At 12:13 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
ask about anzamet and Zofran ...even compaziner for vomiting??

The thing is with the vomiting though, I don't
think its just because i'm feeding her. For the
last week, she's been vomiting consistently
before I ever feed her. When the vomiting first
started suddenly, she vomited several times a
day with a completely empty stomach for about 3
days. We then started syringe feeding her, and
as soon as we brought her out from her hiding
spot, she would vomit....then we would syringe her the food.
So yesterday, she vomited after syringing her
the food, so I probably gave too much to start.
I took her to the vet today, to get the tube put
back in, and she got a shot of
metachlopramide. Now the problem is, they
didn't give me any more of the metachlopramide
because they said its a drug filtered by the
liver, and if her liver isn't functioning
properly, too much of that will cause a
problem. They just said to feed her about 12cc
followed by 4cc water....3 times a day.....to see if she would keep that down.
I mentioned that I didn't know how i'd be able
to get enough calories into her with that small
amount, but they just said to see how it goes.
What a pain in the butt, because i'm fairly
certain that even if I feed her such a tiny
amount, i'm betting she's still going to vomit
here at some point...possibly vomiting out that tube again.
If she vomits again today, i'll have to get more
of the metachlopramide even if its going to cause a problem with her liver.
This seems to be a no win situation here. Plus,
she's definately not feeling very well. All she
wants to do is hide, and then lay in one spot
all day. I wouldn't doubt it if she's
depressed after all this. I notice her breathing seems fast also.
I took her to bed with me last night, because
she seems to enjoy that, and she did purr for
awhile. The problem was, she was peeing about
every 3 hours (probably from being on the IV for
2 days), and she was doing it in bed. I put
plastic and towels under her, but she missed
them once and I had to rip the bed apart in the
middle of the night before it soaked too
deep. She is too lethargic to get up for
anything, unless its running to hide somewhere.
All I can do is pray for a miracle, that somehow
she will be able to pull through this mess since
everything seems to be going wrong. Even my
vet, who seems pretty good so far is gone now
for a few weeks, so i'll have to deal with a
different vet that doesn't know what's been
going on so far. I was liking this vet, because
he wasn't all doom and gloom like the last 2
vets i've dealt with. If he had the opinion
that Kisa didn't have much of a chance, he kept
it to himself, and was willing to try whatever I
wanted. The last 2 vets i've had were always
wanting to make it quite clear that she didn't
have a chance and it wasn't worth spending too
much on her. I don't see any reason why a vet
has to make sure that you have no hope, hope is
the only thing that keeps me functioning.
Cassandra
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Belinda
To: <mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: Update on Kisa
Cassandra,
I've had 3 cats with feeding tube (e-tube
in the esphogus) and never had a problem with
vomiting with any of them unless I was going
too fast or giving meds on an empty tummy, once
I figured out what I was doing wrong it was no
longer an issue. All of my feeding tube
experiences as far as the feeding themselves went beautifully.
Fred did have an infection problem at the entry
site that we couldn't get rid of because the
vets wouldn't leave him on the antibiotics long
enough. But his feedings went great and he
gained back most of the weight he had lost, he
never vomited once even with is infection problem.
There are several reasons a cat will vomit when
getting fed through a feeding tube, getting fed
too fast, getting too much food at once, when a
cat hasn't eaten for as long as Kisa hasn't you
have to go slowly and build up to a bigger
amount. What I mean is, she needs to be fed 10
to 20 cc's every hour or two, for the first day,
then maybe 15 to 25 every couple of hours then
next day, and unfortunetly you aren't going to
find many, if any vets willing to devote that
kind of time to one animal so it would probably
be better if she were home if you can devote that kind of time to her care.
Other reasons include the tube not being placed
correctly, with an e-tube there is a specific
area the tube should be, not higher not lower or
it will cause nausea in some cats. It should
NOT enter the stomach, it should be between the
7th and 9th rib, this is easily verifiable with an xray.
An nasel gastric tube is uncomfortable and only
ever should be used in emergencies, which Kisa
is at this time, think about it a cats nostril
is tiny, imagine having something shoved in
it. BUT once Kisa is strong enough she should
get an e-tube, it is the safest easiest tube for
feeding. A peg tube is used when an e-tube for
whatever reason doesn't work. Or the vet just
prefers it, much more expensive, and a more
extensive surgery too, but some vets will only
do them, in my opinion because they are money hungry.
Taylor this tube probably wasn't placed right.
It didn't seem to want to go down into her
tummy and would just come right back up and out
around the bandage on her neck. It was a
totally awful experience all the way around.
--
Belinda
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