I didn't want to worry you either, and I have no real reason to suspect this from your post, but the first thing that occurred to me was a tumor as well. Flash, the first of my FeLV litter, was happy and active one day, then collapsed in a seizure the next. When they took him to the ER, the x-ray showed a "cloud" covering his lungs and they suspected it was a tumor. He never regained consciousness and was PTS. I am hoping beyond hope this is not what is going on with Loki, but you might want to get yourselves in the car.
Nina
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Hi Steve!
I don't want to worry you unnecessarily, but do have a vet check him out as soon as possible...a chest x-ray (or even better yet, an ultrasound) would be very helpful as well...I only say this because FeLV+ cats are prone to lymphoma...Our Chinney developed a tumor in his chest just after he turned a year old. I just noticed one day that he was breathing just a little bit deeper and more rapidly...his chest quickly filled with fluid (we had it drained once, which helped...but our vet wanted to have an ultrasound done on him through a specialist...unfortunately, it was the weekend and we had to wait until Monday to take him in...Chinney never made it to Monday, his chest quickly filled back up with fluid and we made the decision to let him go on Sunday night)...if I had known better, I would have told my vet to skip the ultrasound, that the mass was more than likely a tumor, and to start him on chemo ASAP...
I'm hoping beyond hope that Loki doesn't have cancer, but if his lungs start filling with fluid, there isn't much time...I would get him into the vet as soon as I could!
Sending out positive vibes to you and Loki!!
Jen
