Brianna & Xander
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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 by just a half step, but now it's looking like he needs to go back up. I wanted to do it this morning but 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. 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. Obviously it would be good to know if he's suffering with something awful, but I'm afraid of what they'll find.
We got him a bird feeder and a new perch to watch them at. He's loved it!! Hadn't seen him this happy in a long time. Until he started to not feel well again, and now he still lays there but seems disinterested.
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 by just a half step, but now it's looking like he needs to go back up. I wanted to do it this morning but 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. 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. Obviously it would be good to know if he's suffering with something awful, but I'm afraid of what they'll find.
We got him a bird feeder and a new perch to watch them at. He's loved it!! Hadn't seen him this happy in a long time. Until he started to not feel well again, and now he still lays there but seems disinterested.
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!!
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Really hope that the dental helps him feel better 
