Brianna & Xander
Very Active Member
Previous post (a million years ago): 8/20/25
It's been way too long.
I'm missing you all. I hope I have the energy to be back here full time again soon.
Xander's good numbers are basically gone. I think a combination of him starting to seem sick again and/or too many times when we had to skip because he wasn't eating, etc. We had a long night the other night after an increase so I decreased, but it's looking like I need to increase again. I couldn't do it this morning because I was so out of it that it legitimately felt dangerous.
We had a vet visit on Friday. I thought maybe the problem was his teeth because he didn't seem to be nauseated (ondansetron made no difference like it usually would), poop is normal, no vomiting, etc. Just seems miserable and disinterested in food a lot of the time. I've been giving him Mirataz and that does help, though the options seem to be either "eat nothing" or "scream for food constantly."
The new vet (third at this practice since his diagnosis in December last year) checked his teeth and agreed that they do definitely need to be cleaned but from external inspection at least don't seem too awful (but obviously we'll know more when they go in). So we got dental scheduled for September 22nd. They also did labs, which I don't have a copy of (I'll have to ask for one) but she said that everything looked good. She also said that since cats tend to hide dental pain well she thinks it's still worth also doing an ultrasound to rule out something like intestinal cancer, etc. Still waiting on a quote for that but we're planning to do that too. I'm worried about it. Obviously if we find out he's got something like cancer and is suffering then it's better to know, but I'm afraid what we'll find.
We got a bird feeder and a new perch for him to watch the birds and he spends all his time there now. At first he was extremely happy, but now that he's not feeling well he doesn't pay much attention. Still lays there, just doesn't look out much.
My own health has improved some (the pain is actually mostly gone, which is amazing), but I still haven't been sleeping much and am just exhausted. All my energy goes into keeping us both alive and there's not much left for anything else.
I appreciate so much that some of you reached out to me, that means so much!!
It's been way too long.
I'm missing you all. I hope I have the energy to be back here full time again soon.Xander's good numbers are basically gone. I think a combination of him starting to seem sick again and/or too many times when we had to skip because he wasn't eating, etc. We had a long night the other night after an increase so I decreased, but it's looking like I need to increase again. I couldn't do it this morning because I was so out of it that it legitimately felt dangerous.
We had a vet visit on Friday. I thought maybe the problem was his teeth because he didn't seem to be nauseated (ondansetron made no difference like it usually would), poop is normal, no vomiting, etc. Just seems miserable and disinterested in food a lot of the time. I've been giving him Mirataz and that does help, though the options seem to be either "eat nothing" or "scream for food constantly."
The new vet (third at this practice since his diagnosis in December last year) checked his teeth and agreed that they do definitely need to be cleaned but from external inspection at least don't seem too awful (but obviously we'll know more when they go in). So we got dental scheduled for September 22nd. They also did labs, which I don't have a copy of (I'll have to ask for one) but she said that everything looked good. She also said that since cats tend to hide dental pain well she thinks it's still worth also doing an ultrasound to rule out something like intestinal cancer, etc. Still waiting on a quote for that but we're planning to do that too. I'm worried about it. Obviously if we find out he's got something like cancer and is suffering then it's better to know, but I'm afraid what we'll find.
We got a bird feeder and a new perch for him to watch the birds and he spends all his time there now. At first he was extremely happy, but now that he's not feeling well he doesn't pay much attention. Still lays there, just doesn't look out much.
My own health has improved some (the pain is actually mostly gone, which is amazing), but I still haven't been sleeping much and am just exhausted. All my energy goes into keeping us both alive and there's not much left for anything else.
I appreciate so much that some of you reached out to me, that means so much!!