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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!
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!
