Re: Lucy

[Nina]

Hideyo and Michelle, I think the fluid idea is a good thought for Lucy, but I'm also thinking she's had enough stress the past couple of days.  Unless she seems dehydrated, or she doesn't have a problem with receiving subq fluids, I'd leave her the heck alone.  Keep feeding her tiny amounts of food, as long as you don't feel the need to fast her again, she'll put her weight back on.  (It was 1 pound in 2 days, scary, but it could also have to do with fluctuations in the scale, or the times of day you weighed her).  I wouldn't be as calm about this if I didn't go through the same sort of thing with Gypsy occasionally.  I still panic when she relapses, (even with as little as one liquid stool, or one bout of vomiting), but I've found if I keep my head, (and I've also found that the homeopathic Phos helps), she works her way back out of it.  I don't mean to sound condescending Michelle, but I'm really proud of you for keeping your cool through this, (relatively speaking :)  Blessings to you both, Nina Hideyo Yamamoto wrote: Michelle, I hope she continues to get better – I am thinking that if she lost 2 lb in two days – it’s probably because she lost water in her body from vomiting – may be you can give her fluid to compensate the fluid she lost??   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:58 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Lucy   Lucy has not been diagnosed with ibd, but it is what I suspect (and hope, alternative being lymphoma, but the soft stool issue started almost 3 months ago, which is a long time ago for lymphoma).   Anyway, she held down a little cooked turkey for an hour this morning so I gave her more, that was 1/2 hour ago and so far so good, knock on wood. She thinks I am insane for giving her such small amounts. After meowing at me by her bowl and giving up, she went over and tried to manually open the cat food cabinet!   She lost about a pound in two days, which scares me, but at least she is hungry, knock on wood.   Thanks. Michelle