Friday, May 15, 2009

Mr. Odie - pee machine

Turns out Odie's big swollen belly was indeed fluid in his abdominal cavity. Without good circulation, his liver couldn't process all the fluids going through it, so it was like a sponge that was totally saturated and the fluids had to go somewhere.
Dr. W doubled his salix for the weekend, and said he would have to pee a whole lot (multiple times a night) until he gets all the fluids out. She said some other stuff looks like poor circulation too (his cold feet and belly, the color of his gums), but overall, he is still in excellent health for his condition.
Dr. W says his breathing shouldn't be so labored once he gets all the fluid (pee?) out and it isn't pressing on him so much.
Kappa has had something that looks like an eye infection for the past few days. I have been keeping him in, and at first I put ointment in, and yesterday I started some leftover antibiotics he had when he had that abscess on his head. His eyes are all squinty, but I think they're getting better.

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