Well, the bad luck is just continuing...I dont' know how much more I can handle.
I gave Kisa just 12cc of food followed by 4cc water. About and hour and a half
later, she vomited. I tried giving her some more, and now the tube is plugged.
I can't get water or anything through it.
I called the vet, and i'm going to get more of the metachlopramide, but they
said it may not help her because she feels so sick due to toxins building up
that the liver isn't filtering.
I guess she gets to go get a new tube put in tomorrow. So far she's only had
that 12cc of food today...and I guess I have to put her through the stress of
another syringe feeding tonight. I could just scream about now.
Cassandra
----- Original Message -----
From: C & J
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: Update on Kisa
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: Belinda
To: 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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