Day 152: Syringe Feeding

We didn't have high hopes of this going so well, especially after we saw the Vet give Rubie her meds.....Yikes! We mixed up some beef baby food with water. Which by the way STINKS!! Who feeds their kids the meat baby foods, it smells like cat food! YUCK! LOL Never did feed that to the kids. Just didn't look appetizing for them. But when you're in a pinch....and it makes lovely cat food. :D We watched a YouTube video of a lady doing a syringe feeding, and that was helpful. Rubie did a lot better than we thought she would do, and it wasn't as messy as we thought it would be. We got one & a half syringes of food in!! Now we are just waiting for her tummy to settle, we didn't want her to vomit, but we still have to do some IV fluids, and give a pill. The pill is what scares me. She growled & almost bit at the Vet. But Frank always had luck with the pills....he never got bit. I think the is is a job for Frank.....hehehe.


Rubie Update: She went back to the Vet today. The Vet said, OMG when she saw her, she said she looked so much better than she did on Friday! We, well I, wasn't getting my hopes up to high. She had some ups & downs over the weekend. But I thought we were going to be looking at a feeding tube, and all sorts of stuff. No talk of surgery for a feeding tube was discussed. She didn't loose anymore weight, she actually gained just a tiny bit, mostly fluids, but that still is good!! Better than loosing weight, which I was thinking she would have. The Vet said that what we were doing over the weekend was great because she looked better. But we can't take credit for that. She'll be Rubie's Hero, forever. <3 We still need to do IV fluids until she is drinking well, and she has 2 meds to take. The vet wants to be kept updated, and we will have her liver checked again in 30 days to see if there is improvement. We didn't check it today because the Vet said it would still be high. Her jaundice is looking better, too. So we really hope she takes well to these syringe feedings & can keep them down. We know it's going to be a long, and trying process but we just love our Rubie Dubie, and will do what ever we can with in our means to help her. So far, it's taking dedication, and a little bit of money, but money can't buy my pets love. Those crazy animals are our family, and make it that much more interesting. Life would be pretty boring without them. We joke that we will probably end up with a lot of pets later in life, because we won't be able to handle the quietness. I kinda have this same thought about my Dad, and Step-Mom....them replacing us with dogs!!! And my Dad wasn't that big on us having pets in the house. Hahaha!! Frank says he wants a miniature pony, and a small monkey so it can ride the pony. I just want a bunny, & a squirrel. And maybe some chickens? Kwintyn wants a rooster. Hahaha!!!