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Old 06-24-2011, 01:47 PM   #9
McheleM
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Default He's coming home

After 10 days of being at the vet, Noah is coming home tomorrow. (cross fingers, pray and hope)
He was having problems with his sugar levels staying up, and every time the vet would lower his IV drip (with the sucrose) his glucose would drop. They were afraid it was because he wasn't eating very much so I have been up here almost all day spoon feeding him with a baby spoon and baby food even to make sure he is eating every 2-3 hours. I honestly think he didn't like the food they were offering. He ate 1/2 a jar of turkey baby food and wanted more (poor little guy acted like he was starving). So, she said as long as levels stay up throughout the night, he can go home in the morning. He no longer has an IV, and his catheter came out because of him pulling, tugging, and whatever else he was doing to get rid of that pesky thing, so they just left it out. He is chasing around a medicine bottle as I type and trying to get out of the room they have us in.

Anyway, just pray that he can maintain his glucose throughout the night (and that they will feed him the baby food versus the wet food they were offering that he won't touch) and that he gets to come home. I think he will do much better with us at home because we can devote 100% of our time to him, making sure he gets spoon fed if need be and just loving on him and things they can't do because they have other responsibilities and animals to take care of.

I will say his hair is a mess!! Both paws and his neck have been shaved for IV access and his fur ball look makes it look even worse lol.
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