My little Maggie Bear!!

[Aggie_Ama]

That's good. You just keep her comfortable and keep pouring on the love.

I know sub-cu's are the pits. Try doing it to a very pi**ed off cat for about a year!
You're doing great.

At first she was mellow for it but now she is restless and at least once pulled the line by moving. He wants to keeps doing 100cc two times a day, Maggie is verbally telling us she isn't happy. I can't even imagine doing it on a cat, especially if they had claws.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

At first she was mellow for it but now she is restless and at least once pulled the line by moving. He wants to keeps doing 100cc two times a day, Maggie is verbally telling us she isn't happy. I can't even imagine doing it on a cat, especially if they had claws.

We found that if the 'assistant' held the cat gently but steadily, then I was free to insert the needle, then when things got flowing I would scratch her head and distract her with one hand while holding the needle in place with the other hand. I found if I pinched some fur (not skin) onto the needle while holding the needle between my thumb and index, then when she struggled for a moment the needle would not pull out accidentally. And I rubbed and 'scroonched' her head and neck a lot to distract her throughout it all.

[bmccasland]

At first she was mellow for it but now she is restless and at least once pulled the line by moving. He wants to keeps doing 100cc two times a day, Maggie is verbally telling us she isn't happy. I can't even imagine doing it on a cat, especially if they had claws.

I had to wrap Erin in a towel, and do some contortionist moves, but I managed to get her stuck. Sometimes she escaped, sometimes I didn't get her restuck, and sometimes I stuck me. Once in full dispair I took her back to the clinic for help. Generally she'd growl, doing a very good Lion imitation, and she'd bite & hold, to let me know she was irritated. I figured she had that right. But my motivation like yours, was that without the IV therapy, I knew she'd very quickly spiral down, and I wasn't ready to quit.

It is definitely easier with two people.

My heart goes out to you Aggie_Ama, and to Maggie. IV sticks are never fun, even with sharp needles.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Amanda, how is Maggie doing?

[Aggie_Ama]

She seems to be okay, we are exhausted from the subcu. This morning she only ate half her food and refused her pepcid but I think she was annoyed she had to go out in the rain. She is pretty lethargic but she has always been less active so it is really hard to say how she is doing.

She has had a slight bit of blood in the stool which makes me think another organ might be starting to weaken, need to call the vet about that today. He said it was just a matter of time before something other than the kidneys might give out. Still we have gotten two weeks since we took her out of the hospital, what a blessing that has been. Thanks for checking Lisa.

[sundial]

Gentle hug for you and your Maggie bear.

[bmccasland]

Pooh.

May she have a gentle night.

[emily_in_nc]

Still thinking of you and Maggie Bear....there are no good words, but just know that everyone here is sending warm wishes your way.