• Palliative Care

    From jmcquown@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 7 15:54:15 2021
    Buffy is still here. Despite the weepy eye the vet said she looks much
    better! Just as I thought, Buffy has gained back a little of the weight
    she'd lost. The cortisone shot last week greatly reduced the
    inflammation in her jaw. She said she honestly doesn't think it's
    "time" yet. <whew!>

    She repeated the shots from last week. She asked if I thought I could
    give her small pills. Last time I tried that she threw it up. So she
    called in a prescription for steroids to a compounding pharmacy for me
    to pick up on Monday (the shot today will carry her through until then).
    Just a drop to be mixed in with her food to keep the inflammation down
    and keep her comfortable.

    Oh, and the sneezing? It's because of the inflammation on the upper jaw
    being so close to the sinuses.

    At any rate, Buffy is home. She's on my lap trying to stop me from typing.

    Thank you everyone for all the purrs. They're working! :)

    Jill

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  • From Judith Latham@21:1/5 to j_mcquown@comcast.net on Sat May 8 10:11:32 2021
    In article <IVglI.71558$iT.24599@fx19.iad>, jmcquown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    Buffy is still here. Despite the weepy eye the vet said she looks much better! Just as I thought, Buffy has gained back a little of the weight she'd lost. The cortisone shot last week greatly reduced the
    inflammation in her jaw. She said she honestly doesn't think it's
    "time" yet. <whew!>

    She repeated the shots from last week. She asked if I thought I could
    give her small pills. Last time I tried that she threw it up. So she
    called in a prescription for steroids to a compounding pharmacy for me
    to pick up on Monday (the shot today will carry her through until then).
    Just a drop to be mixed in with her food to keep the inflammation down
    and keep her comfortable.

    Oh, and the sneezing? It's because of the inflammation on the upper jaw being so close to the sinuses.

    At any rate, Buffy is home. She's on my lap trying to stop me from
    typing.

    Thank you everyone for all the purrs. They're working! :)

    Jill


    I'm so pleased. I'll post this on FB. In the meantime you'd better stop
    typing and give her all the cuddles she requires. :)

    Judith

    --
    Judith Latham
    Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

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  • From Judith Latham@21:1/5 to judith@sick-of-spam.invalid on Mon May 10 21:07:36 2021
    In article <592952eab8judith@sick-of-spam.invalid>, Judith Latham <judith@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <IVglI.71558$iT.24599@fx19.iad>, jmcquown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    Buffy is still here. Despite the weepy eye the vet said she looks
    much better! Just as I thought, Buffy has gained back a little of the weight she'd lost. The cortisone shot last week greatly reduced the inflammation in her jaw. She said she honestly doesn't think it's
    "time" yet. <whew!>

    She repeated the shots from last week. She asked if I thought I could
    give her small pills. Last time I tried that she threw it up. So she called in a prescription for steroids to a compounding pharmacy for me
    to pick up on Monday (the shot today will carry her through until
    then). Just a drop to be mixed in with her food to keep the
    inflammation down and keep her comfortable.

    Oh, and the sneezing? It's because of the inflammation on the upper
    jaw being so close to the sinuses.

    At any rate, Buffy is home. She's on my lap trying to stop me from
    typing.

    Thank you everyone for all the purrs. They're working! :)

    Jill


    I'm so pleased. I'll post this on FB. In the meantime you'd better stop typing and give her all the cuddles she requires. :)

    Judith

    Hi Jill,

    How is Buffy doing? How are you?

    I copied your post to FB, here are the responses:-

    Messages:-
    patrick Califia - "My Best wishes for Buffy"
    Mary Stormy Pletsch - "Continued Purrs"
    Steve Touchstone - "Still Purring"
    Kyla Waterman - Purring cat image
    Julie Cook - "purrs"
    Cheryl Daniels - "My crew is still purring as well"

    Care emogi - Kristi Chong, Beverley Dunlop, Matthew Savage, Kyla Waterman, Shirley Holland, Steve Touchstone, lena Westberg, Lucy Burr, Diane Welker,
    Kim Peterson, Nancy Staight-Frantz.

    Like emogi - June Kleinfelder, Kerrie Davis, Daniel Orzel, Brenda Watkins, Suzanne Thompson, Gen Kiuchi, Denise Owen, Diane Mendenhall, Jeanette
    Greaves.

    Love emogi - patti Gilson Stott.

    Hugs

    Judith

    --
    Judith Latham
    Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Judith Latham on Mon May 10 18:21:55 2021
    On 5/10/2021 4:07 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
    In article <592952eab8judith@sick-of-spam.invalid>, Judith Latham <judith@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <IVglI.71558$iT.24599@fx19.iad>, jmcquown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
    Buffy is still here. Despite the weepy eye the vet said she looks
    much better! Just as I thought, Buffy has gained back a little of the
    weight she'd lost. The cortisone shot last week greatly reduced the
    inflammation in her jaw. She said she honestly doesn't think it's
    "time" yet. <whew!>

    She repeated the shots from last week. She asked if I thought I could
    give her small pills. Last time I tried that she threw it up. So she
    called in a prescription for steroids to a compounding pharmacy for me
    to pick up on Monday (the shot today will carry her through until
    then). Just a drop to be mixed in with her food to keep the
    inflammation down and keep her comfortable.

    Oh, and the sneezing? It's because of the inflammation on the upper
    jaw being so close to the sinuses.

    At any rate, Buffy is home. She's on my lap trying to stop me from
    typing.

    Thank you everyone for all the purrs. They're working! :)

    Jill


    I'm so pleased. I'll post this on FB. In the meantime you'd better stop
    typing and give her all the cuddles she requires. :)

    Judith

    Hi Jill,

    How is Buffy doing? How are you?

    I copied your post to FB, here are the responses:-

    Messages:-
    patrick Califia - "My Best wishes for Buffy"
    Mary Stormy Pletsch - "Continued Purrs"
    Steve Touchstone - "Still Purring"
    Kyla Waterman - Purring cat image
    Julie Cook - "purrs"
    Cheryl Daniels - "My crew is still purring as well"

    Care emogi - Kristi Chong, Beverley Dunlop, Matthew Savage, Kyla Waterman, Shirley Holland, Steve Touchstone, lena Westberg, Lucy Burr, Diane Welker, Kim Peterson, Nancy Staight-Frantz.

    Like emogi - June Kleinfelder, Kerrie Davis, Daniel Orzel, Brenda Watkins, Suzanne Thompson, Gen Kiuchi, Denise Owen, Diane Mendenhall, Jeanette Greaves.

    Love emogi - patti Gilson Stott.

    Hugs

    Judith

    Thank you, Judith. (Please extend my thanks again to everyone; I simply
    don't like - or much trust - FB.)

    Buffy seems to be feeling better. I stopped after work at a compounding pharmacy to pick up the prednisone liquid the vet prescribed (chicken
    flavour). She ate her breakfast of gooshy food while I was at work and
    had a little snack of the dry food. I dished up some more wet food -
    thank goodness she likes the prescription stuff so the bladder stone
    isn't an issue anymore). I put a drop of the liquid medication on it.
    She's too busy napping to eat right now but I feel sure she will. ;)
    She used her litterbox while I was gone and the output appears to be
    getting back to normal.

    She doesn't seem to be uncomfortable or in pain which is most important.

    Jill

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