Sorry to hear about your Jelly boy. I've been there with the pica/anemia, difficulty breathing, and not wanting to eat. I don't have any magic advice, but please know we're here for you and Magellan. It's clear he is well loved
On Apr 3, 2017 6:22 PM, "ROBERT CHAPEL" <bcha...@optonline.net> wrote: > Hello All: > I'm going to make this somewhat brief as I've had my last two messages NOT > post..nor had I received any group messages until about 5 minutes ago.. > My remaining cat ( Magellin.. nee Jelly ) who is my little love... > much like Amani's Zander. Stopped eating > a week and one half ago... Hospitalized for two days and vet said very > bad URI and possible lungworm > This was the vet the shelter uses and they often don't look to hard first > time out to save the shelter $$... Long Story short ( just as matters > went with my other little guy) I had to spend the money anyway to get an > accurate DX... He has a tumor ( likely lymphoma) just forward of his > heart... a WBC of 186000 and rapidly dropping HCT ( 5 weeks earlier I had > an extensive wellness exam on him and he was FINE... top of the chart > HCT... just a couple of other glitches... > He really HATES being force fed and I don't know I am doing him any favors > prolonging his life this way as it is not likely that he is going to begin > to eat again on his own if it is the tumor and the Virus that are causing > the > loss of appetite...OR making it difficult for him TO eat ( though he does > seem to do OK with the Pica that alerted me to the fact that he might be > anemic... he was eating cat litter and licking the cement powder off the > laundry room floor).... > I force fed him for a week in hopes that he might begin to eat again on > his own.... He's on Mirtazapine, Prednisolone, Winstrol and Doxy right now > but It's literally killing me to have my little boy just unable to play or > eat or enjoy being petted... All the best of what we had is in > abeyance.... I don't want him to starve to death but if I keep him alive > by force feeding him I could just be setting him up for death by another > means ( he is clearly having difficulty breathing...using accessory > muscles... only occassionally lying on his side comfortably)..... He does > not appear to be in abject pain so I am reluctant to put him down but it is > SO trying for me particularly in he wake of losing my other little guy only > a couple of months ago after nearly a year of trying to get him > well...... And, once again, there is the damn matter of financial > limitations. If there were a "cure" and it cost me a few thousand I would > spend the money.. but with a FeLV cat it is highly questionable if > thousands spent could even guarantee a few more months.... Currently I am > force feeding him a few oz's a day of AD with a calorie supplement paste > mixed in... Just enough to keep him from starving and giving him some > fluid... just in case buying him a few extra days witnesses any kind of > change for the positive with the meds he's getting..... I'm trying NOT > to give in to putting him down now to save ME the heartache of watching > another cat die over a matter of months... Living alone and having no > one to talk to about this that shares my feelings for this guy and won't > get VERY tired of hearing about it makes it that much more difficult..... > I'm getting VERY depressed and closure could at least leave me having only > grief to deal with...which is, frankly, a LOT easier than the daily.... " > is he doing better"? " maybe a miracle will occur"... or putting him on my > chest only to have him be so uncomfortable there that he immediately > leaves.... That's the hardest part.... He's here physically but I no > longer have MY Jelly... Thanks for listening... any suggestions > welcome... > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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