Sub-q fluids, Prednisone/ Reglan/ Prilosec continues. No accidents on my shift last night, but I made him go out every hour until 3. LOL Hubby not so lucky at 4:30am.
He is drinking every time he comes in from outside, but *only* if he sees us put *fresh* water in his dish, and then *only* if we leave the room and don't watch. If he sees us peek around the corner, he stops drinking. If I fill the dish with fresh water while he's outside, he doesn't want it when he comes in.
So I spent some time researching food aversion last night. Yup-just what I thought. Survival mechanism-if you eat something and then feel sick, you don't eat that again.
Had a sample pack of kibble in the cabinet, tossed a bit in his dish. (shhhhhh...we had secret nibbles-hubby heard him- at 5 AM, but don't tell Odin you know. I put a few more of the same crunchies out this morning, he snuck a few bites while I pretended to be busy in the kitchen.) It may be only a 3oz bag of food...and there's still about 8 pieces in the dish...but he did *choose* to eat it.
This presents a dilemma. He's only supposed to have the bland diet. But he won't touch it. Changing diet all the time can cause digestive upset, but to overcome food aversion we need to offer a buffet and keep changing foods. So when he finally eats a meal and it doesn't make him feel like crap, his instincts will tell him it's "safe" to eat whatever it is. Supposed to call the doc we saw over the weekend today, I'm going to chat with her about this. I think at 72 lbs whatever he wants, he gets.
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