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Morning Fitness,

I had to give Molly a dose of pulsatilla 200c this morning at 4am. We were out yesterday and when I returned she came running out the kitchen. New it wasn't in a happy to see me way - mischief! She got in to the cupboard where we keep the dry cat food. Wasn'tsure if she had eaten anything as she was looking very happy in herself, just things had been knocked over but she was sick and it was the dry food. She's great and full of life this morning so no lasting effects.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

Molly has been sick today, about 10ml of white foam. Apart from this, she's doing well. She's back to eating mainly chicken again. Fish lasted about 24 hours. She's still less clingy, happy to lie beside me rather than permanently attached to me. Which is great for her to be more content, energy wise, she's up and about and still loving her cuddles in the morning which has always been the case. Appetite has been consistently good.

Should I watch and wait or give her a further dose?

Thanks Fitness,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

I have watched and waited, no further pulsatilla at the moment. Discovered today, that Molly loves lamb. I've actually never seen her react like this over food before. At the moment, she still seems to be doing well. There's been no further vomiting and certainly no lethargy.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Good status.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

Hope you're well, there's no need for you to reply to this I'm just updating on a few things I've discovered over the last few weeks. Molly's still doing great, we're hitting the 3 month mark from when she was really unwell so will be taking her to the vet for a check up to see how well she's progressed over the next week and will post her results.

With her eating, she was scavaging as you know and couldn't quite understand why as she's not without food, even when we're out. Experimented with this and I've found the problems. Firstly, as the cats are now on separate diets we were feedingMolly from a saucer, noticed when leaving her food out to cool, she was eating from that before her own ( this is a deeper container and plastic) was beginning to wonder, does she prefer a certain temp, helping herself - various thoughts. Changed to a deeper plastic feeding bowl and it helped a bit.There was times I noticed she would eat and then not as I was leaving the kitchen, initially thinking she was satisfied, would go back and she'd eat some more. This has been periodically on going, but much better than she was initially. Basically I've changed were she eats from (same place she always has) and she's better than she's been - she's now happily eating independently. Not sure of the reasons why and probably won't ever know for sure but she's happier with the changes and that's what matters.

Still going with mostly lamb at the moment which she's loving and she's eating about 200g a day, some a bit less (not much) and others a bit more so it does average out.

I'll let you know what the vet is saying, I'm pretty sure they'll be quite impressed as they weren't expecting her to be with us for much longer.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Good update.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

Hope you're doing well!

Molly's doing great and contemplating changing her name to Harry (Houdini) she has been going outside for a short while (first time she jumped out the window) she's not venturing very far which from a selfish point of view, I'm happy about. Not convinced she'd be able to get herself out of any trouble, if anything happened. I'd consider a lead for her if this was something she wanted to do and it continues. She hasn't shown any interest in going out for a few years now and she seems to be loving it!

She's doing well food wise too, very vocal in the morning and there's been a couple of occasions where she has ran out of water and she's vocally let us know about that too!

She's at the vet tomorrow, I want her seen by the vet that initially saw her and this was the first she was back on at the surgery for non emergency appointments so I'll let you know what they're saying.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
I am glad things are going well.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

Just a quick update. Molly was due at the vets yesterday for a check up. My mum was rushed in for emergency surgery and is now critical so needless to say it never happened. It will eventually though and thankfully so far, Molly isn't suffering from me being not around much. She's exceptionally happy to see me but she's doing well.

I'll be in touch again when I have news for you.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Best wishes for your mum.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Hi Fitness!

Hope your well and thanks for the kind wishes. My mum's such a strong woman. Off life support and making incredible progress so far.

I had to give Molly a dose of pulsatilla early hours of this morning. Last 10 days or so has taken it's toll on her a bit - long days at the hospital and she's not one for being on her own. She's doing great, appetite is the usual but last few days been very clingy, a bit quieter and then when I came home last night she was sick with some foamy clear liquid. Much more energetic today and seems more content. Been a while since she's had any pulsatilla so another strong femalein the house :o)

I'll keep in touch as we're going through this, all going well everything will be better in another few weeks or so.

