john stanton, ......

Thank you John for responding.

She was just fine up until about five days ago when I gave her some salmon from the pouches that they sell them in. I had given some of the salmon to my other cats and forgot it on the kitchen counter during the day - finally put it in the fridge that night and I think either that evening or the next morning I gave her some of it from the pouch that had been opened.

Well, ever since then she has been sick - she cannot keep any food down - even the tiny little bit (one tablespoon or more) that she might eat she vomited again tonight - not much - just this white mucousy type stuff. The poor thing is sleeping all night and I will rush her to the vet in the morning but I was anxious to give her something tonight to tide her over.

Did you mean arsenicum album - I think I have 30C from that in the pellet form - what to do - can I not just give her the pellets or should I dilute as you instructed?

Thank you

Thank you so much John - am diluting the mixture as we speak.

Will let you know tomorrow after returning from the vet - I am praying for her "guardian angel" to keep her safe all night till we can get to the vet.

Blessings for caring about our innocent fur babies!

Oh no John - we follow alternative medicine - I have stopped giving vaccinations and all that years ago - no shots for any of my cats - they are indoor cats anyway - but, if she needs an antibiotic if it is serious, then I will consider.

I also have my old homeopathic vet in Florida whom I will call when I return from the vet with the information from the check up.

Thanks a lot - please say a prayer for her - she is such an angel - never bothered anyone - has never been a problem of any sort the sweet thing - I feel so bad.

Will report tomorrow

Oh no John - we follow alternative medicine - I have stopped giving vaccinations and all that years ago - no shots for any of my cats - they are indoor cats anyway - but, if she needs an antibiotic if it is serious, then I will consider.

I also have my old homeopathic vet in Florida whom I will call when I return from the vet with the information from the check up.

Thanks a lot - please say a prayer for her - she is such an angel - never bothered anyone - has never been a problem of any sort the sweet thing - I feel so bad.

Will report tomorrow

Good morning John:

Did not sleep all night until 4 AM - well got up and Dafni looked a bit better - still not eating - licked a little food and left it - I then waited about 20 minutes and gave her another dose of the arsenicum album 1/2 teaspoon as I did last night - I think she is more alert today but definitely not there yet.

I have a vet's appointment at 12:30 in two hours, so we will see what she says - I am also getting blood work and the works on check up.

Will get back to you - thanks a million for your IMMEDIATE support.

Hi John:

What a horrible day I have had - I took Dafni to the vet (she is not homeopathic but she is pretty caring and thorough).

Well, we took xrays and bloodwork for a lot of tests including viruses. Dafni did not have a temperature - the doctor also gave her an intravenous with water solution because she was very dehydrated.

The xrays showed a small pocket of gas and a section of the intestine which the doctor said should be flat and smooth and which felt like and looked like on the xray as hard and pencil like in form.

She did give her a "pepcid" injection for some relief - I did allow that because it really doesn't seem harmul - she said it was like the pepcid for people but this was clear solution in the needle.

Well, tomorrow we will have the bloodwork results and I also have a telephone consultation appointment with my old homeopathic vet in Florida. I am trying to cover all bases.

Quite honestly, Dafni perked up a bit when we came home but unfortunately, I cannot get her to eat anything. I bought a broiled chicken from the gourmet store - everyone (the other two kitties - I am vegetarian) loved it and ate but poor Dafni turned away - I opened can after can for her but all she did was take a few licks and has not eaten a thing.

She has gone to the litter box twice since we came home and the last time there was just a small hazlenut size piece of loose, light brown stool in the box. Usually, since she has been sick the stool, no matter how small is pretty odorous. As for frequency, well, not much - possibly three attempts a day ... there is nothing to come out - she has not eaten for days.

What do you think John?

Hello John:

Sorry I have not gotten back to you sooner - I have been suffering from severe insomnia for some time now and it has gotten to the point where I did not fall asleep unil 6AM in the morning (last night).

As for sweet Dafni, well I had a telephone consultation with my old homeopathic vet in Florida who took care of my cats for the six years that I was there.

Anyway, the vet here faxed him all the blood work, and her findings from the xrays and the physical exam.

He said that she really would need a biopsy to determine if the blocakge is cancerous or not. However, In the meanntime, since she recovered somewhat with the injection of Pepcid which the vet gave her yesterday and there was no immediate result from the arsenica dilution which I gave her (per your instructions and the three 30c pellets which I gave her the following morning, he suggested that for now I should take a 10 mg pepcid ac tablet and give her half twice a day.

Also, he said to get a fiber such as metamucil - but I bought something called Beneful which dissolves immediately in any liquid and leaves no taste or texture in the food. Well, I gave her half a pepcid and about an hour later gave her fresh food with 1/4 tsp. of the beneful mixed in - she ate about a tablespoon full I would say. Since then she has not eaten again even though I put fresh food in front of her.

Her blood work was fine for everything - no virus no fip but her liver enzyme was on the low side of the range but within the range - also, she said the same was true of the thyroid but still within range.

So, I don't know what else to do - my vet in Florida told me to follow the instructions and get back to him on Friday with a followup to see how she is reacting.

What do you think??

Please, everyone say a prayer for my Dafni - I love her so!!!!!

Hi John:

Here goes --

Today is Wednesday - last night I cooked some cubes of round steak (organic) cooked them in some olive oil and tomato for about one hour under slow heat - very well cooked and falling apart - well, I put some on a plate and shred the meat and she came over and smelled it and started to eat it - she did this once before by the way, way before she became ill. So, I thought that was interesting - she obviously likes beef.

I have been feeding them chicken cat food (organic and such) because everyone said that they digested chicken better for cats.

Well, the truth is also that Dafni has also usually eaten a lot of dry food - but once again I always buy the best around like Wysong - Newmans organic, etc.

