Subj : Poor Sophie...
To   : Janis Kracht
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon May 22 2023 20:24:00

Hello Janis!

** On Sunday 21.05.23 - 11:16, you wrote to me:

 JK> My Vet told me _no_ protein because her liver and kidneys
 JK> are failing along with some of her other organs (the blood
 JK> test tells it all).

Yeah.. sad to know this.  Irreversable.  The animal is simply  
progressing to death in a natural way.

My dog gradually but steadily lost the strength of his hind  
legs until he simply couldn't stand up on his own or walk.   
During that time, he also had loss of appetite and was losing  
weight.  I believe I shared my google photo album of Monster  
with you a few years ago.


 JK> When I got desperate to get some of
 JK> these meds in her I did put a really small touch of peanut
 JK> butter on her lip.. then she licked that and it caused her
 JK> to swallow - but that's it.

I did mean just a bit of peanut butter to get help with the  
meds, but not in larger quantities or multiple times during the  
day.  Glad to hear that the peanut butter helped.

I'd usually cut an empty plastic peanut butter jar in half and  
let Monster enjoy cleaning out the little bit that would  
remain.


 JK> ...But the first reason I even called the vet was because
 JK> she stopped eating - and she still isn't eating ...

Is she trying to lap up some water?  My dog eventually found no  
joy in eating lying down.  He'd take a little bit of water but  
not enough imho.  The photo of him on his last day before I  
took him to be euthanized showed quite a bit of weight loss.


 JK> Right now she's finished the antibiotics he gave me (thank
 JK> god those are done), and she will get thyroid meds every
 JK> day - it's a really small tab that I can slip in her
 JK> mouth.

Hope those meds can relieve some discomfort for the dog.
-- 
  ../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.57
 * Origin: A cats worst enemy is a closed door. (2:221/1.58)

.