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Originally Posted by Katie7075  Thank you all so very much for all your good wishes and advise and information.
Candy had a reasonably good night. She was very alert and asked to go out a couple of times to the back yard. When she is in between medication she is much more alert and looks more like her old self. I think the medication is making her very drowsy and she seems to have a weakness and is sometimes like a floppy doll. I can only assume that this is due to her medication. Candy has never been good at taking meds and what makes it even worse is that she is still not eating. I give her her medication crushed and mixed with a little Coconut oil and Manuka Honey. Sometimes she will lick it off of her spoon and other times I physically have to try to get it into her mouth with my finger. Even though the honey is sweet, the tablets crushed in it are obviously very bitter and she shudders. She on the bed with me in the night and asked to get down to go to the toilet and when I put her down she had a little cough and keeled over again. I dont know whether it is the coughing, which is not much, that is making her keel over or the fact that the medication is making her so weak. Any advise on that would be really great.
The meds that she is on right now is;
Enalapril (5mg) - qtr tablet 2 times daily (I think this one is for her heart)
Prednisolone (1 mg) - 1 tablet 2 times daily (I think this one is a steriod)
Frusemide (20mg) - half a tablet twice daily (I think this is for fluid on her lungs)
Have I got this right?
How long can she last without eating anything. She has never been able to tolerate animal food so we have always fed her with fresh meats, rice chicken, turkey and she has always loved her treats and would eat them in abundance but it seems that when she smells the food or treats that the smell is making her feel sick.
She was quite bright earlier but she has gone back to how she was again and she does a lot of just sitting in her bed and staring at the floor and she looks so depressed that it is breaking my heart. I know that this is awful to say but I have lost a lot of people in my life, mum and dad and also all my 4 brothers and 1 sister. I have buried 2 boyfriends and numerous cats and dogs and through all I have never felt like I feel now. I dont know if that is because Candy & I have something special or just because I am getting older now.
Wil keep updates of how Candy is getting on.
Once again, Many thanks to you all. x x x |
For me, my little Casper's death was almost harder to handle than my Mother's. Which sounds awful to say, I know. But I had no control over my mother's illness and death and I DID have control over Casper's. Looking back, I think that had to be what it was that hit me so hard. I chose euthanasia for him; it was all on my hands. That said, if I could have chosen euthanasia for my Mother in her very last few days (which were awful), I might have. Actually, hospice directs you to give as much morphine as needed and not to worry about the consequences when they get to that stage so maybe it's close to the same thing. Hospice was wonderful, I will say that.
At any rate, I don't want to dwell on the negative. Sorry! I just feel for you and your situation and hoping for some good days ahead for you.