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.

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[idunno3.livejournal.com]

I had to do that for M's dog, shortly before we had to put her to sleep. It helped her a lot as far as comfort level, but boy did she hate getting hydrated. I probably did a lousy job of it. Plus, I don't know about cats, but damn if the needle isn't large (diameter, that is).

Never noticed any serious leakage, though there was always a little around the puncture.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It sure is big. And unlike those tiny insulin needles, they feel it. If I try to put that needle in slowly and carefully, Little Girl bites me. If it's quick, she doesn't have time!