After a full day of force-feeding Khan small bits of soft food (which neither of us enjoyed), and after some email conversations with Shadow Cats Director, Sheila and her husband, Dr. Roy, I decided to have the feeding tube put in. The TAMU Small Animal Clinic did it this afternoon, and he was home by 6pm. At first he was very stressed and wouldn't leave his carrier; we had to do his first feeding in there. (Luckily, the top opens.) It was a little awkward, and my husband and I had to work together at it, but we managed. We realized afterward that we'd done it a little too fast, but otherwise it wasn't a bad job. I checked on him about 5 minutes later, and he was purring and looking very contented. I was able to move him into his heated cup bed, and he stayed there instead of trying to retreat to the carrier. He still isn't happy about the "thing" in his neck, but he is resting pretty comfortably. Four feedings a day, plus 4 meds is what we start tomorrow! His prognosis is guarded, but we're off to a good start. I swear that cat started out with 20 lives! He is amazing.
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