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Dear Michelle
Tough one. If it were me, I think I would keep the appointment to get it
over and done with earlier rather than later, while doing everything possible to
minimize the stress on Ginger. It IS very good news that she appears to be
taking an interest in food--as you say it does look like congestion may be the
culprit making her unable to smell the food. I really hope so. Having the
ultrasound done would not affect her recovery from congestion. If the cause
of her appetite loss is not congestion then the ultrasound may give more of
a clue to what it is.
That's my 2 cents' worth.
Sending Ginger lots of healing vibes..it seems to me there is reason today
to be cautiously optimistic...love and hugs to you both, Kerry
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: Ginger ate a little (or at least
licked at food)!
About 10 minutes after I wrote that last email, I went in to check on her
and she was still in the same spot, on the heating pad I put there for her. I
got worried so I put her on the bed and took her temp, which was down to
101.6. I then gave her another 30 cc of fluid or so, because she seemed ever
so slightly dehydrated. She then got up, went to the litter box and
peed, and on her way back to the heating pad stopped at the bowl of fancy
feast and scratched at the rug to cover it up. This is something she often has
done when feeling well to show she does not want a particular food, but she
has not even been noticing the food for the past few days. So she
scratched next to it and then walked half-way back to the heating pad and
stopped, turned around, went back to the fancy feast and made lots of slurping
eating noises for a full minute or so before going back to the heating pad. I
was very excited, but when I looked at the bowl hardly anything was gone. So I
think she was doing the sick cat licking at the food thing without actually
biting any of it. But it is the first time she has even shown any
interest in food since her surgery, and it does not seem coincidental to me
that it is after getting the decongestant and her nose clearing up a little
bit.
Licking at food this way sort of gets her back the place she was with
food right before the dental surgery, when she was trying to eat but not
eating much. Something else could still be wrong, of course, in addition
to the dental problems and URI. But it seems better that she did this
than if she kept showing zero interest in food.
If anyone has any thoughts on what this means, or if/how it should affect
my decision about ultrasounding her tomorrow, please let me know.
And please send her thoughts, prayers, and energy!
Thanks,
Michelle
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