Little Girl is leaky

[cjsmith]

We're doing subcutaneous fluids for Little Girl twice a week, to help out her ailing kidneys. I've now administered the fluids on my own twice.

She leaks.

[LJ-CUT TEXT="Sometimes it's my fault. Warning, needle talk."]
The most recent time was totally my fault. I was staring at the fluid level in the bag to see if it was alllll the way down to the line yet, and the needle fell out of the cat, and the last tablespoon of Ringer's poured onto my carpet. Oops. :-)

But the previous time I'm not sure what I could have done differently. It was all in there, and then, gradually throughout the evening, an awful lot of it dripped out down her back. She showed no discomfort at all, but I was a bit unhappy about it. My cat leaks.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Maybe not for as long a time, yeah, and I bet that's where I went wrong the first night. When saline is constantly flowing (not just dripping but really moving) through the hole, it won't clot up...

My condolences on the passing of your kitty. :-( They leave holes in our hearts when they go.

[moriamerri.livejournal.com]

yes -- as someone said to me there's a "cat shaped hole". awwwww.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

And it's a specific cat shaped hole, too. Another cat may ease the grief and lighten the days, but the new one won't ever be the old one. (Of course, the new one is building a new-cat-shaped hole, too...)