She has always been a thin, lanky body type - I never remember her being in the litter box a lot.

She is not easy to handle. She normally does not like being touched - when you pet her under the chin she will accept it for about a minute annd then push your hand away with her paw.

When you go to pick her up (in the past) she never liked it - she would complain. She has always been a loner off by herself. She likes the warmth of the heating pad which I cover with a cushy piece of fleece blanket for her. When she has had enough heat (I keep it on low) she will move away. This she has done even before she became ill - even when we were living in Florida during the winter she had her litt spot on the corner of the sofa, where I would put a heating pad (on low) covered with a fleece throw and she would sit there. That was her spot.

None of my three cats interact with each other. Except for one who is a bit of a tomboy, a little bit of a bully and very jealous annd posessive of me.

Well John, I took a sleeping pill last night, got up this morning at about 10 AM or so and have warmed up shredded white chicken meat - she said NO - I warmed up the round steak from last night - she said NO - I tried another cat food - she said NO - and she is not drinking any water at all since we came back from the vet on Monday afternoon, at least that I could see.

When you go to lift her up she does not like it at all. She is now very comfortable, sitting at the open window in a very comfortable and cushy pillow.

She has not eaten a thing.

When she walks she kind of tip toes - she has long legs and kinda looks like a top runway model if you know what I mean.

Her hair is silver grey and very beautiful. She is a short haired cat but I have never seen a domestic short haird cat with such silky, silky beautiful hair. I cannot say that she was an overgroomer. But you know John, I could never give her hairball remedy of any kind because she has always been a cat that is impossible to give anything to. She goes nuts and the nails come out.

But, at the vet's office it is always different. i am saying this because I wanted you to know that even if I put the slightest of anything in her food that was good for her like vitamins, probiotics, etc. she would smell, detect something and walk away.

She used to drive me crazy so I just stopped trying to give her anything.

I put a call into the vet's office to have the doctor tell me exactly where the hardness is so I can tell you.

I have not seen drooling, nor any drinking. And, what do you mean by is respiration affected? And, what do you mean by "peptide amelioration?

As for the swelling, the only swelling I detected, especially when we returned from the vet was from the mid and upper half of her tummy - the lower half is flat. In other words, when you look at her from the rear, her tummy looks swollen from the mid half and forward towards the front - the rear half is flat.

Sorry John for the "novel" length of this post but I wanted to be very precise so that you can get as clear a picture as possible.

Blessings of the Universe to you for your kindness!!!!!!!!!

I am worried.

John:

Did I mention - NO FIP - NO Feline Leukemia - NO Virus found in the bloodworks

Hi John:

I never, ever give my cats, or myself for that matter "tap water" - the best I can do is filtered water through the Brita water filter - they get fresh filtered water every day.

At one point I was also putting in a few drops of food grade hydrogen peroxide - I have stopped this. I also used to put into their water a couple of drops of grapefruit seed extract for some time and stopped that as well.

I just noticed Dafni slightly grooming herself at the window by the way - not much - just perhaps about 10 licks or so around her neck area.

The injection of the pepcid I believe "perked here up" and that is why my homeo vet in Florida suggested I try the tablet twice a day with a follow up on Friday.

I have by the way, put some liquified "Beneful", which is the fiber, into the food of the other two girls and they seem to be going to the litterbox. So perhaps I will keep it up.

Also, the vet in Florida suggested I look at getting Hypoallergenic food for Dafni .....

As for your suggestion of red meat - well, several days ago when she first started to feel sick I did get some organic chopped beef - she said NO to the RAW MEAT and NO when I cooked it. I suppose it's because she is not feeling well. But I have to say she is the pickiest cat I have ever been a mother to in all the years I have had cats.

Love you John and so do my girls!!!!! Thank you so much for caring!!!!!!

Hi John:

A note: She just jumped down from the window seat (pillow) where she has been for the past couple of hours - she came over to me, swishing her tail annd it looked like she wanted some food - so I heated up some Halow Chicken Stew which she usually liked (it is a bit liquidy so I thought it would be good for her) well, she said NO.

Now, she is sitting and looking out into the patio through the screen doors - it is warm today so I have everything open for fresh air.

I did give her another piece of pepcid ac about an hour before she came down from her window pillow - so do you think it may have had a positive affect?

Waiting to hear from you.

P.S. John - I wish some other knowledgeable people on this forum would help you out with your attempts to properly diagnose and treat!!!

John: Just spoke to the doctor who did the xrays - she said it is not a "blockage" but rather a thickening of the walls of the small intestine and it felt and looked like the walls of the large intestine as well were irregular.

Good morning John:

I must say that in the last two days I have seen an improvement. Especially this morning - for the first time she jumped on my bed and waited at my head for me to wake up, which is what she always used to do.

Yesterday, I went to two health food stores and bought about 10 different cans and different brands of cat food all with beef. These are all top brands not the garbage from the supermarkets. I even bought a can of alaskan sockeye salmon. I bought also a bag of One Earth Holistic dry - they are a great brand.

Well, by the time I came home she had not eaten all day - so, I opened at least six different cans - each one she said no - until one which had a sauce she liked. She started eating.

To make a long story short, she has been eating since last night, more and more, both dry and wet. Her energy has picked up and now she wants her water in her "personal" tall water bowl.

Last night she had a bowel movement which was mostly all mucous - there was a foot long string of mucous hanging from her behind with bits of stool on it. I had to clean her and wash her behind. This has happened before.

Well, she is in better spirits and the bloating of the tummy has diminished at least 75%.

I have a follow-up with my homeo vet tomorrow.

She has eaten, had some water and is now laying on the pillow with the heating pad which she likes.

Time will tell.

Thanks John