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Lucy Update; Amazon Weirdness
May. 15th, 2023 03:41 pmLUCY UPDATE
So Lucy didn't have a great weekend. She's being very lethargic and passive, but most notably she's not eating well. Just a few minutes of eating Saturday night (when she was a day out of her anti-nausea shot) and just a few bites Sunday night (when she was two days out).
She maybe got a little more social over the course of the weekend, but when that's paired with not eating, that's still not great.
But she had a follow-up this morning, another drop-off. So she went back to vet at 7.45a or so.
Supplementing the blood tests last Friday (which showed nothing), they did an x-ray (which showed nothing), and a pancreatitis test (which showed nothing).
So we apparently have a perfectly normal, fit, older cat.
Who's not eating.
They also sedated her and cleaned her out, just in case something was going on there.
And we've been given subcutaneous fluids and an anti-nausea pill to give her the next couple of nights, hoping that this "supportive" care will get her back on her feed. And maybe it would. She was getting bad about eating last year some time and we gave her subcutaneous fluids until we couldn't take it any more (which wasn't long, she's not that cooperative) and it seemed to help.
Next vet appointment is on Thursday. With our regular doc's dad, because she's off-island for a conference.
Sigh. Frustrating. Worrying. I mean, I did have a concern that the x-rays might show something ingested or even worse, but then we'd have an answer. Instead we're at the lack of answer that is so, so, so frustrating and stressful.
Oh, hey, if you tell your Amazon account to log you out of all devices it'll basically reset your Alexa devices. Fun times.
AMAZON WEIRDNESS
Last night, while I'm sitting around gloomy about Lucy and trying to do something productive, Kimberly asks if I put an RV Screen Door Cross-Bar in our Amazon Basket.
I of course did not, as we don't have an RV, because among other things they're not usable on island.
This caused us some concern, though when I looked through our Amazon history nothing else was weird.
But in the fullness of caution, I reset our Amazon password. Or tried, but Amazon told me that the password (which I have saved in a password utility) was not right.
This caused more concern, but I was finally able to get it changed. And then I changed passwords for all my bank accounts, credit card accounts, and shopping sites likely to have a current credit card. Not cool in the middle of other stress.
DRUNKEN LUCY
Because of the sedation, Lucy is wandering around like a drunken sailor. She keeps insisting on getting up on chairs and tables and such and I'm worried she's going to hurt herself getting down.
Meanwhile the orangies are extremely interested, because she smells weird or acts weird or something. At one point they were following her in perfect formation like little soldiers and then went right up to her face to sniff. Fortunately, she's sedated enough to just want to get away.
Poor kitty!
Hopefully we can help her out with that supportive care since the Doctor couldn't find anything majorly wrong. But this is all bringing me flashbacks to that awful month with Callisto before we let her go. I'm not ready to be there again so soon (but Lucy *is* old at 16).
So Lucy didn't have a great weekend. She's being very lethargic and passive, but most notably she's not eating well. Just a few minutes of eating Saturday night (when she was a day out of her anti-nausea shot) and just a few bites Sunday night (when she was two days out).
She maybe got a little more social over the course of the weekend, but when that's paired with not eating, that's still not great.
But she had a follow-up this morning, another drop-off. So she went back to vet at 7.45a or so.
Supplementing the blood tests last Friday (which showed nothing), they did an x-ray (which showed nothing), and a pancreatitis test (which showed nothing).
So we apparently have a perfectly normal, fit, older cat.
Who's not eating.
They also sedated her and cleaned her out, just in case something was going on there.
And we've been given subcutaneous fluids and an anti-nausea pill to give her the next couple of nights, hoping that this "supportive" care will get her back on her feed. And maybe it would. She was getting bad about eating last year some time and we gave her subcutaneous fluids until we couldn't take it any more (which wasn't long, she's not that cooperative) and it seemed to help.
Next vet appointment is on Thursday. With our regular doc's dad, because she's off-island for a conference.
Sigh. Frustrating. Worrying. I mean, I did have a concern that the x-rays might show something ingested or even worse, but then we'd have an answer. Instead we're at the lack of answer that is so, so, so frustrating and stressful.
Oh, hey, if you tell your Amazon account to log you out of all devices it'll basically reset your Alexa devices. Fun times.
AMAZON WEIRDNESS
Last night, while I'm sitting around gloomy about Lucy and trying to do something productive, Kimberly asks if I put an RV Screen Door Cross-Bar in our Amazon Basket.
I of course did not, as we don't have an RV, because among other things they're not usable on island.
This caused us some concern, though when I looked through our Amazon history nothing else was weird.
But in the fullness of caution, I reset our Amazon password. Or tried, but Amazon told me that the password (which I have saved in a password utility) was not right.
This caused more concern, but I was finally able to get it changed. And then I changed passwords for all my bank accounts, credit card accounts, and shopping sites likely to have a current credit card. Not cool in the middle of other stress.
DRUNKEN LUCY
Because of the sedation, Lucy is wandering around like a drunken sailor. She keeps insisting on getting up on chairs and tables and such and I'm worried she's going to hurt herself getting down.
Meanwhile the orangies are extremely interested, because she smells weird or acts weird or something. At one point they were following her in perfect formation like little soldiers and then went right up to her face to sniff. Fortunately, she's sedated enough to just want to get away.
Poor kitty!
Hopefully we can help her out with that supportive care since the Doctor couldn't find anything majorly wrong. But this is all bringing me flashbacks to that awful month with Callisto before we let her go. I'm not ready to be there again so soon (but Lucy *is* old at 16).