RE: OT:help with my dilemma

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

Well.. I don’t know exactly how old he is somewhere between 10 and 20 ---- I have met him 7 years ago,, abut he was a matured boy then (not young one) – I would ask about local pain killers ---but since he is sort of a feral boy and hates to be message with his face or mouth.. it might be difficult to handle him that way, too.   I have one girl –Ruby-E gone through the dental a couple of weeks ago, and it’s amazing to see how much better she is doing now, she is a different cat!  The teeth must have been hurting her so bad before.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 12:26 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT:help with my dilemma   I have gone through similar decisions with my positives.  Ginger stopped eating and I thought it was from her bad teeth but was not sure, and did not know whether to put her through tooth-pulling. I did, and they pulled 10 teeth at one time, and she got a really bad URI afterwards. But when she pulled through that, at last, she was able to eat again.  Now, only 7 months later, the gums over her remaining teeth are bright red and I notice her chewing less and i am unsure whether to bring her to a dentist or not. And Patches, also positive, has two broken teeth that the vet says need to come out, but she is eating so, even if the teeth hurt her, I have been afraid of putting her through the surgery.   All of which is to say, I don't know.  The thing to keep in mind, though, is that a bad tooth can actually cause kidney problems or make them worse, as bacteria and other stuff gets into the blood stream through the bad tooth's root and needs to be processed by the kidneys. Also, not eating enough can make the kidneys worse.   Have you asked if it is possible, given the heart murmer and that it is only one tooth, to pull it under heavy but not complete sedation with local painkillers and anesthetics?  If that is possible, I think I would do it.   How old is he?   Michelle   In a message dated 12/8/2005 2:18:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, everyone – I am in dilemma and I need your opinions. My Hannibal who has had kidney problem might need to get his tooth pulled out – he only had one tooth left, but the root is showing and it’s hurting him as he grows after the food touch his tooth.  He is an older feral boy, and has kidney problem (thought this very last blood work showed that everything is back into the normal range – yeah – I have been giving him fluid a couple of times a week along with V-B12 and complex injections).. anyway, he had lost a couple of pounds since the last check up which was two months ago, and am thinking that it might be due to his tooth.. he likes to drink juice from fish can.. but try to avoid eat a solid food – if he is in a perfect condition, I would have them pull a tooth right away, because he is an older boy, because he has low grade heart murmur, because of the past kidney issue, because of high globulin, the vet thought he might have FIP (though I personally don’t feel that he has some reasons), I am going back and forth as to what I should do – I would love to have it pulled if he will go through the surgery ok.. but you just never know….and I can’t afford to lose him from the surgery - ------any advise?