So glad the holidays are over. Whew!
And Bootsy is OK. Here I'd thought (sadly) I'd been watching him die a slow death from old age, when in fact he had a condition we didn't know about that was treatable (we already knew about the kidney problem).
I'd tried to ameliorate the kidney problem by putting Bootsy on expensive special foods (available only from the vet's) which he essentially refused to eat, so I'd given up on that. I figured the kidney problem was causing him to waste away, whereas it turned out to be a thyroid problem that has popped up since the kidney problem was diagnosed via blood tests a couple of years ago. (Last week the vet didn't even remark that the known kidney problem was that much of a problem, being confined to one kidney.) (I guess I'd forgotten that detail.)
Meanwhile the head cold appears to have cleared up, and he can smell and relishes eating his food again. While it's probably true that a had a mouth infection (the vet detected it), I don't think that had stopped him from eating on New Year's Day. I think the head cold was killing his appetite, since I'd read that cats won't eat anything they can't smell, and you could hear the congestion, plus he was sneezing. (He even turned his nose up at a strong beef broth, and he loves beef.) But he's no longer sneezing and I no longer hear the head congestion. (Maybe the antibiotic Cefazolin, administered at the clinic, cleared that up.)
Meanwhile I'm still administering the Clavamox (for the mouth infection), which is quickly running out. Whew on that also!
I'd tried to ameliorate the kidney problem by putting Bootsy on expensive special foods (available only from the vet's) which he essentially refused to eat, so I'd given up on that. I figured the kidney problem was causing him to waste away, whereas it turned out to be a thyroid problem that has popped up since the kidney problem was diagnosed via blood tests a couple of years ago. (Last week the vet didn't even remark that the known kidney problem was that much of a problem, being confined to one kidney.) (I guess I'd forgotten that detail.)
Meanwhile the head cold appears to have cleared up, and he can smell and relishes eating his food again. While it's probably true that a had a mouth infection (the vet detected it), I don't think that had stopped him from eating on New Year's Day. I think the head cold was killing his appetite, since I'd read that cats won't eat anything they can't smell, and you could hear the congestion, plus he was sneezing. (He even turned his nose up at a strong beef broth, and he loves beef.) But he's no longer sneezing and I no longer hear the head congestion. (Maybe the antibiotic Cefazolin, administered at the clinic, cleared that up.)
Meanwhile I'm still administering the Clavamox (for the mouth infection), which is quickly running out. Whew on that also!
:-)
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