Light at the End of the Tunnel

Took Uce into the vet today, this time the nice ones that don't want to kill you on the costs! Looks like the $5k total was overkill that the ER vet was estimating. We still won't know for sure about what's wrong with Uce until tmrw as they are doing an ultrasound and possibly a biopsy. But, the cost is way more affordable at our normal vet.

We're cautiously optimistic that we'll hear good news tmrw. Uce might not like it, but we might wind up having to do a feeding tube. Sounds drastic, but it actually makes their feeding a lot less stressful.

Will keep you posted!

Jason

Maintaining

Lucy seems to be maintaining so far today. Force feeding every four hours has not been too enjoyable for her or for us. Looked into a bunch of stuff online today, and liver disease is something that is usually fixable with forced nutrition. Although, it can take 4-6 weeks until her liver fixes itself.

We're cautiously optimistic. I am a bit buoyed by the fact that she is a bit tougher to hold down right now during the feedings compared to the first few feedings yesterday. She also takes steps to clean herself after the feedings now.

Going to be a very long two months, even if the house closes well.

Thanks for everyone's well wishes.

Jason

Bummed

Our cat Lucy aka "Uce" has been declining for the last week. We finally took her to the emergency room today to figure out what is wrong with her. She has Liver Disease. The vet told us she will likely live about one more week. Right now, we are force feeding her high protein food and some antibiotics and vomiting medication to see if it will help. We are crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. Uce is about 8 years old and we got her when we were living in TN. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

Erin