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So yesterday C (winolj) and I went to the vet to collect Freddy and bring him home.  C was there for moral support (M was at work) and also to make sure that I asked all the right questions (not always easy if you're by yourself).   Freddy has a feeding tube taped to his oesophagus and I need to give him antibiotics twice a day.  I also need to make up and feed him a packet of liquid food, 200 ml per day, and there's also some metacam, which is an anti-inflammatory (and pain relief).  His jaws are sutured together, and he is wearing a plastic cone round his head.

"We haven't seen any faeces since he's been in," said the vet.  "And if he doesn't have a bowel movement in the next three days you'll have to feed him liquid paraffin."  I wasn't looking forward to this.  However, we were trained in the use of the feeding tube.  And there would be staff there over Christmas in case I needed help.

We have borrowed a crate from Ashley and put it in the kitchen so that Freddy can at least look out of the window while he's getting better.  It has room for Freddy, a cat bed, and a litter tray.  As soon as we decanted him into the crate he started throwing himself around it in a worrying way.  It took us a minute to realise that he was trying desperately to get into the litter tray, but couldnt because of his collar.  I hastily shunted the tray into the middle of the crate so he could get in, and he leaped onto it, but too late.  A couple of very small faecal deposits were sitting on the cat bed, and there was blood on them.

I rang the vet in a Good News, Bad News sort of way.  I explained that he had had bowel problems some years ago, but not recently. She said not to give him the metacam, but otherwise carry on as planned.  So that evening C held him while I put stuff down his tube.  He's a very wriggly cat, and I can't see how I'm going to be able to do this by myself.  M has kindly volunteered to get up early to help me in the mornings.  This is a heroic act of self-sacrifice, and should not be undervalued.

Date: 2013-12-25 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] surliminal.livejournal.com
strewth. yeh, good news, bad news like you say...

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