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A Bad Day for Lucy-Liu
Aug. 14th, 2023 08:30 pmA BAD DAY FOR LUCY-LIU
Lucy has a stoma in her neck, where her feeding tube emerges. Every two days (or occasionally two and a half) we take off her collar to get at her stoma, clean it, and then put a fresh pad up against the wound.
Yesterday night we went to clean it and Kimberly noted that there was black ichorous fluid and we both noticed that it had an unpleasant smell. Not good, obviously.
So Lucy was into the vet today. They've diagnosed her with cellulitis, which is a deep infection of the skin around her stoma. We've got her on some new antibiotics now for the next week, with the hope that'll help clear things up. If not, they'll need to take out the feeding tube, which obviously would be very bad as she's very much not eating at the moment.
Lucy apparently gave them quite some trouble at the vet when they tried to get her stoma all cleared up. They said they tried it some in the morning and she was very uncooperative, so they tried again in the afternoon and when she'd still have none of it, they gave her some sedative.
So we've got a cat that's still very high at the moment, just randomly running after things that aren't there.
We're continuing with the chemotherapy. We gave Lucy her fourth dose after she got back from the vet today. By next week, I believe, if it's not working we'll try upping the steroid again (while continuing the chemotherapy). But even moreso than before we're working against the clock.
So, we have our fingers crossed, but things aren't looking good for our long-time companion at the moment.
Lucy has a stoma in her neck, where her feeding tube emerges. Every two days (or occasionally two and a half) we take off her collar to get at her stoma, clean it, and then put a fresh pad up against the wound.
Yesterday night we went to clean it and Kimberly noted that there was black ichorous fluid and we both noticed that it had an unpleasant smell. Not good, obviously.
So Lucy was into the vet today. They've diagnosed her with cellulitis, which is a deep infection of the skin around her stoma. We've got her on some new antibiotics now for the next week, with the hope that'll help clear things up. If not, they'll need to take out the feeding tube, which obviously would be very bad as she's very much not eating at the moment.
Lucy apparently gave them quite some trouble at the vet when they tried to get her stoma all cleared up. They said they tried it some in the morning and she was very uncooperative, so they tried again in the afternoon and when she'd still have none of it, they gave her some sedative.
So we've got a cat that's still very high at the moment, just randomly running after things that aren't there.
We're continuing with the chemotherapy. We gave Lucy her fourth dose after she got back from the vet today. By next week, I believe, if it's not working we'll try upping the steroid again (while continuing the chemotherapy). But even moreso than before we're working against the clock.
So, we have our fingers crossed, but things aren't looking good for our long-time companion at the moment.