About Annie’s test results. He said the good thing is she isn’t getting worse. All but of her numbers was a little better, her RBC was much better, which means the anemia is resolving. And her thyroid was doing quite a bit better, too.
He said that I’m doing all for her that can be done. She is going to start getting fluids every other day, to help her keep her kidneys flushed. He asked about the balance problem and it’s pretty much gone. He was concerned about the weight loss, but said it’s possible she had to get worse before her body would start healing. (This afternoon, I hit Petco and bought some Nutro Complete Care food packets and a few cans of the Nutro veal pate, to help perk her appetite a bit.) I told him that she has been sleeping more every day (today, she slept a lot) and I think that maybe this is also helping to unstress her body.
I also set up the bathroom for her. She didn’t much care for it at first (I’m not keeping her in there…yet), but I think she’ll come to appreciate having a nice quiet place to eat in peace. When she was finished, I let DeeJay go in there and he ate some of the food and then went into the carrier, where he laid down and is sleeping right now.
I thought about him this morning and I told Brian today that if Annie was so sick, or if she doesn’t get better (the vet said tonight that she’s held together with bailing wire and string) and we have to put her to sleep, that we’ll do DeeJay at the same time (if he’s not gone already). I told this to the vet when he called and I said “they came into the world together, they can leave together”. The past few weeks DeeJay has been spending the majority of his time in here with Annie. (I’m watching her sleep right now and she looks so peaceful.)
Anyway, that’s the good news.
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