TipBill
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- DX FIBRO
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- 03/2014
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I realize this isn't the forum for this subject but I was hoping to reach a wider audience than I normally could have on Facebook. I have a cat that is approaching 17 years of age. He has been vomiting non stop for several weeks. I took him to the vet and he did blood work on him and said he saw nothing to indicate that the cat was at death's door. He gave the cat a shot for the nausea and also gave him some IV fluids. He sent me home with an antibiotic in a pill form. Well if any of you have cats you know it's like trying to wrestle an alligator to get them to take their medicine. I tried crushing it into a fine powder and putting it in a bowl with a very small amount of tuna (in water). He ate around it. I'm sure he got some down but not enough. So I tried using a syringe and I literally had to pull his jaws open and shove it down his throat. Also the vet said he had two badly infected teeth that need to come out which is scheduled for Thursday. So I felt really bad pulling his jaws about because I know it must hurt him. I tried cat food for sensitive stomachs but he won't eat it. He once weighed 25 lbs and now he is down to 15.5 lbs. I really don't think that pulling the teeth will stop the vomiting but I guess I will try it and see. The last visit cost me $122.00 and the one to have his teeth pulled and clean will run me $150.00. I am not a rich lady, in fact I have no income at all. We live off of my husbands pension and Social Security. Christmas is right around the corner and I always like to give my daughter, son in law and especially my granddaughter a nice Christmas and I won't be able to do that if I have to keep pouring money into my cat. But I can't in good conscience put him to sleep if the vet says he is in good health. I feel like that would be putting me down because I had the flu.
So I guess the question is should I go ahead and put him down or keep trying to get him healthy.
Also as most of you know I have had a shoulder replacement and my right arm has severe arthritis in it so it is very difficult to get down on my hands and knees and scrub the carpet in an attempt to clean it up. Most of the time the stains don't come out completely. Probably nobody else would notice them but I do.
Anyway any comments and suggestions would be truly appreciated.
Hopefully this won't be taken down since it doesn't relate to fibromyalgia but I thought I would give it a try.
So I guess the question is should I go ahead and put him down or keep trying to get him healthy.
Also as most of you know I have had a shoulder replacement and my right arm has severe arthritis in it so it is very difficult to get down on my hands and knees and scrub the carpet in an attempt to clean it up. Most of the time the stains don't come out completely. Probably nobody else would notice them but I do.
Anyway any comments and suggestions would be truly appreciated.
Hopefully this won't be taken down since it doesn't relate to fibromyalgia but I thought I would give it a try.