Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-30 Thread Lernermichelle
No, she doesn't get it. I can't give her any supplements that alter the ph of her urine right now. She had a struvite stone before, and then, maybe from making it too acidic, she got an ammonia urate stone, which is pretty rare, and we are trying to manage her ph now that the stone was remov

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-30 Thread gblane
Add fiber to her food too - brown rice, bran, or try feeding W/D maybe... Gloria At 09:18 PM 10/29/2005, you wrote: are you giving her vitamin c? you know that that can cause diarrhea. in her present state, if you are giving it to her you might need to cut back? just at thought. t [EMAIL

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-29 Thread catatonya
are you giving her vitamin c?  you know that that can cause diarrhea.  in her present state, if you are giving it to her you might need to cut back?  just at thought.   t[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She has had bad diarrhea.  And she seem to be losing weight. Though in good spirits and eating and dr

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-26 Thread Lernermichelle
She has had bad diarrhea.  And she seem to be losing weight. Though in good spirits and eating and drinking. She got diarrhea before the surgery, maybe from changing foods too quickly, or from being on Baytril for a month, or both. I am giving her probiotics. I am picking up meds soon, proba

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread catatonya
Good to hear surgery went well! Keep us posted on how she feels. t --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Pretty normal, except for her eyes still being dilated. She is > sleeping a > lot now. Which is understandable, since she had major surgery > yesterday and then > hardly slept afterwards or

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread maimaipg
atropine dries the mouth and other secretions. I'm really not sure about the painkiller part--bet against it though. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting h

RE: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!   I have not taken her temp, and she does not feel overly warm. She is eating and drinking well. She has diarrhea though.   The surgery was to remove a very large bladder stone which did not dissolve fro

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread Lernermichelle
I have not taken her temp, and she does not feel overly warm. She is eating and drinking well. She has diarrhea though.   The surgery was to remove a very large bladder stone which did not dissolve from the S/D diet and so is probably oxylate ( they are having it analyzed to tell for sure).

RE: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
-atropine's interesting history!   Pretty normal, except for her eyes still being dilated. She is sleeping a lot now. Which is understandable, since she had major surgery yesterday and then hardly slept afterwards or during the night due to her obsession with the invisible wall mice (amusingl

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread Lernermichelle
Pretty normal, except for her eyes still being dilated. She is sleeping a lot now. Which is understandable, since she had major surgery yesterday and then hardly slept afterwards or during the night due to her obsession with the invisible wall mice (amusingly, at one point I actually heard a

RE: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
How is Lucy today?   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:53 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!   Very interesting! Well,

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread Lernermichelle
Very interesting! Well, that explains her eyes dilating! Michelle   In a message dated 10/25/2005 9:39:51 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've heard of atropine, but wasn't sure what it was for...did a quick Google check, but couldn't quite deciper the "medical-spea

Re: anesthesia question-atropine's interesting history!

2005-10-25 Thread jenmeyer
I've heard of atropine, but wasn't sure what it was for...did a quick Google check, but couldn't quite deciper the "medical-speak!" :) Sounds like it's a kind of pain killer, though...and I found this tid- bit kinda interesting: "Atropine extracts from the Egyptian henbane were used by Cleopat