is there anything cuter than a sleeping kitten?

Um.. yeah.. an Emmy that eats!! Well she's not back to her ol' self just quite yet, but she did have a moist treat when I offered her one. Usually you have throw them at her cause she gets so excited she ends up nipping your fingers trying to get to it.. It was very mellow, but she did eat it.

I spent the day away from the house. She vomited last night and has explosive diarrhea, I called the vet and he said not to worry. Other vet said to worry only if she wasn't eating by Wednesday. So I left the house. I actually went to the movies on my own for the first time ever. Was kind of a bizarre feeling, but you know, when you go to the movies with a friend, you really are in their by yourself when you think about it. It's not like you chat during the movie - or at least you shouldn't. I actually didn't attend the movie by myself though. A woman and her young daughter came in and the daughter ended up wanting to sit with me. Well, not so much with ME, but right next to where I was sitting. I didn't mind at all, she was cute. I came home to find Em still lying on the bed, more diarrhea on the floor (she tried but she missed) and the treats I left her next to her. But I gave them to her and she ate. So I gave her the food that was in the room and she started eating that too. The dr recommended I give her some Pepcid AC to help settle her stomach, but pilling her and her not eating is what caused this in the first place.. since she's not eating, I don't feel comfortable pilling her.

I went down stairs to give the kittens some attention. They have had the run of the room for a while and aren't making a complete mess, so I'm leaving them free. This means they wear themselves out during the day instead of waiting till I show up. So they ate dinner and went to sleep... on me. it was sweet.

*crosses fingers we see the light at the end of the tunnel*

update on Em

well she vomited again last night, and had explosive diarreha. She still isn't eating, but she did walk me out into the kitchen and ask for treats. She had about 10 little kibbles (cause 'treats' is just dry food that I throw on the floor) I know she has a hard time eating them off the floor, so I put some in a bowl. She had a few bites, but then gave up and went back to bed.

*wimper*

test results

Well, most of the test results came in for Em. We are waiting on two, the cbc - to see if she has an infection of any sort (I never agreed to that!) and the fructosamine (will give an average bg for the past two weeks) Everything else is good.

Now.. if we could just get this cat to eat. I'm sure food scares her right now, cause the past few times she's eaten it has come back up, but she so needs to eat. what to do what to do. I've tried all the smelly junk kitty food I can think of. Feels like that old saying, you can lead a cat to food, but you can't make her eat.. (yea.. that's what she thinks.. I hand raise kittens, I know how to force feed)

Okay then.

Well, I went to a 1:30 appointment. first one back from lunch, and I still had to wait 15 minutes to see someone. I almost walked out and waited for my regular vet. I probably should have. I wasn't too thrilled with this vet. She said Em wasn't vomiting, she was regurgitating.. *rolls eyes* she also refused to call her a she after she found out Em is male (long story) then she started talking about Ketones, and how you can't test for those with a glucometer. I worked for this vet for a year and a half. Em has been a diabetic for years and years now, and I've never seen anyone be concerned with Ketones unless the blood sugar is excessively high... even then they don't test for it. She sounds like she's test happy. I don't like test happy - especially when her health care isn't subsidized. (aka when I worked there I got it at cost) I'm all for making her healthy, but I feel uncomfortable paying for things I don't even know she needs.

*sigh* Good thing I love my cats. My first unemployment check is going to pay for this.

update

Well Em just vomited again. I made an appointment for this afternoon (since the doctors all just went to lunch)