Tell the rental people your sad story and have them DONATE the use of the car.....good for their public relations. Tell them to put a sign on it saying "donated by". They get great advertising and a tax write off. Actually, you might be able to get a dealership to supply you with a free, new vehicle, for the shelter. Get the theft and damage publicized ....then the news can cover the nice dealership that donated, get their picture in the paper, people see the car/van all around town with THEIR ad on it....blah, blah.

When you say the kitty's stool was straw like, you mean the color, not the consistency? Was the questionable vomit/diarrhea the same color?

I think I'd go ahead with at least one dose of Nux V now and see if it helps. Dilute and save the dilution just in case. I know no one wants to hear this .....but.....digestive problems like really bad colic in horses have responded wonderfully to 6C. A friend was hospitalized due to constipation. They couldn't relieve the problem after 4 days. She went home, took Nux V 6C, four doses over 24 hours. It did what he doctors couldn't. Took her 24 hours to pass stool but she *felt* better after the first dose.

However, with the cats, I've often found 6C to not work as well and have had to go as high as 1M. One dose at that potency will act rather promptly. Now, it may be that having started at 6, then to 30, to 200.....all with no results of any sort, may have led to the success of 1M. I really don't know. I wouldn't stick to a remedy that showed no response like I did with Nux V but it was so well indicated, just didn't work. It is only my experience and it could be coincidence. Since your gal's condition is so physical, one would be inclined to stay lower.

You could even use LM1, make the first dosage glass and use that (stir a bit before each repeated, if needed, dose) to repeat a few times in one day as one would in an acute. Nux V is a really good cat remedy.

Boger-Boenninghausen:
Stool; Diarrhoea; alternating with constipation (35) : ANT-C., PHOS., Abrot., Bry., Ferr., Graph., Lach., Nat-s., Nux-v., Op., Rhus-t., Ruta, ars., nat-m., plb., podo., puls., alum., ant-t., calc., cimic., colch., cupr., grat., hell., iod., lyc., merc., nat-c., nit-ac., psor., sulph., tab., vib., zinc.

Stool; Constipation; urging, with (20) : NUX-V., carb-v., kali-c., nat-m., aloe, anac., caust., con., ign., lyc., mez., nit-ac., op., rob., ruta, sabad., sang., sil., tab., vip.

PS..If you start low, see no response at all, you might want to consider moving higher. Response might be as little as looking more relaxed.

[ 26. March 2003, 17:43: Message edited by: gpm ]

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