From Auntie Margie: Bella was doing ok today. A little more alert and not painful in the rear. She drank water and ate several more cans of food. Bella also took her meds without any trouble. Bella also had a burst of energy when she was on an outside potty break, zooming into a set of bushes behind the clinic fence. My first impression was Bella popped awake and seemed a little more alert when I arrived. Her eyes were more open, although it makes her blinking more obvious, and her second eyelids weren’t rolled up and visible like the night before. She is still very tired, but wakes easily and doesn’t startle. I found the flat stainless steel cat bowl we used Sat and she ate from that without any problems. Bella was very interested in her food and ate another 2 1/2 cans of the AD! She still wouldn’t drink water but she did earlier. So other than the water... so far, so good?
There was a little dried tearing from her eyes though and she was also making a few odd sounds. I thought at first her stomach was upset and gurgling as she swallowed hard a couple times. But mostly she has some nasal congestion now and a slight discharge that is very clear. Her breathing still sounds ok in the chest and no obvious signs of neurological problems, those are both definitely good.
Bella was comfy on her puffy quilt and did not want to come out of the ISO cage. She gave me some trouble there trying to get back inside... a very determined little girl so she has some energy? I finally just picked her up and carried her over to the lift scale. Her weight is still the same and her temperature seems unchanged from Sat at just slightly above normal (102.9). So those are all good as well.
She climbed back into the ISO cage, bedding freshly changed and puffed, and settled herself for another nap. She needed beauty rest after her big adventure? I petted her for a long while and Bella finally let out a big sigh and her head slowly dipped. She was asleep! Unfortunately closing the cage door woke her up again, but she went back to sleep shortly and I left her to dream.
Bella is still quite ill. Right now she just wants to be loved on while she snoozes. But its really a good sign she is holding her own with only a minor increase of obvious symptoms. So Im hoping Isabella will pull through this as she continues to eat, get fluids, and rest. Treatment takes time and its still going to be a long week though?
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