Feeding Lucy Upright
When we feed Lucy now, we are feeding her a blended mix of a can of canned food and a can of water. It’s working really well. And she loves it, of course! We have to keep her head elevated for about fifteen minutes so gravity will help the food move her food down into her stomach, so she won’t regurgitate it because of her megaesophagus.
Well, so far, so good. We have had minimal, if any, regurgitation in the last couple of days! Yay! We are feeding her half the mixture at a time, which seems like a lot to me, but her body is able to handle it. The fewer feedings for us humans, the easier it is. Especially when my husband goes back to work and we won’t have someone home all day to feed her.
My husband and I deserve some diamond rings, and Lucy does too, for all the work we are putting in! 
But we love Lucy and will do everything we can for our collie girl. We haven’t heard back about the antibodies test yet for that autoimmune disease, hopefully they’ll come back this week.
If Lucy does have Myasthenia gravis, it could explain why she has been low energy all of her life. And she’s also seeming to lose more bladder control. She always had spay incontenence, but lately she lays down and the pee just runs out of her. And when she goes out to pee it’s pretty clear, so we are getting a lot of liquid down her. We might have to consider putting diapers on our smooth collie girl.
Comments
Comment from Lora
Time July 6, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Poor Lucy.. Have you considered Proin? It has worked wonders for Hera and her spay incontinence. She may have a slight infection too.. it seems to exacerbate the incontinence tenfold.
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Comment from Christy
Time July 7, 2008 at 10:04 am
She’s lucky to have people who will take so much time to make sure she is getting the nourishment she needs to be healthy.
Hope she gets better soon!
Comment from Junior
Time July 7, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Awwwww…Lucy…being sick sucks! I just got over being sick. We will add you to our purrayers!~~Junior
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Comment from Karen
Time July 7, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I hope she gets over whatever is causing the problem. When our Shitzu had water run out of him, (it wasn’t urine), he was diagnosed with kidney problems. After 3 months of expensive pills, he got over it and is fine now.
Comment from Grixon
Time July 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
What a blessed dog Lucy is to have owners like you. I love my dog as well and if she’s sick then I will stop at nothing to take care of her! – Grixon
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 7:46 am
Thanks Rachael.. Lucy was even playing a bit last night with the other dogs. Yay!
Comment from K9 Amiga
Time July 8, 2008 at 4:07 pm
lucy is such a pretty girl, she looks like a very poised kangaroo in this picture,
stranger and I are rooting for her
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Hi Lora.. I think I’ve heard of Proin but now I don’t remember. She was on something a while ago but not anymore.
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Thanks Christy. She is our baby girl. Not sure she’ll ever get better, but there is a small chance it could go into remission (if she has that autoimmune thing).
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Thanks Junior! Yeah sick sucks for sure! I’m glad you are better.
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Hi Karen I’m glad your dog got better! Not sure if Lucy will, would be good for us all if she does!
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Hi Grixon! Yeah.. it’s just a natural thing we do, take care of our fur kids!
Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time July 8, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Thanks K9 Amiga and Stranger! She sits up pretty well, just like a kangaroo for sure!
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Comment from Rachael
Time July 6, 2008 at 3:45 pm
SO glad the feedings are going well! Will keep my fingers crossed that her condition will improve.
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