Living with Feline CRF

We gave Milo the first SQ Fluids intravenously tonight. Stephen did it. Not bad for a person who has a needle phobia. I'll do it another night. We put him in his new bed and he was nice and comfy but the sides are too high and the needle either did not go in, or went in and then fell out. Milo was very unimpressed with all the water over his back. We dried him off and did it again. he did a big flunch and nearly jumped, but settled. It only took roughly 5 minutes. He jumpd to the top of the couch and nearly lost his balance. He had a little hump of water in his back. It must feel very strange. We were advised to do 100ml every second day or 50mls daily. So we prick him with a needle every day or he gets a whopping amount of water in him every second day. We elected for the 50ml daily for now. My idea is that when he is used to what must be a very strange feeling of having water injected under your skin, then we can do it every second day.

Bailey is still being mean. I do not understand how he is so hateful to Milo. He must know it is Milo and yet he acts as if Milo is a stranger. I hope this hostile behaviour from Bailey towards Milo is very temporary. At least it is not as bad as the first day. That was something!

Milo follows me (or another member of the family) alot, and he comes and sits and snuggles into my lap. This is all new. He must know he is sick, or perhaps just the feeling of being unwell makes him want to be near me. He also sleeps close by with one of us each night.

Milo is eating quite well. He eats the Royal Canine, and I sit with him and spoon some whiskers gravy on that when he stops eating. That gets him going again, and he eats more. He is eating a pouch a day so that is good. We also have some fatty beef and we put the aluminium hydroxide phospherous binder on that. So, all things considered, Milo is going well.