While Dougy enjoys the fresh air by the front door, Andy enjoys his Greenies treat for being a good boy during his medicine time. (Well, good enough!)
Then he heads for the stereo to clean up and perch for a moment or two. Looks like a good time to follow up with some bird watching, which he did, after I put the camera down.
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Andy has a veterinarian’s appointment 7 May at 1:30 to check his blood pressure for improvement (I hope) so he can continue at the same or lower dosage on his medicine. If it’s still running a bit high, the poor kitty will have an increase in his medicine dosage.
Poor Andy! I also don’t like the doubled dosage of my blood pressure meds, but as long as it takes care of the issue…
I am concerned about that much increase, yet the reality is a certain amount dribbles down his face. I have to wash his face with a wet wash cloth so he doesn’t have stuck-together fur on his face.
I feel for Andy, and for you too, of course, but it is still easier than trying to get a cat to swallow pills, and I’ve been through that ordeal.
Oh dear! I dread the day I have to have to feed a cat capsules!
You wrap it or insert it into their favorite treat, and they neatly eat everything around it and then spit it out.
LOL! I believe it. Andy has to be given his dose in small squirts. If you try to do it too fast, he does something (doesn’t swallow?) so it over flows. It mats his hair together,and makes a mess. I keep a wet washcloth handy to clean him up afterwards.
As long as it’s effective!
it seems to be so far.
Today is allergy meds for lily
I’m a bad father I keep forgetting
To give her meds
She’s infected
I wish I had a brain
To keep it all going at once
I can appreciate that, Sheldon. I time the medications with my meals. I take medication at those times, so am thinking about such things anyway. Also, occasional “misses” is OK, I understand, though I don’t know how “occasional” that might be. I try not to forget or skip dosing Andy for reason like he hides during the usual time he’d get it.
Wishing Andy good luck at the vet, Doug.
The Gift of Life page is up on my site now. Check out the ring menu at the top of the posts. I will eventually set up a slide show for each memorial garden, if I can do that with the theme I am using. I still don’t have all the pictures up, but Elbert’s garden is in there.
Marianne appreciates that you did this in her late husband’s memory. I like the idea of it, too, and it is one way to honor the memory of all deceased people and animal companions.
Andy’s visit at the veterinarian is covered in my My 8th post. We’re still working on getting his blood pressure in the m=normal range…
Purrayers & POTP that Andy’s vet visit went well !
He still has a blood pressure problem, but that’s covered in tomorrow’s (May 8th) post. Thanks for your prayers and concern!
Hoping for the best at the vet’s.
More on that in the May 8th post, Amy. Andy still has blood pressure issues, but his veterinarian and I are working on it.
dood….sendin st francis’ blessings two ewe buddy; paws crossed for grate nooze frum de vet ~ ♥♥
Andy didn’t like what he heard at his appointment: Medicine time occurs twice a day instead of one for the rest of the week. If that takes care of the blood pressure issues, the change will be permanent!
How did you get on at the vet?
More on that in the May 8th post, though the short of it is his blood pressure still is high and he has to have medicine time twice a day instead of once till Friday, they we’ll check it again. Andy was a very good kitty boy while there, though, and I got some sweet photos of him proving it!
I will add Andy to my prayer list. I hope he won’t need an increase. That is a cute gif of him 🙂
Thanks! Much appreciated! The update is my May 8th blog. He has to have two medicine times a day till Friday to see if that brings his blood pressure down. It was still high.
Fingers crossed and a prayer for Andy. With medicine less is always better.
Yes, I agree, as does Andy, though he is doing much better with the medicine warmed to room temperature. I told his veterinarian that seemed to help getting the full dose down, and he said that shouldn’t be a problem with the medicine, which otherwise has to be refrigerated in the big bottle.
My may 8th post gives the details of his appointment day. His blood pressure still is high, and he has a Friday appointment to see if two medicine times a day helped….
Will be sending healing thoughts – I’m sure medicating Andy can’t be much fun…. for certain Purrseidon is anti-medication.
Thanks, Jeanne! No, I could do without the medicine times, but he’s behaving much better during the medicine times since I’ve begun letting it warm up to room temperature. His veterinarian told me yesterday that is is acceptable, especially since it helps Andy take all of it in. (His medicine has to be refrigerated in the bottle.)
I don’t like cold meds – or even iced drinks – either, so completely identify with Andy’s opinion of frosty meds.
He’s been much better about taking his medicine since I started letting it warm up, and his veterinarian says it won’t cause problems. The bottle it comes in, though, has to be refrigerated because of the chicken flavoring in it.
we hope for super news when you are back from that appointment… and a greenie is a fabulous reward for a good boy… butt two are better ;O)))
Andy was a very good kitty boy at the appointment, so definitely earned his Greenies! His blood pressure is still high, so he has another appointment for Friday to see if a change in his medicine times helped.
I will think of you today at the Veterinary. I hope the Andy blood pressure be OK
In friendship
Michel
It’s still high, Michel, so his veterinarian changed his dosage. I have another appointment Friday to see if it helped!