It Must Have Been the Prayers

The regular reader will have read my blog of August 4, 2014, in which I explained that I took Sake to the vet 2 weeks after her steroid and antibiotic injection that was supposed to last 4 weeks. It helped some, but by Friday, August 8, 2014, she was almost not eating again. It was the morning before I went to work. I was at my wits end and I did something horrible:  I took some of my grape flavored Anbesol http://www.anbesol.com/ and rubbed it on her gums.  She was very angry with me for doing this.  But she ate.  I do not know what the correlation was. But she ate.  A very little.

I was so sure, when I went to work on Friday, that she would not eat over the weekend, that I did everything I could to get my work done and ahead for the next week, in case I needed to put Sake down. (I knew I would need some time off, if I had to put her down.) One of my coworkers, bless her heart, asked about emergent care for Sake over the weekend, should it be necessary.  I told her it was in place. Several of my other coworkers offered prayers.

Well, Friday night, Sake did not eat well.  I ran errands, and let her rest.

Saturday morning, Sake ate. Not well, but better. And she continued to eat over the weekend. She eschewed the chicken, but liked milk, and beef liver.  On a whim, I purchased Fancy Feast Liver and Chicken Classic (paté).  She has not liked paté in the past, but she ate it over the weekend.  I offered it to her on Sunday, and it was a hit.  I offered her more on Monday morning, and she ate well. Monday night, she ate real chicken and asked for a second serving, which she got! Later, she ate some of the beef liver that I had mashed and put out for her.

I do not know how long this revival will last, but I will take it for as long as it does. It must have been the prayers! Thank you, to all who have prayed for Sake. And me.