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« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2008, 07:15:04 PM » |
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Sending prayers and thoughts for Whitney and Shellysmom; best wishes for successful treatment.
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« Reply #31 on: September 04, 2008, 07:41:14 PM » |
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Hardest part is waiting for Whitney to get out of the hospital, shellysmom.
Real wishes for successful treatment.
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« Reply #32 on: September 04, 2008, 09:52:00 PM » |
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Prayers for Whitney and Shellysmom that all goes well with the treatment and that Whitney has a full recovery.
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« Reply #33 on: September 04, 2008, 10:28:20 PM » |
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Sending many well wishes to Shelleysmom and Whitney for a successful I131 treatment. Shelleysmom, I think you said you will be able to watch Whiteny via a camera at the facility? Please keep us posted on how its going if you can.
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« Reply #34 on: September 05, 2008, 06:54:29 AM » |
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Best wishes that this will go well, and Whitney will be cured forever!
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« Reply #35 on: September 05, 2008, 08:08:44 AM » |
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Good luck Whitney. I hope for a successful treatment. Keep us posted...
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ShellysMom
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« Reply #36 on: September 08, 2008, 05:37:29 PM » |
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Hi Itchmo,
Whitney checked in to the Advanced Veterinary Medical Imaging center yesterday, and had her 131I injection this morning!
I'll know more tomorrow about a projected release date.
They have a cool webcam tool so we can watch her between 8am and 8pm. She seems to be resting comfortably.
My next challenge will be to administer subcutaneous fluids every other day for the next three weeks. Any handy tips in this area would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes for my girl.
I'm attaching a pic of her at the vet
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Mom to fur babies Whitney, Jake, and Timmy (aka Porch Kitty) too!
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« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2008, 05:44:31 PM » |
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Wow, looks like a luxury cat hotel!  How wonderful that you can check in on her this way. Continued good wishes for successful treatment being sent! |
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« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2008, 05:45:44 PM » |
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ShellysMom: Whitney looks just beautiful. It's the waiting on the owner that's so hard. As to giving sub-q's, that takes a bit of getting used to. They will show you at the vet's, and that helps. You can also view this video on subcutaneous fluids from Cornell: http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/node/340You can see subcutaneous fluids administration written about and accompanied with pictures here: http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/weird/stuff/pets/cats/sophia/catjuice.htmlThere are several posters here who either are presently doing it or have done it. So we'll all be here to support you and answer any questions we can. |
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« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2008, 05:47:15 PM » |
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Whitney is looking really good ! Not a bad looking hospital room either. Its great you can check in on them this way.There are several threads with tips about subq's,I'll look for the link.
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« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2008, 05:35:04 AM » |
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Hoping all goes well...keeping you both in my prayers! (yikes I hope Smudge didn't see the private room.... ) |
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« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2008, 08:04:26 AM » |
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Shellysmom, continued prayers for Whitney, please keep us posted. You had mentioned you will need to give sub-q's to Whitney once she is home, can I ask what that is for, just curious....
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« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2008, 10:38:20 AM » |
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The doctor said that cats frequently act a little strange after they get home and sometimes don't drink as much as they should. If it was a person receiving the treatment they would tell them to "drink plenty of fluids". Since that doesn't work with cats we have to give the sub-q. She need the fluids to completely rid their body of the radioactive material.
Additionally Whitney's urinalysis showed a slightly low specific gravity (which means her kidneys are not concentrating the urine as much as they should). Her numbers were just a tad off....so the fluids do a double duty of supporting kidney function and flushing the 131I out of her system....it's just every other day for three weeks.
The kind of sad part is that she has been more playful than normal the last year or so. That could be a side effect of the hyper T...it kind of makes them nervous. So if we're lucky she will return to a heavier, not so playful state.
The link to Cornell was a very instructional video on fluid administration...thanks so much!
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« Reply #44 on: September 09, 2008, 10:54:21 AM » |
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Seeing it done does give a good idea of how to proceed. Those Cornell videos are
good ones. Your vet should demonstrate for you, also. Once you get home and
get all the stuff in place and try it yourself, it can be a little confusing the first
few times. So don't feel alone if that happens.
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