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 Post subject: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:08 pm 
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What a difference 24 hours can make! I got almost 1 hour of sleep last night, but who cares?! I'm bouncing off the ceiling.

At about 12:35am, Maggie woke me up for the millionth time, so I thought I would try feeding her. She ate almost 2 syringes. :D[Skipping over the twenty other things she did between 12:35 and 4:20.] At 4:33am, I had to get her off the TV which she had climbed up on! :shock:At 5:12am, she was meowing at the door to go out and bop some boys. :twisted:Finally at 6:19am, we gave up and got up. Cleaned her eye, gave her an eye drop, and then 2.25 syinges. She NEVER eats more than 2 first thing in the morning! So, while taking Isabel her food, Maggie escapes the bedroom and procedes to push Tolstoy away from his bowl and eat his food! :shock:Then she comes out into the kitchen and cleans out the bowl I mixed the food in.

Food done, adventuring begins! Next she climbs the back of a chair, jumps to the sofa, and chases James away. She then gets a drink, runs into Dante, and begins to bop him with both paws. He just sits there with this look on his face, "Ah, I'm being beaten up by a 4 lb cat. This can't be happening." He doesn't lift a paw in self-defense. She gives up and -- look, there's James again and he needs more bopping. A few good bops and then it's back up the back of the chair. Eventually, she runs out of plays to climb and fuzzpeople to bop so she heads back into the bedroom.

And look! Isabel hasn't eaten all her food!!! :lol:

Taking her off the clavamox may not have been the right thing to do when this is all over, but for right now, it seems like it was the correct decision. I can now stop worrying about her surviving and get back to worrying about her eye. And thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. You may have helped bring about my Christmas miracle -- Piglet!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:41 pm 
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YAY!!!! Thank goodness. So glad to hear she is back to her piglet status.

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:48 pm 
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Now THAT is a Christmas present!!! :xmas:

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:12 pm 
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Aww, good for Maggie. I hope she continues to steal everyones food. :heart:

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:24 pm 
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:lol:snort, snort.
OMG Linda, you tell a great story. I am laughing out loud at your description of Maggie looking for furry people to bop. Must have been all pent up in her and just waiting to feel good enough to come out. and remind me, is she doing this all with a cone on her head?

Give Dante and James big hugs for putting up with her bopping so courageously. And Toolstoy and Isabel, give them an extra helping of Christmas dinner. They are more than deserving of special treatment.

I love that Maggie seems to have her appetite back and is looking for some action. That can't be anything but good news.

Still praying that graft takes and that she continues to be on her way to good health.

I too had only 1 hour sleep the night before last. It is like TORTURE.

Join me in a nap today afternoon sometime.
snoorrrrre, snooooooooooore...

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:39 pm 
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And she keeps eating, and eating,....

I finally got a short nap after her morning snack (2 more syringes!). She had bopped all the boys she could find, climbed the sofa, walked right across Tolstoy like he was a fuzzy pillow, and snuggled into my lap for a nap. (Tolstoy did nothing except look at her. :shock:) So, she napped and I napped. Then it was lunch time and she ate 2+ more syringes. (I had to use the people litter box and when I came back, she was eating out of the bowl. :D)

And yes, this is all with that @#$%^& cone on her head. BTW, she has a new cone trick. Go get a drink, fill the cone with some water, and then climb up on mommy where you spill the water on her face. I guess she thought I needed a drink also. :lol:

I honestly don't understand why the other cats don't do anything when she bops them or walks over them. They just look at her. Don't get me wrong -- I'm grateful, because I don't want her in a cat fight. But still. Usually if James walks on Dante's tail, there's a complaint voiced or a bop. If Maggie does it, Dante doesn't care.

I have a huge respect for how an animal feels emotionally and its effects on their treatment. To see Maggie go from a very depressed and sad cat who didn't care for anything to the ruler of the house makes me feel so very hopeful that things will be fine in the end. I just hope I can keep up with her and her eating!

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:42 am 
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Linda:
I haven't been closely following Maggie's condition, but I do know this much, Clavamox is safe to use long term. It is a fairly mild antibiotic, so don't worry about that. It can cause some cats to lose their appetites, so maybe that was the problem, but if she is being treated for an infection she may need it. There are a lot of other stronger antibiotics that may work a little better, depending on the problem you are treating. Does she have a URI or is it just the eye thing?

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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:57 am 
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Tracy -- I'm relieved that clavamox doesn't have any longterm side effects. Thanks!!! (One less thing to worry about!)

Why Maggie was on clavamox is not clear. She has a few sniffles but they are more related to the eye drops and drainage, I think, than to an URI. I think it was as a preventative for an eye infection, but as far as I know, she has no infection in the eye. There's no sign of anything bad happening. In fact, when the first graft was removed, the plan was to culture it for bacteria, but the vet decided not to since there was no sign of any infection.

I'm not totally opposed to antibiotics, but I just don't like the shotgun approach. Give her something specific if neccesary. The clavamox this time seemed to just shut down her appetite, and with Maggie, that is not good. I'll call the vet in the morning and find out exactly why she was getting the clavamox and if we need to try another antibiotic.

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'Give me shelter, food, companionship and love,
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 Post subject: Re: Maggie "The Piglet" is Baaaack!!!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:09 pm 
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There are meds that don't have that effect so I hope they come up with something. Good luck I hope this surgery works and Maggie will finally get well. :cat:

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