So far........so good

Taz was eating and using the litter box early Sunday morning. We have liquid Tramadol to give him for pain, as needed every 8-12 hrs. He seemed to need some around 6:30am. It's impossible to give it without him tasting it and apparently it tastes awful. So, he drooled a lot and then for the rest of the day didn't eat. We gave him another dose at 4:00pm when he started to appear like he was uncomfortable. Still no eating, but then he seemed hungry later in the evening, but then would pick up his food and drop it without eating. We tried to tempt him with several different types of food, and again, he appeared hungry, but wouldn't eat. I stayed in the room with him all night. We have a day bed in the room. He slept on the bed with me and he got up several times and went to his food dish during the night. He worked and worked on his food and managed to get some in his mouth after several tries. At about 6:30am today, Monday, he was still trying to eat. We didn't give him any Tramadol because he didn't seem to be in pain. We spoke with the doctor at VSH and she said that the Tramadol might be the taste that lingered in his mouth and he thought the food tasted like that, so wouldn't eat. Bottom line now, at about 11:00am, Taz has been eating fairly normal, and has used the litter box (#'s 1 and 2!). Now if we can just keep him busy and give him attention to keep him from wanting to run around the house, he may start feeling better. I know we will!