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Comments (44)My husband stopped taking Levaquin a week ago and hasn't had an appetite since. He's been in the ER twice this week for treatment of nausea and/or vomiting. He saw an acupuncturist, who treated him w/ needles once, and gave him herbs, but the herbs nauseate him. Food nauseates him. Smells nauseate him. He thinks he'll never be able to eat again. I can't offer him anything because the thought of food nauseates him. When he thinks about tea or even water, he gets nauseated. He just took Zofran (ondansetrol, an anti-nauseant for heavy-duty nausea, as in cancer chemotherapy, e.g.). We'll see what happens. Compazine tabs and Phenergan suppositories haven't really helped, or help only during the day, not at night when he lies down. I think half the problem is emotional. He's used to being very active and healthy, and now he's without energy and feeks cold all the time - that's another thing, in the past, eating turned him into a furnace, and now that he isn't eating, he's cold. He's almost at the end of his rope, and I can't see that there's anything I can do. I read through all the posts and I don't see anything in them that addresses this situation. It is unlikely, but possible, he still has an infection, as he never finished the course of antibiotics, and that a lingering or even spreading infection is contributing to this, but he doesn't have any obvious signs of infectin. He sees the doctor on Tuesday. The doctor should be able to determine if infection is still a problem. Wish I could slip him an anti-anxiety drug/herb to get his mind off this; I think a lot of it is emotional; he hasn't lost any weight, although he looks thinner to me, and is moving like an old man; he's only 66. He is very thin anyway and is normally highly energetic, but not now. He will try things other people suggest, but what I suggest....See MoreCat not eating much
Comments (2)Thansk for your reply. Her situation isn't that different than being at the shelter. At the rescue she was housed in a large room with 10-20 other cats depending on how crowded the shelter was. All the cats are free roaming and not in cages. Now she is in a bedroom. Has the bedroom and the attached bathroom to roam, a closet to sleep in if she watns and a window to look out. She does know how to be a cat- she LOVES to play. I think it is a stress relief for her. She enjoys playing with string. The other day (when I got back from vacation, I bought her one of those cardboard scratch boxes that you sprinkle cat nip on. I told her it was all hers and she was very pleased with herself and her new toy. I doubt she's had anything that was just hers before. She sat on that thing for days. She would sleep on it. She knew exactly what it was for though becasue she was always sharpening her nails on it. She does run around the bedroom a lot. Especially at night. She gets that crazy-cat look in her eyes and takes off in a mad dash. She is probably bored in there all alone by herself but being around my other cats seems to stress her out way too much and she is always mean and angry when they are around. She can be very sweet though. She loves to lay on top of me (my back or stomach) at night and always demands to be petted late at night when I'm trying to fall asleep....See Morecat will not eat any food
Comments (4)They took three separate x rays over the course of a week. When he initially went in he had a little aspiration in his lungs and when they administered the iv it got worst. That's what they said could be the indication of a heart disease. It has since cleared up though, I have been giving him antibiotics. Seems to be improving now actually just extremely slow....See MoreRIP Sweet Cleo
Comments (15)Current Resident - here is the link to her adventure. The post is rather long. In a nutshell: Somebody opened our back door in the middle of the night, stole DH's wallet and left the door open. Two of the four cats ventured outside. Bob came right back for breakfast but Cleo remained missing. I had sightings of her on a trail camera but no luck catching her. Through fliers and social media posts, I got a call after almost exactly 30 days that Cleo might be in her front yard. And she was. We got Cleo in February of 2003 when I spotted a cat across the street in the snow.I went out and bent down and she immediately climbed on my shoulder. We took her to the vet for a checkup and he determined that she was not as young as she seemed. She was missing a couple of teeth and was not spayed. She checked out OK and we made an appointment to get her spayed. She was in good health until (other than arthritis) until about 2 years ago when we found out about her thyroid problems. Our Vet is a wonderful mobile vet that will come to the house or we go see her at our pet food store where she had clinics every Wednesday and every other Saturday, She practices integrative medicine and does acupuncture. Cleo was the queen of our little posse of cats and she was my cat. She preferred my lap and only occasionally sought out my husbands or son for some petting....See Moreagnespuffin
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