Re: Sneaking a Bite

We put the cuff on the base of the tail, or even just above the paw.
In both cases a little bit of fur is shaved off. We put on the cuff,
then put a little probe on the shaven part with some ultrasonic gel.
The probe is like a hyper sensitive microphone and the gel helps focus
the sound. The porbe is attached to a speaker so you can hear the
whooshing sound of the heart beat. Then we have the bulb thingy we
pump until you can't hear the whoosing anymore and then we let out the
air slowly and watch the dial. :)

The bulb thingy is called a sphygmamanometer. When me and my fellow
students learned that we were like "Ulp! Do we have to know how to
spell that for the state board?" We don't but we did have to spell it
for an extra credit question on a quiz once. hehehe

Kristi


W. Leong wrote:
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I think her sight goes in and out from completely blind to able to see a
bit of shadowy movement. The vet said it's not detached retinas, not
cataracts, and the all the blood vessels in her eyes look fine. Her blood
work is good even for a cat half her age, and her blood pressure is
normal.

How does a vet measure the blood pressure of a cat?
Does it involve a similar setup as for humans? and attach it to a leg?
Just curious.

Winnie



She's in
great health and seems to be happy and active. The vet guesses that it
might be a tumor on the underside of the front of her brain. I'm not
going to have any more stressful tests done (and certainly not exploratory
surgery) since she's feeling fine, is eating well, and can get around just
fine (with just a time or two walking into a door frame when she misjudges
the route). I've set up a carpeted ramp to my bed, and she has easy
access to food, water, and litter boxes. She has missed the litter box a
couple of times, but I think that's Sammy's fault (Sammy is so big she
can't stand inside the box and dig at the same time so she stands on the
outside of the box and tends to throw litter all over the garage floor) -
I think when bandit feels a pile of litter under her feet she'll stop and
pee even if she's not in the box. However, since the litter boxes are in
the garage next to the door, I can easily just hose down the floor when
this happens, so not to worry!

And yes, she can still nail an adversary with uncanny certainty when the
mood strikes her (but she is and always has been surprisingly gentle with
Sammy).

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

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