State of the Ra: Not eating much again...

He was doing pretty well for the bulk of yesterday, but then petered out for dinner and, then again, at breakfast this morning.

Because two big meals went south on him, I put in a call to Dr. L. this morning first thing. He told me to take Ra off the liver supplement and give him his Mirtazepine (the appetite stimulant) early--this evening vs. tomorrow morning. He also said to feed him whatever it is he'll manage to eat--be it people or kitteh food. Additionally, if things continued to go south for Ra appetite wise, I am to call and leave him a voice mail and he will respond as soon as he checks it after hours.

As for the rest of the day, Ra's not eaten but a small amount of any kibble we give him, and that's about all he'll eat. I gave him his Mirtazepine probably a little earlier than Dr. L. intended at around 1830; it has yet to kick in and do its thing. We picked up some fresh chicken breast to bake for Ra, which just came out of the oven, in fact...Hoping he'll want to eat that up big time.

We'll have to check Ra for signs of jaundice later on, I'm afraid. He's simply not eating enough and I'm, personally, desperately afraid of fatty liver disease setting in. I lost my Smudge to that back in '06--it was a horrible way to go. :(

Things continue to go poorly for our boy. We're both so desperately afraid we're going to lose him. It's just one thing after another, dammit! I just hope it's not too much for him to take...

Ra and me...

...back in April of 2012, back when he was the healthiest cat in the household. My, how things have changed. :(

State of the Ra: getting fed, one way or another...

Gave Ra his appetite stimulant around 1800, then around 1900 we tried feeding him some of Lars' and Dorene's food which he formerly ate and liked; ate a few bites, then no love. Baked him up some chicken--his all-time favorite food--and he ate a few bites and walked away. Sigh.

Nothing else left to do but syringe feed the poor ol' bastard...

So...

I helped J syringe feed Ra 32ml of A/D crisis food mixed with a smidge of water around 2100. That's about a quarter of a regular sized (not small) sized can of cat food. For not having done it since the last time Ra was so desperately sick back in 2004, J did a spectacular job! Minimal mess, got most of the food into Ra without any aspiration. And, so far, Ra is keeping it all down! Yay!!

Put in a voice mail to Dr. L. at around 2200 to let him know Ra's having to be syringe fed for his nutrition right now. Perhaps he'll have some sage words of advice for us to do more for Ra than we're already doing, perhaps not, but I wanted to update him regardless, as he told me to do. We'll see if I get a call sometime tomorrow...

Have yet to look at Ra for signs of jaundice--will do that when we give him his 50ml of sub-q fluids in a little bit. I'm pretty worried about how poorly he's been getting around--he'll walk a few steps, then lay down for a bit, then wobble a few more steps...lather, rinse, repeat. So he's pretty weak right now. Because of that, I feel even worse for having to give him all the meds I'm giving him. :( Sigh...Poor Ra!