here is hoping for no upset tummies

When Lili had been injured, one of the things the vet and I had talked about was her eosinophilic granuloma. Feel free to look that up but I do not recommend it. The pictures associated with it are very graphic and often disgusting. Poor animals. Anyway, her issue is in her mouth, at the lip and pushed up against the nose as well as the roof of her mouth.

We haven’t quite discovered a treatment yet because I haven’t liked any of the vets that I have brought her to. Everyone wants to retest her and do their own thing and I have no patience for the year-long processes that they want to put her through. This vet? Suggested we try the food first. Get her off the steroids and try a hypo-allergenic diet.

So I picked up a small bag of food today to start the weaning process for both she and Charlie. I am leery of this only because Charlie has a sensitive stomach. One would think that a hypo-allergenic diet would be good for him as well, less things to upset his tummy but he’s an odd cat. If they can both stomach the mixed food (old and new brands) then I will feel more comfortable with buying a larger bag and weaning them off of the Science Diet (specifically the Sensitive Stomach formula). If that helps Lili, I think I will cry with relief. If they can’t handle the food, I will just try another brand. I don’t even care about the cost as long as they are eating, are healthy, are not throwing up what they eat, and it helps Lili’s mouth. My fear is that it gets so bad that she needs surgery to remove parts of her mouth or to open up her nose. On her bad days, I can tell that it is hard for her to breathe through her nose.

The other thing that I liked about this vet is that I was not accused of not getting her the proper treatment. I did not feel defensive. I did not feel like I had to explain my actions. I did as I was told by the previous veterinarians and they were not happy with her progress, accusing me of not giving her the right attention and care when I did exactly as I was told. This vet was concerned for her, listened to me, and understood where I was coming from. I think she is completely worth the drive and will probably be bringing Lili back in specifically to start up a good treatment for the EG if the food switch doesn’t make any sort of positive difference. She had other ideas but the easiest to try first was the food.

Fingers crossed.