Rosie Day 8 (dawn)

Good morning, dear friends!

Rosie appeared to be very hungry this morning when I let her out of the cage. She rushed to the kitchen.

The fastest food I could offer was kibble and she ate it, voraciously too, but not too much. Then, I offered some wetfood (a combination of canned and home-cooked) – she sniffed at it but didn’t want it. Maybe she’s tired of the food that she had been force-fed!

Now, she’s sitting at the window looking out. I know she wants to go “ronda” but we cannot take that risk.

Three days ago, she also ate on her own one morning, but things went back to what it was after that. Yesterday, I did ask the vet why this happened. He said perhaps when we started treatment, something worked, but the disease caught up and it went backwards again.

Looks like the only way now is to let the medicines and supplements work their way to eventually (hopefully) fight off the disease and at the same time, provide quality nutrition so that the liver can heal itself.

The reason the second vet stopped some supplements (Liv-52 and B-Complex) is that we are already giving supplements and more doesn’t mean it’s better. Furthermore whatever supplements we give also taxes the liver. We need to strike a balance here – just enough.

So, Rosie’s regimen is this:

Morning

Doxycillin 50mg (the plan is to continue for a total of 21 days)
Samylin (liver supplement)
Maximus Hep (liver supplement with curcumin)

Afternoon

Squalene (Omega-3)

Evening

Baytril (to be discontinued once the short course finishes)

Seeing that Rosie ate voraciously this morning, I have decided not to start on Hemohim yet. We shall see how she is for today.

Getting the job done with the least medication and supplements could be a good thing, especially when this is a liver problem.

But I will try the half-boiled egg later today. The most important thing now appears to be getting the liver to repair and heal itself. Quality nutrition (which means high protein for cats) is the key.

Another concern is that Rosie has to get enough taurine in her food too. Taurine is found more abundantly in raw meats than in the cooked variety. However, BARF is not suitable at the moment (in case of bacteria contamination), so I’m giving her Primal Freeze Dried.

From the internet:

Red meat and poultry, particularly hearts and livers, provide adequate levels of taurine for your cat’s needs. Eggs and dairy are also good sources. However,shellfish such as shrimp and clams provide even more taurine than other animal proteins, making them excellent foods to feed your cat.

Shrimp is out of the question for now because they are known to be “cockroaches of the ocean”, so we shall not resort to that. Primal and eggs will be our choice.

Rosie still prefers to go out for her urination and defecation – she doesn’t like the litter box. This morning, she urinated on my blanket. The urine is still very yellow. I think the problem she is not defecating is due to the fact that she isn’t comfortable doing it in the litter box. So far, she only defecates when I give her Lactulose. The second vet said Lactulose may cause dehydration so it should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

Moment by moment…

Thank you very much, dear friends, for all your kind wishes. We are not out of the woods yet….

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2017/02/25/rosie-day-8-dawn/

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