Itchy took out the second feeding tube on Saturday. It just wasn't working right.
Patches was nibbling some food and we were hoping her appetite would return.
Today we realized that it had to be done. She just wasn't eating enough.
So she has her third feeding tube now.
But she's a smart ass like her mommy.
Today Itchy asked Stowa if she could say shoe in Spanish. Her yes was followed by silence. So Itchy asked her how she says it. Her reply: shoe in Spanish.
Well played Stowa. Well played.
Patches had her feeding tube removed today.
It was promptly replaced with a new smaller feeding tube.
Also started a new antibiotic since it's already infected.
This is going to be a long and winding road.
So my very sick kitty is still sick. The good news is that it isn't cancer. The bad news is that she has late stage hepatic lipidosis. She's as yellow as a school bus folks.
Itchy took her to work today to put in a feeding tube and to do a liver biopsy. After opening up her abdomen, they saw that her stomach had been perforated. Eta: It came close but didn't actually perforate.
I love her, but geez she is stupid. She had eaten a plastic star (Stowa and I had used them for craft projects). It was hard plastic. Five sharp points. If it had gone into her intestine, she'd be dead.
Her liver looks like crap. Hopefully with a feeding tube in place and a ton of meds to help her stomach heal, she'll be ok. We shall see. Itchy is confident that she will recover. I'm confident that Itchy knows what he is doing.
Yep that's Klassy with a capital K. Sitting at kwik trip. Watched one of their employees smoking. She was carrying an awesome camouflage and blaze orange purse. And she was like 12 months pregnant.
Yep I am judging her.
At this time last year we were dealing with Cuddles and his refusal to eat. He ended up with a feeding tube. He's fine now, gained back all the weight (and then some). We still watch him closely.
A couple of months ago, Patches started getting weird about food. She went from being the cat who would eat ANYTHING to a cat that would only eat canned food. She lost a lot of weight. Within the last two weeks she started refusing to eat unless Itchy was sitting with her on the floor. Even though her teeth looked ok, we thought she just needed a dental. Itchy got her scheduled.
Today we found out that Patches has fantastic teeth. But she also has a crappy liver. Her blood work showed elevated liver values. Rads showed some fatty tissue that looked like tumors. Ultrasound confirmed that it was just fat, there were no other abnormalities.
More tests are being sent out and she'll start meds today.
I love that Stowa has started answering questions with "of course".For example, when you ask her if she will pick out a book, her answer us "of course"! It's just so sweet.
Stowa has been eating muffins for breakfast the last few days. But she only eats the tops.
