I agree with Nina - any additional drugs you may give her right now might be a burden and too much to handle for her right now - I feel that she needs a break from all that - at least until she starts eating again. Michelle, please don't give up, Ginger is going to get better, you have to believe that, and she needs you to believe in her. I was so scared of losing Leo, and the only people who did not give up a hope is my and my holistic vet. My holistic vets told me to avoid supplements and drugs in a situation like this - that's why I suggested homeopathic remedy - it makes their body to heal and deal with whatever they are dealing with no side effect - you just have to find the right one that works for the specific problem you are dealing with.
Michelle, I lost my Henry boy after giving baytrill antibiotics - which almost never happens to anyone - but Henry's body was compromised already and couldn't deal with drugs and it ended up killing him. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:37 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Ginger You know Michelle, Hideyo is right about abx making you feel like crap, not to mention major surgery. I'm not so sure I'd be thinking about Immuno-Regulin right now. From what I understand, it's a bacteria (?) that is introduced to trigger immune responses. I don't know, it just sounds like Ginger is overwhelmed enough as it is. I have nothing to base this on but intuition, and a general dislike for medication in the first place. I'd go with making sure she eats, sq fluids if she's dehydrated and Dox. Since it's not working anyway, I wouldn't even give her the appetite stimulant at this point, what's the use, you're force feeding her anyway. Nina Hideyo Yamamoto wrote: > 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 >
