UPDATE:Dukee's Vet Appt

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Okay all.... here is the news! Just got home awhile ago....yes I do have him home. At least now we have something to go on but not much better. He has Liver failure and very jaundice. This Vet did a thorough work-up on him. She said at this point because of his color she didn't need to take blood from him the fact that he is anemic. He has a fever of 101 which means it's down from 103.8 He has lost more weight. He was 8 pounds and now is 7.4 pounds. She also said he has lost all of his muscle mass. She did say that he did need to be fed by a tube. Since force feeding will not work because it may make him sick. She said there aren't any guarantees that this would work on feeding him through the tube because of the liver damage. The fact is he has fat on it. There was an ultra-sound done it showed his liver damage. I would do this in a heart beat if I could afford it just give him a chance. We don't have any credit cards. We just don't have the funds to help him this little guy. Time is very critical here. So he will remain here and live his time out for however time he has left. When I see the pain and the horrible cry he will be taken in A.S.A.P. So we don't know how long he has...will try to make him comfortable. I have included the estimate of what it would cost through her. Would this be the norm?   Esophagostomy Tube Placement   $101.40 Surgical Materials                              $ 10.20 Geriatric Feline-No Felv/Fiv 59      $101.70 10x12 Additional Views                    $46.10 Bandaging-Small                               $17.10 Gas Anesthesia-Mask Induction    $97.05 Penicillin G-Procaine Injection 1mL    $35.58 Amoxi-Drops 50 mg/ml 30 ml        $26.25 Flagyl/Metronidazole 250mg Tab  $13.51 Hi-Vite Drops 1 ounce                       $15.34 Euk Maximum Calorie K9/Fe Can    $ 8.34 SQ Fluids/Liter For Hosp Admin      $41.75 Hospitalization Part Day                  $29.50                                         Tax      $ 5.98                 APPROXIMATE    Total    $564.32                                                          Terrie Mohr-Forker TAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTS SIAMESE & COLLIE RESCUE Donations accepted at: https://www.paypal.com/ http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescue http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.html http://www.felineleukemia.org/ http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.html http://www.petloss.com/