InsaneJournal

Current mood:

cautiously hopeful?

Update on Chase
I gave Chase his sub-Q fluids for the first time tonight. It went really smoothly, I didn't have any problems doing it. My mom and sister were helping out by holding him, and they were really squeamish about the needle. Chase didn't even flinch though. He's a good boy. His new pill is actually a lot harder on him than the fluids were. I have to give him 3 CCs of water after the pill, and he HATES that. The fluids and/or the new antibiotics and/or the appetite stimulant is making him feel a lot better, I think. He looks much perkier than he did just yesterday. He ate a little bit of wet food, and a good sized handful of some cheap dry I got to tempt him with (and because it was a very small kibble, hopefully easier for him to eat without teeth). I feel a lot more hopeful now than I did yesterday. If we can keep him eating, get him to gain some weight, he will have much better chances of coping with whatever his problem ends up being.