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It's a mouthful, and I daresay I still have to do some Google-Fu to learn more about the diagnosis. It came back as moderate neutrophilic lymphocytic plasmacytic cholangiohepatitis. "This diagnosis in conjunction with Ra's IBD and pancreatitis consistent with Triaditis." I have NO real idea what it all means just yet, but I do know it's not infectious hepatitis, but rather a sort of inflammatory disease mechanism that he did not "catch" from somewhere/something that's somehow related, as stated to his IBD and his Pancreatitis.
He's on two new meds, sigh. One is a liquid called Atopica which is on-label used for skin conditions but off-label used for liver disease. Also, because he'd been running an unexplained fever for about a week, he got put on another antibiotic--pill form Clavamox--because they think the fever is from some sort of secondary infection in addition to the "small H" hepatitis condition he's now afflicted with.
The Atopica is interesting in that it's a tiny brown glass bottle with a special bottle adapter for the special syringe. The syringe isn't marked by MLs or CCs, but rather with the cat's weight. Ra's dose is for a six pound cat, even though he's just over eight pounds. The special adapter is a sort of tube mechanism that goes down all the way to the bottom of the bottle and there's a hole in which to stick the special syringe in to draw up the med. Interesting!
In other news.
Though perkier--he actually played and wallered with the new catnip toys we purchased on Friday night both Friday night and yesterday--he's still not eating enough on his own to avoid the syringe feedings twice per day. He (and we) pretty much hate the syringe feedings, largely because the hypoallergenic food is disgusting. We've decided it smells rather like rancid bacon, and its texture is both dense and grainy all at once, making adding water to it to make a sort of mash of the stuff to fill the syringe a pain in the ass. Both Ra and J usually end up wearing some of each feeding, which is frustrating for both of them. We all did so much better on the A/D, but it's been decreed as "too rich" for Ra's IBD to handle, even though he ate it with almost a bit of gusto when syringe fed and even though he kept it all down. Sigh. We do what we have to do. Or, rather, J does what he has to do and I help out where I can in the feeding department.
And so it goes. Medications throughout the day, attempts at feeding kibble throughout the day, two syringe feedings a day, and 50mls of sub-cutaneous fluids every night. It's a lot of work, but it's seemingly paying off--Ra does seem to be getting ever so slightly better a little bit each day...What we do for our critters... :/
He's on two new meds, sigh. One is a liquid called Atopica which is on-label used for skin conditions but off-label used for liver disease. Also, because he'd been running an unexplained fever for about a week, he got put on another antibiotic--pill form Clavamox--because they think the fever is from some sort of secondary infection in addition to the "small H" hepatitis condition he's now afflicted with.
The Atopica is interesting in that it's a tiny brown glass bottle with a special bottle adapter for the special syringe. The syringe isn't marked by MLs or CCs, but rather with the cat's weight. Ra's dose is for a six pound cat, even though he's just over eight pounds. The special adapter is a sort of tube mechanism that goes down all the way to the bottom of the bottle and there's a hole in which to stick the special syringe in to draw up the med. Interesting!
In other news.
Though perkier--he actually played and wallered with the new catnip toys we purchased on Friday night both Friday night and yesterday--he's still not eating enough on his own to avoid the syringe feedings twice per day. He (and we) pretty much hate the syringe feedings, largely because the hypoallergenic food is disgusting. We've decided it smells rather like rancid bacon, and its texture is both dense and grainy all at once, making adding water to it to make a sort of mash of the stuff to fill the syringe a pain in the ass. Both Ra and J usually end up wearing some of each feeding, which is frustrating for both of them. We all did so much better on the A/D, but it's been decreed as "too rich" for Ra's IBD to handle, even though he ate it with almost a bit of gusto when syringe fed and even though he kept it all down. Sigh. We do what we have to do. Or, rather, J does what he has to do and I help out where I can in the feeding department.
And so it goes. Medications throughout the day, attempts at feeding kibble throughout the day, two syringe feedings a day, and 50mls of sub-cutaneous fluids every night. It's a lot of work, but it's seemingly paying off--Ra does seem to be getting ever so slightly better a little bit each day...What we do for our critters... :/
