u/springonastring

Our cat has always been tiny: 6.5lbs, 7 at her max, which we were told was a little overweight. She was diagnosed Apr 1 with absolutely atrocious numbers and has been on 100mL subQs, famotidine, and odanesterone daily, and cerenia and miritaz and laxative on and off. We've tried every food we can (rx, regular, tuna, wet, dry, even treats) and she weirdly likes k/d the most, but still only eats 1/4 to 1/2 the amount she needs to maintain even 6lbs. I'm afraid to weigh her, because she looks so thin: her little belly and even her cheeks are sunken. The vet is kind, but doesnt have any more suggestions other than bringing her in to try to flush out toxins with more fluids. I dont really want to do that, because it stressed her out a lot and last time she was there for 5 days and only improved a little. I'm going to the vet tomorrow to buy a few more cans of k/d: are there questions I can ask about palliative care? She's just gone downhill so fast. She only just turned 12 and we havent even had her birthday party yet, because I was hoping she could feel a little better first. I know we don't get to keep our babies forever, but I wasn't ready.

Our cat is on odanestron and famotidine daily. I draw each with a 1mL syringe and then immediately squirt them into one of the big 60mL syringes we use for subQ fluids, then I draw the fluids so they all mix together. I use one giant 16g needle to draw fluids that gets changed eith each new bag of fluids. Is there a reason I shouldn't/couldn't reuse one 1mL syringe per bottle of famotidine and one per bottle of odanestron? These little sryinges are kind of expensive and it seems like I could do the same thing when I draw medicines as I do when I draw fluids...

Im teaching tap this summer, which is unusual for me, and I need shoes. I have an aggressive arch, and really need a rigid sole shoe. (The soles of my split sole shoes have cracked all the way through right behind the toe tap amd split soles enable bad habits in my jello feet.) The studio owner recommended Jason Samuel Smiths, but holy dollar bills, I cannot drop $200 on a teaching shoe! Does anyone have a recommendation for an affordable something?

Our cat is too smart. She opens doors and drawers, comes when she's called, uses her cutest meows to get stuff, knows commands, and now has started refusing to eat when she's fed so she can try to gorge herself on treats when it's time for subQs. We tried giving a few treats before, then just one at a time during, and she throws the most dramatic tantrum during treatment, then immediately after is all, "That was sweet, guys, I love you so much, where those snacks at??" She was super docile for the first week when she wasn't sure what was happening, but now she's learned, and even pesters us at subQ time?? Does anyone have advice for out-smarting the smartypants?