We picked Taz up from the hospital yesterday, Tuesday, 8/3. His red blood count was 26%. The doctor was a little surprised. She said they expected it to go up because of the blood transfusion, but it doesn't always increase by that much so quickly. So far, he's doing everything that is surprising or puzzling the doctors. I'm sure he is going to be in their case histories and maybe the one good thing about this is that they can look back on his symptoms and problems and it might help another cat get well one day.
He was happy to be home, but we have put him in his own room and doctor's orders say "no outside" time right now. So, he doesn't get to sit in his favorite patio chair for now. We'll probably let him roam the house today for awhile because he's allowed to "choose his own exercise".
However, he's still not eating on his own. No interest in his food. We don't know why that is. His breathing is better. He is on antibiotics for another day or so. I'm feeding him high calorie food by syringe about every three hours or so. That's what they did in the hospital. He doesn't like it, but he's actually pretty easy to feed. They gave us some smaller and easier syringes to use. I first offer him his regular food in a dish and only if he refuses, I feed him. But, so far, he's refusing to eat on his own.
That's it for now!
Maybe he needs a little catnip to give him the munchies! Ha.
ReplyDeleteI actually tried the catnip on him, but he wasn't interested. Usually he eats it. I grow it for all of the cats and they love it.
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