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DIVA: Tomorrow we start weaning Diva off her appetite stim pill--every other day for about a week, then off if things go well. I'm able to leave the room for quick amounts of time when she's eating and not disrupt her, so I'm going to try leaving her alone in the room once today and see what happens. I don't mind sitting with her while she eats, but she should have the concentration/confidence/whatever to be able to handle being by herself in the guest room to eat as she was before Jazz got sick. If this ends up not being the case, we'll adjust to the new normal. Anything to get her to eat enough on a regular schedule!
I've almost got her weaned off the A/D food entirely--just a pinch in with her turkey. She's at a full usual dosing of miralax, which might be too much now without the benefiber and baby squash added as a buffer to keep things more solid. Her output has been...less than solid...so I'm dialing back a bit on the miralax to see if that helps without stopping up the works entirely. Back to calibrating the works again, I guess. Hopefully I'll get her on the right daily dose quicker than I did the first time...ugh! What a pain that was!
JAZZ: She's keeping her food down, and I'm feeding her 1 1/2 tsp of I/D every feed now every hour and a half or so. She usually starts begging for her next feed about an hour after she's been fed, which can get maddening. Today's she's got the double whammy of appetite stim pill and pred so she's been a pest and a half and Mama's not feeling well so Mama's patience level is slim today. She's very persistent today, let's just say that. :/
She's had bits of Ra's kibble here and there and kept it down, but I'm not really ready to test those waters yet; nervous Mama's nervous about the vomiting coming back. I asked the vet about I/D kibble; his concern was Jazz would take a liking to it and not want to go back to her K/D kidney kibble. I/D's not particularly kidney friendly or unfriendly, just not optimal for her overall needs. Evidently the I/D wet food is fine for her, though, so I keep giving it to her, and she keeps nomming it down like a champ. The key, still, is to keep her eating enough and often so she doesn't vomit or stop eating entirely, so I'll do what I have to do.
Regardless, I do need to get in touch with Dr. D. in a few days to see what the game plan is going forward as far as how long to keep her on I/D and when to start the kibble again and whatnot.
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All and all the girls appear to be on their way back to normalcy *knocks wood*. I really hope so--these past few weeks have been nerve wracking!!
I've almost got her weaned off the A/D food entirely--just a pinch in with her turkey. She's at a full usual dosing of miralax, which might be too much now without the benefiber and baby squash added as a buffer to keep things more solid. Her output has been...less than solid...so I'm dialing back a bit on the miralax to see if that helps without stopping up the works entirely. Back to calibrating the works again, I guess. Hopefully I'll get her on the right daily dose quicker than I did the first time...ugh! What a pain that was!
JAZZ: She's keeping her food down, and I'm feeding her 1 1/2 tsp of I/D every feed now every hour and a half or so. She usually starts begging for her next feed about an hour after she's been fed, which can get maddening. Today's she's got the double whammy of appetite stim pill and pred so she's been a pest and a half and Mama's not feeling well so Mama's patience level is slim today. She's very persistent today, let's just say that. :/
She's had bits of Ra's kibble here and there and kept it down, but I'm not really ready to test those waters yet; nervous Mama's nervous about the vomiting coming back. I asked the vet about I/D kibble; his concern was Jazz would take a liking to it and not want to go back to her K/D kidney kibble. I/D's not particularly kidney friendly or unfriendly, just not optimal for her overall needs. Evidently the I/D wet food is fine for her, though, so I keep giving it to her, and she keeps nomming it down like a champ. The key, still, is to keep her eating enough and often so she doesn't vomit or stop eating entirely, so I'll do what I have to do.
Regardless, I do need to get in touch with Dr. D. in a few days to see what the game plan is going forward as far as how long to keep her on I/D and when to start the kibble again and whatnot.
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All and all the girls appear to be on their way back to normalcy *knocks wood*. I really hope so--these past few weeks have been nerve wracking!!