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Buddie
July 30,2004

| Owner's
Name: |
Belinda
& Mike Sauro |
| Pet's
Name: |
Buddie |
Age: |
12
1/2 |
Gender: |
Female |
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Illness
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Date
Diagnosed
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Cancer
(Liver)
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July
2003
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| Why
I think my kitty isn't eating: She was becoming jaundice after
coming down with a sepsis infection. The vet really didn't think
her chances of surviving the infection were very good, this on top
of her liver cancer. I nursed her at home for a week and she beat
it, but in the interm started to develope fatty liver disease, so
we inserted the tube to get her nutrients into her. My girl has
been through the ringer, but she is a tough cookie!! |
| Date
when assist feeding began: |
February
28, 2004 |
| Why
I've chosen to Assist Feed: |
I
had decided not to go the feeding tube route early on in Buddie's
intial cancer diagnosis, but after she fought so hard to
beat all the things thrown at her (sepsis infection, then Fatty
Liver disease), I decided she wanted to be here a while yet, and
we would give her all the ammunition available to fight with!! |
| Feeding
Technique: |
E-Tube:
The main thing I learned just from reading others posts before
I was even faced with this possiblity is to take your time. Go
slowly so that you don't feed too much at once, as this may cause
your furkid to throw up what you have given. I first flush her
tube with 3 to 5 cc's of water to make sure it isn't plugged,
then feed her about 20 cc in a 5 to 10 minute period, then feed
her another 20 cc's in another 5 to 10 minute period. After I
am finished I flush her tube again with 5 to 10 cc's of water
to make sure it deson't get plugged. Buddie has never gagged or
thrown up and of her food, she pretty much lays and purrs while
I'm feeding, so it has been a very wonderful experience for us,
and Buddie would not have made it without this option. We are
feeding Science diet AD, which we get from the vet. She gets a
total of 200 cc's of food divided into 5 feedings at 40 cc's each!



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| Appetite
Primer Tricks: |
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| Food
liked best: |
Friskies
Fancy Feast |
| Food
liked least: |
Anything
else |
| Special
Treats: |
She
is very finicky and snubs her nose to treats (except plastic bags
of course, she loves to lick those, oh and she loves to chew on
potato chip bags, likes the crinkly sound I guess :) |
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Medications,
Dose/Frequency
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1/4
tablet of metronidazole, twice daily
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5mg
of prednisone, once daily
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3
or 4 drops of milk thistle twice daily
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actigall
(for liver inflamation), once daily
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