With the doctor wanting me to feed every 2 hours I decided that I would start the time from after her feeding, so really she starts eating every three hours, but most of the time her whole process takes upwards of 30 minutes so I start the two hours from when she is done eating.
She had some serious blood in her poop today, but she has proven to be a trooper and produce some good poops also.
Yesterday afternoon I made a stuffed toy for her to sleep with. It has two small 'legs' and a big body. My plan was for it to be like the momma cat with a couple kittens. It looks really weird, as you can see in the pictures below, but it definitely serves its purpose and Mouse seems to like it. I filled the very middle of the big part with little packets of dry, uncooked, long-grain rice, and did the same with the little 'legs' and I heat this in the microwave for 2 minutes every feeding so it is nice and warm when she sleeps next to it. It is not hot to the touch like the sock is, and it doesn't need to be covered for her to sleep next to it after microwaving.
If you look in this picture there is what looks like a pillow under the towels, it is a tube sock half filled with dry, uncooked, long-grain rice. I microwave it for 2 minutes every time I feed her so it's warm when she lays down. It gets REALLY HOT, so I cover it with 3 layers of towels that Mouse can NOT get through to keep the heat from being too much for her to lay against. The sock will stay warm for around 4 hours in this situation. If it was uncovered it would last for about 2 hours. It is still warm when I take her out for her feedings every 2 hours.
Mouse has started to potty on her own, leaving me presents in her bed with her. This results in her going through about 4 towels today. The problem is that she is too weak to use a litter box any time soon and she already has burns from not being properly washed after urinating and defecating.
Tomorrow we are supposed to go to the vet for a follow up appointment. I am going to have to call first thing in the morning, because my husband is in the military and had over night duty today, so he will not be coming home from work until AFTER work tomorrow (3-4pm), where usually I could just take him to work and use the car, I can't do that tomorrow. I will call and reschedule the appointment for Tuesday morning. Hopefully I will have my truck back tomorrow. It was recked in December and we are supposed to be able to pick it up from the mechanic tomorrow (well really, we were supposed to pick it up two weeks ago...but that is a whole nother story!)
Mouse is currently sleeping on my lap after a half bath that she just got. Because she has been pooping in her bed her hind end has a lot of crusted poop on it that I just can't get off with baby wipes. It is much kinder to her skin to just have a warm bath to help remove all that, rather than me pick and scrub her tender rear end.
At the vet tomorrow I will be asking him about diaper cream. My husband said that there is a kind called A&D that is supposed to be the best for new born skin/sensitive skin. I am going to ask if that would help the burns from the urine.
Mouse weighed 119g when I weighed her at noon today, I weighed her again an hour ago before her feeding and she weighed 228g. I will have to compare my scale to the doctor's scale, but yesterday she weighed 114g, so she is up 5-14 grams!! That is awesome! I think I will weigh her most every feeding time just to keep track - after the potty, before the bottle - of course.
I would just like to add, she doesn't do anything but eat, sleep, and potty, so that is why all the pictures are usually of her doing those things :)
So here are the rest of the pictures from today, I made some video but they were too dark, I'll try again tomorrow! I hope you enjoy seeing her as much as I do!
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