Hello everyone.. Sorry for the late report but it has been quite a day. Jasper has eaten zilch nothing since coming home on Thursday evening. Barrie has tried everything humanly possible to coax, tempt but not a glimmer. We went to the vet today with a very heavy heart knowing what was ahead. We saw the main man today who listened and shook his head, he sad that Jasper would rapidly go into decline without eating. Then after examining Jasper he said there was something he could try if we were willing, in fact two things. The second one was tablets that are no longer made here but are usually really very good to stimulate appetite, he had just a very few tablets left and if we agreed then they were jasper's. We of course agreed because as the vet said we were at desperation stage now and trying anything. These tablets were safe with Jasper's heart and kidney condition too as many appetite stimulants were not.
The first thing the vet suggested sounded weird but he said could work very quickly, so quickly that a dish of food needed to be ready and waiting. This involved giving Valium intravenously. We again put our faith in him and said lets go for it. Now what happened next was pretty amazing to witness and if we hadn't seen for ourselves we would not have believed it. The nurse prepared some food, the vet shaved jasper's leg and I held him close. The needle went into the vein and the Valium went in. I felt Jasper sag down to the table with legs splayed and head down and both Barrie and I both thought how on earth in this state can our boy eat anything. The vet brought the dish around to Jasper's head and it came up. The vet then started to hand feed Jasper. The magic magic thing was that he ate it up. I carried on while the vet popped out and he ate it all. It was very emotional and we could hardly speak with emotion. We had it explained that the Valium is given IV and it shoots straight to the sensor in the brain for appetite. Wow. It was a one off thing and a last ditch attempt but wow... We start the tablets tonight for the next couple days and pray that Jasper will now eat on his own. We go back on Monday morning and will try every food available to tempt. We found out today that Jasper's kidney's are no good and we know we are on borrowed time but if he eats and with medication we could have More borrowed time to enjoy our beloved boy.. Come on GJ you can do it..
Thank you all so much for your continued support..
Love Carol Barrie and GJ xx