URGENT Advice please

Dreamies are a great bribe in our house So glad to hear she's being tempted by them - I hope she is starting to recover faster now she's on a different AB. Good luck for this afternoon - hope she shows you how well she's doing !!

Hi Squiffy Sooo pleased to hear about the Dreamies. That's progress indeed. Hope your visit this afternoon goes well and that you soon have an idea of when you can bring her home. You must be longing for that day! xx

Excellent news about Fluff and the dreamies. A good sign that she is wanting to eat. Hope that you get to see this miracle for yourself too as you could certainly do with seeing something that sounds so positive.
Another daily dose of Hugs to you both ???.

Well, she sniffed the Dreamie and licked it, but that’s as far as she got while I was there. Same with some chopped chicken.

I had a couple of miaows, proper less croaky ones!

Onwards and slightly upwards!

Fluff not very responsive today, she seemed very tired.

hopefully its just because she has been doing a little more each day..
Its tomorrow that the vet is going to assess how she is going, isn't it?

Please don't be too despondent, Squiffy. Poor little Fluff's whole body has taken such a pounding from the infection, the surgeries and the powerful drugs she's been on for nearly 2 weeks. She must be mentally and physiologically exhausted.
Love and purrs to her and (((hugs))) to you.

Thanks both of you.

Yes, tomorrow is when we have to decide what to do.

She progresses just enough to make us hope, but even the Vet is very torn as to whether to continue, she's got fond of her too!

Ah well, we shall have to wait and see.

Squiffy Thinking of you today and hoping like mad that you get good news. xx

Thinking of you and Fluff, all the best and whatever happens you have done everything possible so there should never be any regrets.

Oh Squiffy. What a day. Thinking of you and a difficult situation.

Thank you

Will post after my afternoon visit, or when I've spoken to the Vet again later.

If the worst is to happen then I'd like the nurses to have the opportunity to say their goodbyes. It doesn't seem fair that they will come on to their shifts and find an empty space. They'll be upset, too.

Poor you, Squiffy and poor wee Fluff. Such a long, slow process must be taking it out of both of you. It's hard to maintain hope but here are hundreds of people doing it with you. I hope for better news today. ((((hugs))))

Nothing constructive to report. Had small response to scratching under the chin and massaging her legs, but minimal.

Should hear from the Vet tomorrow, as she wasn't on duty and I managed to miss her call just now. She did pop in to give Fluff the once-over, so I'll know more in the morning.

Your nerves must be shredded, Squiffy. A big hug to you. x

Oh Squiffy, this is a real rollercoaster of a ride for both Fluff and Yourself.
Please, please let there be good news for you both, and that Fluffs downward change is just a minor hiccup.
Lots of Hugs for you both as always. x

Oh, what a wait...
Really hoping it'll be positive news.
Fingers, toes, and everything else crossed!

Gosh this must be so nerve wracking for you Squiffy!

Thank you all.

It’s a good way to lose weight! Neither of us fancies food.

Well, today’s update is unbelievable.

I went to visit Fluff today and to face the inevitable The End conversation, feeling absolutely awful.

As we were talking, the Vet said that as F wasn’t responding to anything ( sound etc) there was probably too much brain damage.

She did the Universal Cat Call (you know the one - sucking through your lips and teeth!) and F opened her eyes and moved her head. She did it a second time. So the Vet moved round to the other side of the room and repeated the sound. F responded again!

Next she put her on her back to demonstrate the physio she’d been having and F opened her eyes again and purred.

Change of plan required then! They’re going to teach me how to tube feed her etc and, if she’s still OK, she’ll come home at end of week and I’ll nurse her.

I’m still reeling!

Don’t want to get too optimistic, but woooooooo!

Wow! That's a turnaround!
What will happen once she is home?
Will she still be assessed, or are the signs now that she will carry on slowly improving?
Cautious optimism

MissA I imagine there will be assessments as she has a long way to go. She still can’t stand unaided, she doesn’t know what to do with her legs.

She still curls her tail round into a very neat Swiss roll, not just wrapped round her body - think treble clef in music!

Little soul.
I was kind of expecting very dark news when checking the update, but can't help feeling my heart leap a little at this news.

Wow! Good luck with the tube feeding. You'll be a veterinary yourself!

Queen of the Cat Bed Bath Jane!! Hopefully the diaorrhea will have stopped completely by the time she comes home!!