comes out of his tiny nose! But, he seems happy enough and doesn't let it bother him.

 

[kryskat]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

Sorry about all of the stress...it seems like everything always hits at once. My civvie, Preston, has chronic sinusitis...has had it for years. We've tried everything except surgery...no one seems to know the reason or the cure. So, we just deal with his sneezing and snotting. It's appalling what comes out of his tiny nose! But, he seems happy enough and doesn't let it bother him.

Thanks... Poor Preston, but it's comforting to know that he's had this for years and seems happy enough. If Kasha doesn't get over this, if her dental doesn't solve this - at least I can hope that she has a similar experience.

Sorry to hear Kasha is still sneezing, and that you're having a tough time. :sad: It's bad enough when one stressful situation rears its head - sounds like you have several going on. Be careful and take care of yourself. I was in a similar position about 10 years ago - work was stressful, life was stressful, relationships were stressful - and I ended up with some serious digestive problems that tooks years to work themselves out. You need to find something to relieve the stress! For me it's sitting down at the piano - do you play any instruments, or sports?

I don't play instruments or sports - I do enjoy hiking and traveling, but I'm grounded (travel-wise) with Kasha, since it was so traumatic for a pet sitter to come over and give her shots last time I left town. Lot of bad stuff going on at work - we are taking over work/jobs from another location and the last few years have been unpleasant. It's not the first time in my life that everything sucked at once - I got pretty sick for over a year the last time, so I'm trying to make sure I take my supplements and try to take care of myself. It's just this stress I can't seem to shake... Normally I think the animals help me de-stress, but lately they are all having health issues, so they actually make me stress more.

 

[Deb & Spot]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

A few years ago, my chiropractor recommended I talk walks to try to de-stress and it really helped. The walks got longer and longer. Somehow I got in better shape too - not sure how that works, I've never thought walking would do that much for me. I've skipped a few walks in the last week because I've been so tired, that can't be helping.

Had to chuckle when I read about the walks getting longer and longer and was invisioning you walking to the next state and beyond! Sorry to hear about the stressers in your life, Krys. Try not to skip the walks, even if you are tired. Just start walking and you may find that you can walk a little longer and a little farther.

Sorry to see that Ms. Kasha is still doing the sneezies and stuff. Hopefully the dental will help. Have you tried L-lysine? I think I asked you this before and you said yes, just wanted to double check.

I hope that, even with the stressers, you have a good day.

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

I wonder what Kasha has up her sleeve this morning?

Have you ever tried giving Kasha L-lysine? The research is equivocal but it's supposed to be an immune enhancer. This is the site that Jill recommended to me for the product. It's seemed to help when both of my cats have had the sneezes.

 

[kryskat]

Re: 7/20 Kasha AMPS 114, 65 @ +1.6

Yeah - she gets l-lysine every day lately... I take it as an immune enhancer anyway (anecdotal anti-viral effect, can't hurt), so it's always on hand.

Like I said, unless she's in the middle of a sneezing fit, it doesn't seem to bother her. And I've still been wiping her nose once or twice a day, but they are usually just tiny leaks now - not as "snotty" as it was in the beginning... LOL... what a great topic.

I'm also putting some nose drops with colloidal silver and saline in her nose once or twice a day... I know how much my neti pot helps me, so I maybe that might help her - it's what my vet recommended in lieu of antibiotics, in case I preferred that route (though I chose both because I was concerned with a possible dental infection as well!).
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There are days I would like to walk to the next state and beyond, I can tell you that!

 

[kryskat]

She was in one of her beds when I got home and I put the food right under her nose for her to eat. Lazy? She's up on her box on the front porch now, so I know she can move.

Ate nearly 2 Tbsp FF - a little less. Most of food was gone when I got home - snack food was eaten, but some of breakfast food was still there. She could have some food in her at test time - it's so hard to know.

Today I got the news that I may have to go to Florida next week. I said "no". I've been down there for this project maybe 8 times? Cleveland is now in control of the project, my kind-of supervisor asked if I was prepared to go -"no" (she already knew that). She asked if they came to Cleveland if I would be available. I said yes. So, I know that somehow I'm going to be pushed and pushed to go next week and it's going to be a big deal because I will not leave Kasha with the pet sitters. It was so bad last time - she went totally feral and even I couldn't get near her when I first got home. Now no one can test her but me - no one can touch her if I'm not home. She was so traumatized. We're too close with her numbers and dose... she's still sneezing and bleeding. NO. NO. NO. We (tbp) are under strict orders to avoid all unnecessary travel due to budget - this is unnecessary. We could conference over our PCs easily enough - but there is a squeaky wheel who says we can't...

In case I wasn't stressed enough... now I'm braced for this too.