Lynne
Maybe you can give him something (if there is something) that he
loves right after the dose. It would help him with
the aftertaste. Can your husband help you when dosing him? When we
had to dose MeMe it helped if one of us held her
and petted her while the other opened her mouth and squirted it in.
I can hear how discouraged you are. I just want you to know that
almost a year ago I brought MeMe home with
a terrible upper respiratory, swollen gums, swollen lymph nodes,
giardia and diarrhea. As I am typing this she is
flying around the dining room, terrorizing two Scotties who cannot
keep up with her.
I know that BooBoo is on his own path, and that comparisons cannot be
made. It is an emotional roller coaster,
but sometimes things can level off.
We're thinking of you, knowing how difficult this is.
Jane
On Feb 18, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Lynne wrote:
I had a frightening event with BooBoo this morning. He hates being
given this Doxy and fights me. I gave him some water via syringe
after it as well. Suddenly he started gasping for air, breathing
through his mouth for about 10 minutes. He is anemic and breathes
heavily under normal circumstances. I can't imagine what kind of
stress the Interferon shots are going to cause him. Should I try
mixing this Doxy with his wet food? It's doubtful he would get the
appropriate dosage if I did because he is a light eater. I'm
beginning to think that I'm fighting a losing battle here and
perhaps it would be best to just let nature take its course without
intervention. I hate this. One minute he seems perky and now he's
just exhausted. I spent the time with him while he was having
problems breathing comforting him, just to get him settled down and
even his purring was excessively loud. I don't know how much more
this little guy can tolerate.
Lynne
