Selina Update

Hi, all, MomKatt Laura again:

Just a quick update on our little one-eyed thang.  She continues to slowly improve, and I'm cautiously optimistic.  Though we are still dealing with diarrhea, Selina has not thrown up since she did after attempting to eat some Fancy Feast late Saturday afternoon.  She did eat a little of it last night and, this morning, she ate some Blue Buffalo Wilderness wet "Chicken & Salmon in Tasty Gravy" and really seemed to like it!  (It was her first time trying it - I'm attempting to ween my guys off of Fancy Feast and onto something I feel might be better for all of them, health-wise.)  Morticia had some, too, and really seemed to enjoy it.  So I'm encouraged there.

Selina is also gradually acting more like herself.  I've missed her "snoopervising" my morning coffee-making activities (and going for the coffee scoop, which she does each morning by standing on her back legs & reaching for it in the cabinet.  She knows I keep it in the stack of coffee filters & often brings both scoop AND filter stack down on top of her when she does this, but she does not seem to care.  Quality control?  LOL)  But this morning, she was up on the counter, roaming around and making sure that I put enough scoops of java into the filter.

She spent all day yesterday in my lap & is once more following me around the house, doing some meowing.  She played a little bit with her teaser yesterday morning (we didn't try this morning because I was running late for work).  She's no longer keeping close to Pink Bed, she's inserting herself back into her normal activities and movements.  With tail held high, as usual!

I'm keeping in close touch w/Dr. L, especially about the diarrhea, in case I need to bring her in for more meds or another check on that.  I'm SO bummed because, with the Forti-Flora that I give her in her wet food, we'd REALLY gotten her poops to where they were a good consistency.  :(  Oh well, guess I just have to be patient and wait for this bacteria to get OUT of her system so we can get her outputs back to a normal state.  Heck, one was even a strange GREEN color early yesterday morning!  (It must be the meds, do you think?)

Unfortunately, I had to go to work this morning; I'd rather have stayed home another day with her but that wasn't possible, so I'm very anxious to get home tonight & be with her.  

Thank you all so much for your concern and for posting about her on the Blogosphere!  :)  That was very kind of you.  I'll keep you all updated & hopefully she'll be back regaling you with her adventures very soon.

I don't mind admitting I've been VERY worried about her through this.  I just ... well, I love all my babies, especially Morticia as you all know, but Selina's ... DIFFERENT.  She's so special and, ever since I brought her home nearly two years ago, I've considered her my "special charge" entrusted to me by many people.  I just want her to be HAPPY and I try very had to see that she is both happy AND healthy.  Of all my cats, I think, she deserves it the most because she's been through so much.  I adore her & she gives so much to me every day; I just want her WELL.

More later!
MomKatt Laura