Spycow

There’s a much higher chance of you reading Karen’s blog, but I should mention here that Trillian has not been feeling well for the past two weeks. Over Memorial Day weekend, we had to bring her to the hospital because she wouldn’t eat anything and had gotten really thin. After all was said and done, she was diagnosed with hepatic lipidosis (essentially, “fatty liver”). For whatever reason (we’re still not sure) she stopped eating, which put her into a feedback loop which made her feel worse and eat less. She was a very yellow kitty when we brought her in.

They took her in and put her on an aggressive feeding schedule to make sure she got fed properly (through a feeding tube through her nose). After a few ups and downs in the hospital she eventually stabilized and was able to come home. Now she’s got a feeding tube straight into her neck, because we have to feed her ourselves (and the nose tube means she has to wear a cone, and that’s just not dignified). We’ve been force-feeding her some stinky combination of fish and chicken (at least that’s what it smells like) for a few days, with some medications mixed in, with the goal being that she’ll start eating on her own in a few weeks.

Well, as the title might suggest, she’s actually been eating quite a bit of food on her own the past day or so. Karen gave her half a can of some of the food we’re supposed to be blending to put in the tube and she eventually ate it all. We also gave her a can of Meow Mix wet food and she ate the whole thing in a day! She’s gained a pound and a half of weight back and the doctor said she looks less yellow.

I’m happy we have our kitty back and that she’s getting better.