• Buffy Update 4/17/21

    From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 17 14:10:40 2021
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
    pain medication into her mouth last evening. I had some trepidations
    about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine. She felt much
    better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything. Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
    didn't make her sick to her stomach. She got down off the bed in the
    middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food. She was hungry for
    more this morning! Again, not sick to her stomach. Good!

    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
    don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    Jill

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  • From Cheryl@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Sun Apr 18 10:39:59 2021
    On 2021-04-17 3:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
    pain medication into her mouth last evening.  I had some trepidations
    about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine.  She felt much better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything.  Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
    didn't make her sick to her stomach.  She got down off the bed in the
    middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food.  She was hungry for more this morning!  Again, not sick to her stomach.  Good!

    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
    don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    It sounds like she's doing really well. And I'm glad she's eating - it's
    so important to keep cats eating. One of my late cats spent a couple
    days in a vet hospital after successful surgery, they were initially
    reluctant to let her out because she wasn't eating. I proudly told the
    vet later that I got her to eat as soon as she was home - her favourite
    treat, Vienna sausages. The vet said that although she didn't recommend
    Vienna sausages as a regular diet, the important thing was that she was
    eating something! She rapidly progressed to meat baby food, then pureed
    boiled chicken (much cheaper than the baby food equivalent) and finally
    back on her regular food. It sounds like Buffy is well on her way back
    to a healthy diet!

    --
    Cheryl

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Cheryl on Sun Apr 18 09:51:29 2021
    On 4/18/2021 9:09 AM, Cheryl wrote:
    On 2021-04-17 3:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
    pain medication into her mouth last evening.  I had some trepidations
    about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine.  She felt
    much better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything.  Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
    didn't make her sick to her stomach.  She got down off the bed in the
    middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food.  She was hungry
    for more this morning!  Again, not sick to her stomach.  Good!

    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
    don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    It sounds like she's doing really well. And I'm glad she's eating - it's
    so important to keep cats eating. One of my late cats spent a couple
    days in a vet hospital after successful surgery, they were initially reluctant to let her out because she wasn't eating. I proudly told the
    vet later that I got her to eat as soon as she was home - her favourite treat, Vienna sausages. The vet said that although she didn't recommend Vienna sausages as a regular diet, the important thing was that she was eating something! She rapidly progressed to meat baby food, then pureed boiled chicken (much cheaper than the baby food equivalent) and finally
    back on her regular food. It sounds like Buffy is well on her way back
    to a healthy diet!

    LOL about the Vienna sausages! Buffy has been on prescription food
    since January due to a bladder stone. (Thankfully the change in her
    food did the trick so no surgery to remove the stone was required.)
    After the teeth extractions on Friday she's feeling a heck of a lot
    better, albeit her mouth is sore. She did fight me a bit last night
    when it came time to squirt the pain med in her mouth. She got mad and
    hid for a while, then joined me on the couch for some snuggles and
    scritches. :)

    Jill

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  • From Cheryl@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Mon Apr 19 08:13:07 2021
    On 2021-04-18 11:21 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 4/18/2021 9:09 AM, Cheryl wrote:

    It sounds like she's doing really well. And I'm glad she's eating -
    it's so important to keep cats eating. One of my late cats spent a
    couple days in a vet hospital after successful surgery, they were
    initially reluctant to let her out because she wasn't eating. I
    proudly told the vet later that I got her to eat as soon as she was
    home - her favourite treat, Vienna sausages. The vet said that
    although she didn't recommend Vienna sausages as a regular diet, the
    important thing was that she was eating something! She rapidly
    progressed to meat baby food, then pureed boiled chicken (much cheaper
    than the baby food equivalent) and finally back on her regular food.
    It sounds like Buffy is well on her way back to a healthy diet!

    LOL about the Vienna sausages!  Buffy has been on prescription food
    since January due to a bladder stone.  (Thankfully the change in her
    food did the trick so no surgery to remove the stone was required.)
    After the teeth extractions on Friday she's feeling a heck of a lot
    better, albeit her mouth is sore.  She did fight me a bit last night
    when it came time to squirt the pain med in her mouth.  She got mad and
    hid for a while, then joined me on the couch for some snuggles and
    scritches. :)

    That sounds like an improvement! Cinnamon is on medication for her bad
    kidneys. It does taste disgusting - she managed to spit it in my face
    once, which is how I managed to taste a few drops on my lips. I didn't
    think for a minute of mixing it with her food; I use a syringe to squirt
    it in her mouth. I started off doing this first thing in the morning. It
    took hardly any mornings at all before I noticed that she vanished,
    sometimes for hours, as soon as I took out the syringe and medication.
    It's not that big an apartment, so I know where she usually hides, but
    getting her out from under the bed is hard, and from INSIDE the loveseat
    is worse. So I now prepare the syringe and wait until she emerges to
    catch her and dose her. It's a kind of battle of wits that lasts until I
    scoop her up, try to restrain her paws and hold her head in the right
    position, nudge open her mouth, squirt the medicine far enough back that
    it doesn't dribble down her chin or end up in my face when she tries to
    spit it out, and then she bounces down to the floor and runs to the
    other end of the apartment just in case I want to do it again.