Take care and best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Thanks for sharing the good news.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

I hope you're well!

My mum recovered and I got her home on Friday! :o) she has to go back in, in a month, same process but less urgent as she won't be septic. Drs are confident she'll get through it and she's determined. She's home at the moment and that's what matters for now.

Molly in general is doing great. She's been outside on a few occasions now and longest period has been about 40 mins. Goes out the window and meows to get back in through the door. There's one thing still persisting that I would say is getting slightly worse - her obsession with perfume. She's constantly licking me ( we've removed all perfumed items from the house due to her doing this) is this something I should just keep deterring her from or do you think there's a bigger picture emerging, that may need remedied?

Lucy, who I've been treating with staphisagria now for about 2 years hascame on leaps and bounds over the last few weeks. With the house being more quiet, she's become much stronger and is really standing her ground now which has been lovely to see.

Nuala, my dog. Although I've been in and out and had friends/relatives helping me out with her, is also now suffering from severe separation anxiety so about to start treating her with more pulsatilla. She should settle back down quite soon. She was also becoming a bit of an escape artist - jumping out the window after me and lots of whimpering abd whining for a while after I left. Even with someone else being with her.

Any thoughts or feedback would be much appreciated,

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Great news about your mom!

I don't see the need of giving any remedy to Molly at this time.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Ok. Thank you!

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

Just a quick update. Further improvement's with Molly. She's doing even better again. She's eating great and seems to be putting even more weight on. Her back end that was quite emaciated since this all started is now filling out. I'll get a better indication when I get her to the vet for a check up once things have settled more with my mum but I'd be surprised if she wasn't in the healthy weight range now. The perfume obsession has got better, still not completely better but she's getting there with that. Also with the dog and small children, Molly's never had much patience with wee one's, she's been inclined to scratch or give a nip and try to teach them to be gentle but now she's become very tolerant. First time in about 20 years! With nuala the dog, there's no clawing/swiping to get her away from me she is now getting quite cute and coy about it - grooming her, rubbing up against her and if that fails, lying on her. We're getting there! :o)


I can't thank you enough for all your help so far, take care and have a great weekend.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
I am glad things are going well, have a nice weekend too.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Morning fitness,

I hope you're doing well!

My mum's been back in, much better this time round as no icu. Molly's feeling it again though - she's been doing her climbing (up until recently I have to admit I was always quite proudof her climbing abilities but now Iknow better she's feeling a bit needy) so I've given her a further dose of pulsatilla 200c and she's settling again. No other problems. She's also got a male cat looking out for her when she's out. I was a bit concerned about that as there may have been a bit of a territory issue with her not being out for a few years but turned out I had nothing to worry about. Best of pals and he waits about for her when she's not out. It's going well for her!

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Great, thanks for the update. I am happy for her.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Hi fitness,

I hope you're well?

My mum never got better and passed away almost 3 weeks ago. Such a hard thing to write. I'm treating myself at the moment but if I get in to a state where I'm questioning what I need to help me through this, would you be ok with helping me out too? I've been successfully treating myself (complex case) but never under these circumstances.

Molly has been very clingy and also a bit of vomiting so again I've given her a further dose of pulsatilla 200c and she's settling back down again apart from that she's still doing incredibly well. Nuala, my dog wasn't getting much exercise when it happened so she was playing up for a bit, entirely my own fault and again she's settled without anything. Lucy's also doing well.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
I'm extremely sorry to hear about your mother, may her soul rest in peace and may you have the strength to bear this huge loss.

Please have a dose of Ignatia 30c now and then we can work on your case later.

