URGENT Advice please

Another good visit today. Only a brief purr, but a loud miaow when her legs were being pumped up and down!

Watched how to tube feed her and will ask to have a go at doing it some time this week.

The exercises were pretty much what I was doing with her when I visited, but there is an additional 'riding a bike' movement that I learned today.

Plenty of response to sounds - head turning to follow them - and slow blinking back to me.

Massive improvement in her neck strength and she can lift her head up when she's lying down and hold it up for much longer.

Looking more hopeful . . . . .

Brilliant news Squiffy ! So pleased for you. x

Love that idea Hilda!

Jane I can do a pretty mean Scratch Under The Chin therapy, too!

Oh wow Soda, how amazing! I love a happy ending

Great news Squiffy get well soon Fluff.

We brought our JR home to die after major surgery. Several years later he is still going strong and bossing the entire household around. Never give up hope.

Cat nursing and now cat physio!

Wonderful! XX Right, please Gransnet can we have a happy cat icon!

Another great visit today!

This is surreal! To think that, if the Vet and I hadn't heard Fluff purring yesterday, she would have been pts

She responded to sounds today, followed the sounds by moving her head, purred like mad and looked me fairly and squarely in the eye. I did the slow blink at her and she slow blinked back.

I exercised her legs while she lay on her back - a bit like milking a cow, but upside down! She resisted, so not only is she getting stronger, but her brain is working well enough for her to 'fight back' - "Leave me alone!"

First nursing lesson tomorrow

Thank you all

We might sleep tonight!

Oh, wow! I was out all afternoon and came home dreading to read the update. But such heartening news! Bless her little Fluffy cotton socks, it'll be slow but I'm sure she'll react positively to being back home, surrounded by her own familiar things, scents and people. Dear little cat, she deserves to win after all this.?

Oh Squiffy how heartening! So glad you've had some progress...onwards and upwards. Lots of love to you and Fluff!....you know cats have many names.....so she may well be Fluff somewhere in there.

Wow Squiffy, like others have said, I was dreading hearing today's news. We all feel better when we're at home. I really do hope this will help her. You will have your work cut out, but she is sure to respond better when it's much-loved you and not strangers at the vet! Thinking of you. xx

Wow, I was dreading hearing today's news, but that's good. If you can manage her at home, that might really help her. Poor little girl, she's been through so much, but maybe she will pull through, we all hope so.

Queen of the Cat Bed Bath Jane!! Hopefully the diaorrhea will have stopped completely by the time she comes home!!

Wow! Good luck with the tube feeding. You'll be a veterinary yourself!

Little soul.
I was kind of expecting very dark news when checking the update, but can't help feeling my heart leap a little at this news.

MissA I imagine there will be assessments as she has a long way to go. She still can’t stand unaided, she doesn’t know what to do with her legs.

She still curls her tail round into a very neat Swiss roll, not just wrapped round her body - think treble clef in music!

Wow! That's a turnaround!
What will happen once she is home?
Will she still be assessed, or are the signs now that she will carry on slowly improving?
Cautious optimism

Well, today’s update is unbelievable.

I went to visit Fluff today and to face the inevitable The End conversation, feeling absolutely awful.

As we were talking, the Vet said that as F wasn’t responding to anything ( sound etc) there was probably too much brain damage.

She did the Universal Cat Call (you know the one - sucking through your lips and teeth!) and F opened her eyes and moved her head. She did it a second time. So the Vet moved round to the other side of the room and repeated the sound. F responded again!

Next she put her on her back to demonstrate the physio she’d been having and F opened her eyes again and purred.

Change of plan required then! They’re going to teach me how to tube feed her etc and, if she’s still OK, she’ll come home at end of week and I’ll nurse her.

I’m still reeling!

Don’t want to get too optimistic, but woooooooo!

Thank you all.

It’s a good way to lose weight! Neither of us fancies food.

Gosh this must be so nerve wracking for you Squiffy!

Oh, what a wait...
Really hoping it'll be positive news.
Fingers, toes, and everything else crossed!

Oh Squiffy, this is a real rollercoaster of a ride for both Fluff and Yourself.
Please, please let there be good news for you both, and that Fluffs downward change is just a minor hiccup.
Lots of Hugs for you both as always. x

Your nerves must be shredded, Squiffy. A big hug to you. x

Nothing constructive to report. Had small response to scratching under the chin and massaging her legs, but minimal.

Should hear from the Vet tomorrow, as she wasn't on duty and I managed to miss her call just now. She did pop in to give Fluff the once-over, so I'll know more in the morning.

Poor you, Squiffy and poor wee Fluff. Such a long, slow process must be taking it out of both of you. It's hard to maintain hope but here are hundreds of people doing it with you. I hope for better news today. ((((hugs))))