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Old 05-20-2010, 11:17 PM
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Unhappy

Well I have really mixed emotions tonight.
Jeff left this morning and won't be home till saturday...I really don't do well when he is gone...and now to have a sick harriet....
I got so upset....
It did not make sense to me that we were to only feed her 1-2 teaspoons twice a day...those were our instructions....
so I called the vets office and asked them about that and was told that was not what we should be doing.
we were supposed to give her 2/3 of a can a day.
to feed her as often as she would let us.
that is what they did at the vets office 3 people took turns feeding her. no wonder she came back happy she had been fed!
So I felt horrible only feeding her so little and felt like a fool, I should have figured out to feed her more often, common sense should have told me that.
so I made up a lot of cat food and gave her 20 cc 's of it all at once and she gagged. and then growled at me...so I called the vets office to tell them what happened and if she growled at them...no
then she explained how to feed her alittle bit then let her swollow then give her a little more etc. again that is common sense...no i was giving the whole amount as quickly as I could I almost drowned her.....
I felt terrible...I did not know how to feed her...
I felt terrible...
so tonight I get her and try to give her small amounts like they said and she starts growling again...but I manage to get 10 ccs down her minus the small amount that came drooling out.
she growls and I need to give her the other 10 cc's...so I just held the towel tightly and force fed her.
I hated it.....
she growled and again the drooling of small amount but at least she got most of it.
I apologized to her profusely and I cried my eyes out...I am so afraid that she will not make it.....

then she gave herself a bath...so that was encouraging.
sigh
I am not good at this.
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