You did right for Molly.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Morning fitness,

Thanks for your lovely words. I read your post last night and wrote and deleted 3 times - I was writing a book. I'll try and make this short but I doubt it'll happen. My mum was diagnosed with heart failure Just about 18 months ago (she had a heart attack 8 years ago) and just over three months ago her bowel went necrotic due to her heart not pumping enough blood or oxygen. She required life saving surgery to which she wasn't expected to survive. She had a stoma fitted but due to being in icu and the nature of her condition before the surgery she lost a lot of weight so the stoma initially had to be moved to somewhere more suitable, it wasn't working for her where it was. They allowed me to have her home for a month to allow her more time to recover. The stoma also went necrotic and fell out during this time but still worked so again, we continued. They reversed the stoma and she was doing great again, the drs couldn't believe how well she was doing, then the same thing happened and the surgery didn't heal. During these 3 months my mum remained strong and positive, called me her rock but I loved having that time with her and looking after her.I was thanked for looking after her which I felt wasn't needed - she was my mum and needed care and To be home so there was no question about it. As hard as it was to manage her condition at times, especially during the necrotic stage where we were working round the clock to make things better for her but just being with her and being able to have her home got us through it. I'm so glad we had that extra time together. Since the day she died, it's been one day at a time. I've been heartbroken beyond belief and that's not over yet, there have been days I felt nothing which I hated, my pain is how much I loved my mum and always will and it worried me that I couldn't feel, it didn't last long, then there have been days where I haven't wanted to get out of bed. On the day's leading up to the funeral, I didn't want to do anything, if I didn't do anything then nothing else would happen. My mum wasn't just my mum, she was my best friend, we've been through so much together and did so much together.

I've also had days where I've struggled to do basic things, driving, opening my door, still haven't cooked, put a kettle on and many other things. I'm eating because it's being cooked for me. An ok day for me at the moment is, if I eat, shower and sleep - I've done well in my mind. I do make myself do things though.

Remedy wise I've had staphysagria. I didn't realise I was angry until I came home, remembered a conversation I had with one of the drs and had an overwhelming urge to wreck everything in the house, I never. That's settled.

Last week I had some sepia. There was so much to organise and so many things to do and I was exhausted and ratty and just wanted to be on my own. I just wanted peace and quiet away from the phone and everything else. That's much better now. Should I take something in between sepia and ignatia?

I didn't like coming home initially, even though I didn't want to be anywhere else but Home so my aunt stayed with me for a while. I'm better with that although I'm still liking some company, don't mind being away on my own with some quiet time either. The tears at the moment come when I remember something, hear a song on the radio, meet someone who knew my mum or they ask how I'm doing. I'm exhausted still but sleeping ok for the past 2 nigets now, I was getting 3 or 4 hours up to this point. I could keep writing, each day for the last few weeks is different, some worse than others but as long as I'm feeling something I'm ok with that And I allow myself to feel it as I need to, they pass and return but again it's each day as it comes

Molly's doing great again, thank you.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Hi Fitness,

I hope you're well.

Sadly I had to have Lucy put to sleep 3 weeks ago (Molly's daughter) it was a suspected brain tumour and she didn't have anymore in her. It was awful and Molly wasn't too great for about a week. She was very clingy - I was even having to take her to the toilet with me as she just wouldn't let me go and felt it would have been cruel or unkind to not do exactly as she needed to get her through it. She also had me up through the night for 3 or 4 nights. She's doing really well again though and reached the ripe old age of 21 years on the 5th November. She's been on weekly pulsatilla 200c since Lucy passed but pulling back on that now as She's doing much better.

Me on the other hand isn't doing too well. There's a lot going on. Would it be possible to email you and see if you can help me out?

Thanks Fitness,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
I am sorry for Lucy, its all part of life though.

You can post your case details here or start a new post. The reason being two fold, for your own safety and for others to see.

You can email if there are confidential details.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Thanks Fitness,

There are confidential issues so thank you. If we get passed this initial stage and you'd rather I posted on here I'm more than happy to do so. I'll email you just now.

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago
Morning fitness,

Not Molly related, she's still doing well. Just thought I'd let you know I'm on the mend again. Seeing it all written down actually helped me out, along with some time to myself to actually figure it out and yesterday I got the news I was waiting for and it's all good - it was a clerical error. Huge relief all round and no antibiotics either! :-) thanks for taking the time to reply yesterday and I'll be in touch about Molly's progress as and when needed.

Best wishes,

Kirsty
 
kirsty28 9 years ago

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