cat w a feeding tube OT

[NoraKate]

it's already getting a little easier

hopefully just a week of it

there was one mis hap where the plunger on the syringe jammed and i pulled it out slightly and
SPLAT


it was everywhere
under my finger nails!!
it didn't actually taste that bad. But I never needed to know that

gah!!!!!

he's on to my though
I have to hang out and read a book before he'll get near me

since he had abdominal surgery I'm very wary about how i grab him

this every 6 hours is going to do me in

[PrairieGem]

Originally Posted by NoraKate

this every 6 hours is going to do me in

I hear ya!!! Our dog who had this surgery (and developed aspiration pneumonia as a complication) has had pneumonia again, three times! She spent October-January on antibiotics, plus therapies four times a day--vaporizer for ~30 minutes, and 10 minutes of chest compressions/percussion therapy (coupage). An almost 14-year-old dog is not nearly as incapacitated by pneumonia--or as enthusiastic about having her chest smacked for 40 minutes a day! --as you might expect!!

It will get easier; I found it a lot easier when I finally accepted it as the routine, and tried not to look on it as a burdensome task. And it will be over before you know it! Our other elderly dog is having issues with hind-end weakness that may or may not be permanent, and right now (perhaps forever) I have to help her outside with a harness. Remembering the drama and exhaustion of the coupage, I told myself from the beginning, "This is what we do now! No big deal." The mindset shift/reframing has been HUGE for me. A little harder to think of tube-feeding your cat as quality time with kitty, but good luck!! Totally know what you're going through. ((hugs))