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Apr. 1st, 2025 08:28 pmPrednisolone is a hell of a drug. Qua has perked up quite a bit on it, and he is visibly feeling good. I don't know how long he'll be able to ride it out on that and the zofran, but I'll take it.
His appetite has come roaring back, so he gets breakfast and second breakfast, dinrar and second dinrar, and he eats his crunchy food over the course of the day as well. I don't know if gaining back any weight is in the cards for him, but I'm certainly going to try. I give him two different canned foods to choose from and heat them up a bit. He picks which one he likes best first, then finishes the other either immediately after, or later in the morning.
Not sure if it's my imagination or not, but it looks like some of the jaundice is fading. He's looking a little pinker in places that were yellow, and I'll take it.
I've made a list of quality of life markers that I'm going to keep an eye on as we continue with the meds. Things like how much he eats, if he's vomiting, if he's hiding under the bed. If I see paw prints on the bed and/or the pillow on the chair. How noxious the assbasket is lol. So far it's been all 10s and 9s. :) He's usually out on the chair or bed waiting for me when I get home from work. I get out early and try to run any errands I need to quickly so I get home to my baby boy asap. If I take too long, he's sometimes under the bed and a tad grumpy with me. Not hiding so much as pouting, and that's fine.
What's tough is having to wait to feed him. Have to wait an hour after he takes his liver meds, now that I'm able to give them to him straight. He takes his meds like a trooper, he doesn't even fight me on those anymore. I'm thinking he's made the connection between momentary weirdness and feeling better shortly after. I knew Cleo understood that. Easiest cat in the world to pill. <3
Need to check in more here. Try to stay as present as possible. Try not to fall apart on my baby boy. Keep track of every little thing that makes me smile. Like the fact that he has pretty much stopped moving his water dish across the floor, and now naps with his head on the fountain. Man he loves that thing, I'm so happy I got it for him. Sometimes I come home from work, and he's just stretched out in front of it. Definitely makes me smile.
His appetite has come roaring back, so he gets breakfast and second breakfast, dinrar and second dinrar, and he eats his crunchy food over the course of the day as well. I don't know if gaining back any weight is in the cards for him, but I'm certainly going to try. I give him two different canned foods to choose from and heat them up a bit. He picks which one he likes best first, then finishes the other either immediately after, or later in the morning.
Not sure if it's my imagination or not, but it looks like some of the jaundice is fading. He's looking a little pinker in places that were yellow, and I'll take it.
I've made a list of quality of life markers that I'm going to keep an eye on as we continue with the meds. Things like how much he eats, if he's vomiting, if he's hiding under the bed. If I see paw prints on the bed and/or the pillow on the chair. How noxious the assbasket is lol. So far it's been all 10s and 9s. :) He's usually out on the chair or bed waiting for me when I get home from work. I get out early and try to run any errands I need to quickly so I get home to my baby boy asap. If I take too long, he's sometimes under the bed and a tad grumpy with me. Not hiding so much as pouting, and that's fine.
What's tough is having to wait to feed him. Have to wait an hour after he takes his liver meds, now that I'm able to give them to him straight. He takes his meds like a trooper, he doesn't even fight me on those anymore. I'm thinking he's made the connection between momentary weirdness and feeling better shortly after. I knew Cleo understood that. Easiest cat in the world to pill. <3
Need to check in more here. Try to stay as present as possible. Try not to fall apart on my baby boy. Keep track of every little thing that makes me smile. Like the fact that he has pretty much stopped moving his water dish across the floor, and now naps with his head on the fountain. Man he loves that thing, I'm so happy I got it for him. Sometimes I come home from work, and he's just stretched out in front of it. Definitely makes me smile.