    --
    Cheryl

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  • From Judith Latham@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Tue Apr 20 11:28:39 2021
    In article <EwFeI.28380$2A5.25886@fx45.iad>,
    jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
    pain medication into her mouth last evening. I had some trepidations
    about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine. She felt much better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything. Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
    didn't make her sick to her stomach. She got down off the bed in the
    middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food. She was hungry for
    more this morning! Again, not sick to her stomach. Good!

    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
    don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    Jill


    Hi Jill. Sorry I haven't been here or sending purrs. Poor Buffy. I hate
    teeth. I hope she's feeling a lot better. how is she doing?

    Judith

    --
    Judith Latham
    Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Judith Latham on Tue Apr 20 20:20:45 2021
    On 4/20/2021 6:28 AM, Judith Latham wrote:
    In article <EwFeI.28380$2A5.25886@fx45.iad>,
    jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
    pain medication into her mouth last evening. I had some trepidations
    about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine. She felt much
    better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything. Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
    didn't make her sick to her stomach. She got down off the bed in the
    middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food. She was hungry for
    more this morning! Again, not sick to her stomach. Good!

    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
    don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    Jill


    Hi Jill. Sorry I haven't been here or sending purrs. Poor Buffy. I hate teeth. I hope she's feeling a lot better. how is she doing?

    Judith

    Much better, thanks! One last syringe of pain med to squirt in her
    mouth and I have to schedule a follow-up visit so they can check on how
    her mouth is healing but she seems to be much improved. :)

    Jill

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  • From Michael Ejercito@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 22 22:55:56 2021
    On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:20:45 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On 4/20/2021 6:28 AM, Judith Latham wrote:
    In article <EwFeI.28380$2A5.25886@fx45.iad>,
    jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the liquid
    pain medication into her mouth last evening. I had some trepidations
    about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out fine. She felt much >>> better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything. Fortunately, the liquid pain meds
    didn't make her sick to her stomach. She got down off the bed in the
    middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food. She was hungry for >>> more this morning! Again, not sick to her stomach. Good!

    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days) but I
    don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    Jill


    Hi Jill. Sorry I haven't been here or sending purrs. Poor Buffy. I hate
    teeth. I hope she's feeling a lot better. how is she doing?

    Judith

    Much better, thanks! One last syringe of pain med to squirt in her
    mouth and I have to schedule a follow-up visit so they can check on how
    her mouth is healing but she seems to be much improved. :)

    Jill


    You'd be doing yourself and that poor cat a favor if you would just
    put it in a burlap bag and hook it up to the car exhaust. Think of the
    money you'd save on vet bills, and the cat would be out of its'
    misery. It's a win-win situation.

    Michael

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  • From cshenk@21:1/5 to Michael Ejercito on Sat Apr 24 17:35:44 2021
    Michael Ejercito wrote:

    On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:20:45 -0400, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
    wrote:

    On 4/20/2021 6:28 AM, Judith Latham wrote:
    In article <EwFeI.28380$2A5.25886@fx45.iad>,
    jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    After the teeth extractions yesterday I was able to squirt the
    liquid >>> pain medication into her mouth last evening. I had some trepidations >>> about hurting her holding her jaw but it worked out
    fine. She felt much >>> better about 10 minutes later!

    She still hadn't eaten anything. Fortunately, the liquid pain
    meds >>> didn't make her sick to her stomach. She got down off the
    bed in the >>> middle of the night and ate some of her gooshy food.
    She was hungry for >>> more this morning! Again, not sick to her
    stomach. Good! >>
    She gets more of the pain meds tonight (for the next four days)
    but I >>> don't anticipate any medicating problems. <whew!>

    I can tell she's already feeling better. :)

    Jill


    Hi Jill. Sorry I haven't been here or sending purrs. Poor Buffy. I
    hate >> teeth. I hope she's feeling a lot better. how is she doing?

    Judith

    Much better, thanks! One last syringe of pain med to squirt in her
    mouth and I have to schedule a follow-up visit so they can check on
    how her mouth is healing but she seems to be much improved. :)

    Jill


    You'd be doing yourself and that poor cat a favor if you would just
    put it in a burlap bag and hook it up to the car exhaust. Think of the
    money you'd save on vet bills, and the cat would be out of its'
    misery. It's a win-win situation.

    Michael

    Luko and Prince apologize the group for the ruckus they are about to
    start.

    Prince grins, 'sort of' with a wide toothy mouth then grabs the
    intruder troll by the jaw, clamping down and tossing him over his
    shoulder to land in a pathetic pile on the ground. Luko quick to act,
    jumps on his face and takes a long satisfying pee then props his broken
    jaw open and lets number 2 loose.

    After a bit of gagging on the trolls part, Prince takes pity on the
    troll and drags him to the gate and tosses him over it. He meant to hit
    the trash can but he misses and the troll lands on his head beside it.
    Oh well.

    Luko and Prince ask politely after that little bit is over if Jill
    would be ok with telling Miss Buffy they hope she feels better today?
    Oh, and they are always ready to take out the trash at need!

    Prince bows in a very gentlemanly way, like only a Great Dane can
    manage, and lets himself out the gate. On the way he notes the troll,
    and picks him up and puts him the the trashcan then rolls it out to the
    street since it's a bit heavy for Miss Jill. She can always dump trash
    in it until pickup day.

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