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Wendy,
Prayers for you and your Cricket. I have not
used either of those drugs but many others will share their info and
experiences. You probably know that when kitties are stressed their temp
will rise so you might want to take it at home. Can you ask for a
tranquilizer for Cricket to take before he goes to the vet to reduce his stress,
or use Rescue Remedy? My kitties have not responded to Rescue Remedy but
other folks have had good luck with it. It sounds like he might need
something more potent than RR though. Just a thought. My Noah must
be given some Iso for a blood draw and mouth exam and that works good for him
because it's quick, they come right out of it. Good luck.
Del
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:15
PM
Subject: My baby Cricket is sick; I need
some encouragement
Hi my name is Wendy. I live in Texas. I have a
black
cat named Cricket; he's 4 yrs., 5 mo's. old and a
great cat.
He absolutely hates the vet, so the last
time I took him was about two
years ago when he got
really sick. They told me they couldn't tell
his
actual temperature because it was all the way to the
end of the
thermometer. It took virtually the whole
staff to give him an
injection of antibiotics and take
his blood, after they broke two needles
off in his
back. The vet said that he tested positive for FeLV.
When I figured out that the vet hadn't given him any
fluids
intraveneously for 18 hours after I had asked
him to (Cricket wasn't eating
or drinking on his own),
I took him home and with the help of antibiotics
and
syringe-feeding and a lot of love, he made it back to
life.
The vet told me he'd never seen a cat that sick
come back. He's been
fine for two years. At the end
of September, we had a houseful of
family during
Hurricane Rita and shortly after that, I noticed
that
Cricket wasn't quite making it when he jumped onto the
cabinets to
drink water out of the sink. He started
eating kitty litter and
wasn't eating as much. He
began to walk slowly and when he came up to
me and
meowed (he never meows), I knew something was wrong.
The (new)
vet prescribed Clavamox without seeing
Cricket because of his stressful
history when visiting
the vet. After two days on the medicine, he
seemed to
be doing better, but a couple of days later, I noticed
how
white his mouth was and started doing some
research. Well, as many of
you already know because
you've done this drill, things are looking grim
for
Cricket. We have an appointment at the vet in a
couple of
hours and it's all I can do to stay at work.
I know whatever ends up
happening is going to happen,
but I can't help but keep thinking and
worrying about
him. I am normally pretty logical and
level-headed,
but I cried all day yesterday after reading all
the
negative information about anemia and FeLV. I do have
some
hope however. I am hoping the vet will know
about Immuno-Regulin or
even better, Virbagen Omega,
which is a Feline Omega Interferon. Both
are supposed
to help immensely with boosting the immune system.
I
really don't know how the vet is going to be able to
take Cricket's
blood to find out what the numbers are
so we can treat him for the anemia;
Cricket gets so
crazy. He may end up being his own worst enemy.
I
just wanted to ask if anyone has had any success with
their cats
taking these drugs? Also, if anyone
reading this will pray for
Cricket and that the vet
will be a good one and that we can get Cricket
back to
normal for as long as we can. I promised that I would
not
allow Cricket to suffer for selfish reasons, but I
don't want to end his
life prematurely either. Pray
for wisdom for the vet and for
me. And thank you all
so much. I was relieved to find this
site.
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