for all the good vibes and have just come back from visiting Franta.
He is a bit more better today and was sitting up in his cage and meowed when I went in........i dont know if he heard me coming or just someone coming but it was really great to see him. I felt he was getting a bit upset cos he realized he wasnt coming home and also the cat in the next cage who want cuddles so I thought I better leave.
Have had a long talk with Emma and grrrrrrrrrrrrr she wanted him to go home now and be orally medicated which cant happen, hence the reason that Rachel was gonna see him everyday.
Ok Emma has not seen one of his attacks and he has not had one there, she would like to see one of course!, but she is concerned about how he will cope tomorrow when they are really busy and he is reacting to every little noise but he has been there less that 24 hours and Rachels lest words to me were do not move him because she is really worried that the transportation is stressing him so badly and he did two short journeys yesterday , well spaced out and with a vet.....not an hour or more half down a motorway with just me.
I am not sure what to do for the best and what follows may duplicate some of the av=bove cos its from a discusion I have had with someone off forum but think sums up my worries and concerns and I just do not know what to do.
' However and I am gonna write on Purrs shortly about this cos I feel I am caught between a rock and a brick wall!
Rachel in my humble opinion and the care Franta had within there limitations on 24/7 care, is much superior to that he is getting at St James. Yes St J have given him 24/7 monitoring but I have visited Franra this morning at he is definately better than he was and fingers crossed he is responding to the antibiotic, but he only moved there about 1630 last night, altbeit they had him Friday night too and already they want him to come home!
Rachels words to me after he moved were do not move him and she also knew that he cannot be hand medicated and her plan was to administer 24 hour injections until proved that it was working and then give him injectioins that lasted two to 3 days and I know she was taking advice from Bristol.
I have spoken at length to Emma this morning and she said she cant think of anything but convenia....which Franta had on Wed and didnt work or Penicillian to give him for longer periods but she knows that the current ab has been given because it gets into the brain and treats infections there...........I do not believe that the only other options are convenia and peniccilian!!!!!!
So no St J are not giving him the care and thought necessary but just taking the easy option in my opinion because they have not seen one of his attacks although Rachel has described it and of course I am well familiar with them, and there ofre they believe he is best at home and being hand medicated.......not posible and its 100% necessary that he gets his abs every day.
Someone in my Swansea Art group when they heard me mention St J came and whispered on my ear, saying be very careful they dont just take the easy option and PTS. This has always worried me and currently is very much.
Because the Gower is a small very intimate place and I think purpose bulit, if Franta has an attack a vet and reception would be able to hear at St J this not the case and although there is someone there all the time any problems that were over quite quick would not be heard but found later.
I just dont know what to do for the best and I do not have the option of moving Franta back and forth between the two vets or even transferring him back to the gower for anything...........maybe a second opinion?????
Ay present I have told Emma that I want him to stay there for another 24 hours at least, which she is happy to happen but she is worried about his reaction too all the noise and hustle and bustle of normal day surgery, cos unlike the Gower they have full wating rooms and lots of stuff happening all the time whereas the Gower are far more relaxed and calm, I think they have longer appointment times and there for you dont get lots of people clogging up the waiting room.
My head is spinning and I would love to have Franta home and yes it would be quiet for him although next door are banging and crashing around agin as I type.
Franta seemed to get more dejected as he realized he wasnt leaving but at least Emma took of the dreaded bandage that he hated and the catheter has been removed before. I had to ask for them to give him some food cos he was acting like he was hungry, they did but I shouldnt have to ask this.
Just gont know what to do because I told Emma how stessed he got in the car and forgot to mention that we are talking at least 3/4 hour journey for him each way depending on traffic, I thought she knew but am wondering.
Emma siad she will ring me again later and I have told her that I do not want to be transprting him the dark.
I so badly want him to get better and just as he is improving I dont want to upset him by constantly transporting him because Emma did say the seizures can suddenly return.
I am not sure how it can be determined what is wrong with him because if he had an infection and it goes that cant be tested and makes an MRI a waste of time. If the seizres return he is too ill to travel for hours to get an MRI, he also doesnt not have one vet looking after him anymore and will be looked after by anyone available and all vets have different and sometimes conflicting views.'
So now I am just as concerned as I was about his care and am I making the right decision not bringing him home. Tomorrow Emma will hand over to the day staff and I have never had any dealings with them but they are older as far as I can tell and I prefer youger more on the ball vets I have to say. Also ones like at the Gower .....except the unnamable one...........who take advice from the experts cos they are not to proud to learn and add to their knowledge.
