💜 Pixie Update and 😿 Mika is sick too

💜 Pixie is home & doing well! But Mika is sick right now though 😿 I just cannot catch a break right now! I am so sorry, I was unable to post a Pixie update yesterday. Pixie came home yesterday afternoon and has been set up in my bedroom. They said Pixies’s hernia tear was pretty much in the same spot but a little longer this time. She has 11 or 12 staples that will come out in two weeks. She also has, “The Cone of Courage” to keep her from messing with her incision and staples. The cone is on her when I’m not in the bedroom with her or sleeping at night. If I’m in there or feeding her, I take the cone off so she does get big breaks from wearing it. She’s been a bit more down today but I think the 3rd day after surgery is the most rough. I’m hoping her perks up more tomorrow and wants to eat more. She’s also on the Cerenia nausea med & Mirtazapine appetite stimulant to help with all of that.  😿 Mika, I didn’t get to post about him yet because I was hoping it was just an upset stomach for a day or so. Mika has been not feeling well not wanting to eat and having pretty bad diarrhea since Sunday. Monday when I was at the vet with Pixie they prescribed me medication’s for Mika and he has been on those meds since then. Metronidazole antibiotic, Cerenia for nausea, Mirtazapine for appetite stimulant, proviable probiotics, Nutracal when he hasn’t eaten enough that day. This morning he seemed more dehydrated and was still having diarrhea pretty bad and not wanting to eat. So I took him to my vet this morning. His bloodwork was great it only showed inflammation which makes sense with all the gastrointestinal upset he is having. His fecal was negative. So they gave him subq fluids because he was a little dehydrated. I am also now also giving him Prednislone once a day. She thinks he either has Gastroenteritis or IBD. ❤️ I hope they both start to feel better soon! I’ve been using the Max Pill Reminder app to keep track of all the kitties meds. I’ve been using it for a while but with all these meds for 2 sick cats & then everyone else’s meds snd supplements too it has been overwhelming to deal and that app has been a huge help for me. This has been very stressful for all of us. I just want them to be all better soon! I will keep you posted when I can about how they are both doing. Thank you so much for all of the love, support and well wishes!  We really appreciate it so much ❤️❤️

💜 Pixie had hernia surgery today 💜

💜 Pixie had hernia surgery today 💜 We rushed her to the Veterinary Surgery Service Inc. in Fort Walton Beach, FL ( about an hour and a half from my house ) since they had an opening today. Pixie has another abdominal hernia and her bladder has again slipped through the tear. She had surgery today to put her bladder back where it belongs and fix the abdominal tear too. I noticed she was not feeling well Friday night and had not eaten very much and then saw the lump of her bladder on her belly. I took her to the vet Saturday morning, and they did bloodwork, urinalysis, and fecal. Her blood work was OK. She just had a elevated white cells. Her urinalysis and fecal were both OK too. They did an abdominal ultrasound and saw that that lump is her bladder again not where it belongs. I secluded her to my bedroom and set her up in there with the water litter box so I could keep an eye on how much she was eating and drinking and making sure she was still able to urinate. She has been on Cerenia for nausea, buprenorphine for pain, mirtazapine for appetite, stimulant, and probiotics for her diarrhea. I took her to my regular vet first thing Monday morning, and they confirmed the hernia and were able to get us an appointment today for surgery. So we hurried here to Fort Walton, and she will be having surgery with the same doctor that performed it last time, Dr Wight. He said that he’s not sure why this has happened again. She could just have a very weak abdominal wall or it could be a congenital defect. They called and said she did great through the surgery. She’s resting comfortably and has good pain meds. We should be able to pick her up tomorrow afternoon. The surgery is expensive and the two vet visits she already had, then she will have at least one or two follow up visits at my regular vet. So I will be putting up a Pixie’s Surgery / New Years Sale on my website for my Fantasy Cat Art & Gifts soon. I will make another post and let you know once everything on my website is on sale. I just can’t believe this has happen to sweet little Pixie again. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to keep up with the comments on her right now. I have a lot going on right now and it’s all been pretty overwhelming ❤️