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Apr. 13th, 2025 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anaisninjaUrgent vet again with Qua today. As much as his brother Ish masked his symptoms deceptively well, Qua doesn't hide anything at all. If he's not feeling well, he lets you know. Which is good, because I can get him care asap. But it also makes me paranoid about every little thing.
He was doing so great over the past three weeks, until he wasn't.
On Saturday Qua ate his breakfast of wet food and ate some dry food over the day, but in the afternoon he vomited up three of his enteric coated liver meds and all of his dry food. He threw up a couple more times after that, even after I gave him a whole zofran instead of a half. I did offer him some wet food, and I did hear him eat some of his dry food overnight. I don't think I slept at all.
I was able to give Qua his steroids and zofran first thing in the morning, so I was hopeful he might be back on the mend. Twenty minutes later though, his dry food came up again. But his morning meds must have already dissolved, because those weren't mixed in with the dry food, and the wet food from the night before also didn't come back up. An hour later he seemed hungry, so I decided to offer him some more wet food to see if he could keep that down, and he did. After the previous night I couldn't bear to leave him alone to go to work. I called in, and made an appointment at the urgent vet as early as I could get him there.
They're always super good at the urgent vet. I've gone there several times at this point, once with Ish, and twice with Qua. It was a relief to see the same techs there. They love working with Qua because he's so chill and doesn't struggle, scratch, or bite when they need to take blood or do exams. The vet told me that they enjoyed having him back there, and were tempted to keep him back there a little longer just to love up on him lol. It makes me happy that he's a good patient and makes it easy for them to get him good care.
Good news: Qua has actually gained weight since his visit to Fetch, and when they ran his blood work, his liver levels were mostly stable. Some values had decreased, a few had increased. The Denamarin is definitely doing something, so I'll stick with it. The vet was new to me, but the vibe was good and inspired trust. She remarked on Qua's heart murmur, recommended discontinuing dry food and sticking with wet food since he was digesting that better, got him a shot of anti-emetics that would be good for 24 hours, and sent me home with Cerenia and a med to help coat his throat against irritation from the steroids.
I could tell Qua was feeling better when the shot kicked in, and it was a relief to see him relax and look comfortable again. I think this is maybe a reason why Qua doesn't put up too much of a fuss going into the vet. Pretty much every time he's ever gone, they've given him something that makes him feel better.
He wasn't interested in food when I offered it to him at home, which I reckon is fair, since he'd had an eventful day at the vet. He just hung out under the bed for a bit, then by his fountain a little later on. Watched some more Succession with my bro on discord, and generally decompressed from the anxiety of the last 24 hours.
Tomorrow is definitely going to be a Red Bull day.
He was doing so great over the past three weeks, until he wasn't.
On Saturday Qua ate his breakfast of wet food and ate some dry food over the day, but in the afternoon he vomited up three of his enteric coated liver meds and all of his dry food. He threw up a couple more times after that, even after I gave him a whole zofran instead of a half. I did offer him some wet food, and I did hear him eat some of his dry food overnight. I don't think I slept at all.
I was able to give Qua his steroids and zofran first thing in the morning, so I was hopeful he might be back on the mend. Twenty minutes later though, his dry food came up again. But his morning meds must have already dissolved, because those weren't mixed in with the dry food, and the wet food from the night before also didn't come back up. An hour later he seemed hungry, so I decided to offer him some more wet food to see if he could keep that down, and he did. After the previous night I couldn't bear to leave him alone to go to work. I called in, and made an appointment at the urgent vet as early as I could get him there.
They're always super good at the urgent vet. I've gone there several times at this point, once with Ish, and twice with Qua. It was a relief to see the same techs there. They love working with Qua because he's so chill and doesn't struggle, scratch, or bite when they need to take blood or do exams. The vet told me that they enjoyed having him back there, and were tempted to keep him back there a little longer just to love up on him lol. It makes me happy that he's a good patient and makes it easy for them to get him good care.
Good news: Qua has actually gained weight since his visit to Fetch, and when they ran his blood work, his liver levels were mostly stable. Some values had decreased, a few had increased. The Denamarin is definitely doing something, so I'll stick with it. The vet was new to me, but the vibe was good and inspired trust. She remarked on Qua's heart murmur, recommended discontinuing dry food and sticking with wet food since he was digesting that better, got him a shot of anti-emetics that would be good for 24 hours, and sent me home with Cerenia and a med to help coat his throat against irritation from the steroids.
I could tell Qua was feeling better when the shot kicked in, and it was a relief to see him relax and look comfortable again. I think this is maybe a reason why Qua doesn't put up too much of a fuss going into the vet. Pretty much every time he's ever gone, they've given him something that makes him feel better.
He wasn't interested in food when I offered it to him at home, which I reckon is fair, since he'd had an eventful day at the vet. He just hung out under the bed for a bit, then by his fountain a little later on. Watched some more Succession with my bro on discord, and generally decompressed from the anxiety of the last 24 hours.
Tomorrow is definitely going to be a Red Bull day.
