RE: Peanut/Special Needs List

[Rosenfeldt, Diane]

Yvonne, if Peanut does have hepatic lipidosis ("fatty liver") and she hates being force fed, the intubation might help a lot.  It did with Luc, although the willful little sh*t got his appetite back about a week after we'd had it implanted!  But for the time we used it, it took a lot of the stress of holding a struggling boykitty and squirting stuff into him out of the force-feeding process.  The first couple times he just did a sort of surprised "Baroo?" look when he felt the sensation of stuff going down his esophagus that he hadn't personally eaten.  The hardest part of the process was getting the watered-down A/D dissolved down fine enough not to clog the tube, which has a very small inner circumference.  Not to mention that more than once our syringe clogged or locked on us.  But once we got the suspension right, we abandoned the syringe almost entirely, and just put a small funnel in the tube and poured the A/D right out of the measuring cup.  Also, when he started eating on his own, it still wasn't quite enough, so we would supplement with a tube feeding as well.  The tube took some general keep-clean-change-wrapping maintenance but it didn't seem to bother him.  We did have to wait a month after the implantation to get it removed again, so that the edges of the opening had a chance to knit themselves closed, but otherwise it was an easy procedure.  The only thing was, it turns out Luc has problems with anesthesia, so the original intubation was more complicated and costly than it would otherwise have been, because he ended up spending a $600 night at the emergency vet's who had done the procedure.   Diane R. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:34 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Peanut/Special Needs List      Hi Yvonne,     I hope it isn't hepatic lipidosis, the only thing that will reverse that is enough food.  The liver is one of the organs that definitely can heal itself, but if she is jaundice from not eating enough then food, more importantly enough food is the only way to save her.  Not saying this to scare you it is a fact and I've seen it enough to know it is very reversible, Buddie had this, hers was caught very early on and she was fine. Lots of prayers for Peanut.  Make sure she is getting a can to a can and half of food a day if this is what she has.  And yes it can strike in just a day or two if a cat quits eating, especially if the cat is overweight to start with. I'm adding her now, hope her blood work comes back with out any serious problems going on. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting & web design] http://HostDesign4U.com ------------ BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties.