RE: Ginger

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

Hi, Michelle, I am wondering she is having a difficult time to recover from the surgery itself – it’s a major surgery - something similar happened to my FIV positive cat, Leo – I almost lost him after the dental surgery and after giving him dox – he completely stopped eating for two weeks, my regular vet thought he would not recover and I knew she was thinking that I should euthanize him – I was devastated because I was not expecting it at all – but sometimes with cats with immune system already compromised will have a very difficult time to recover after the surgery – Anyway, my holistic vet suggested that I stopped antibiotics right way, and give a remedy called phosphorus (sorry I am not sure if it’s the right spell) – it caused him a miracle, I think – after two weeks, he stood up all of sudden and started eating again!  I cried so hard, and my regular vet was amazed about his recovery –   But it’s important that you give fluid every single day as hydration become critical to survival – which I did with Leo – he did not eat any food since I could barely force feed him, but  I gave 100 ml of fluid twice a day – that’s what kept him alive until the miracle happened –   I will be praying that Ginger will soon feel better.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 8:13 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Ginger   She will not touch liver shake. She would not touch it several days ago either, though, when she was still trying to eat other things, so I think she does not like it.  I am syringing it to her mixed with A/D.  She does not want me to touch her now, I think because I have been syringing her so much and she hates it. She will play with a string, but otherwise hides from me. Michelle   In a message dated 5/12/05 11:57:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hang on in there, Michelle--I can see why you're so down about Ginger, but I would think it is a big shock to have 10 extractions and her poor little mouth must feel terribly tender, if not downright painful. (Could she take something liquid like liver shake?) I would also think it's exhausted her. It's early days and so soon after the mouth surgery--she needs to recuperate. The fact she wants to play is surely a good sign (Levi and Caramel had NO interest in playing after they got really sick). I think you're right to give her antibiotics--mine