Allie,
I'm so sorry about your baby Lola. Words fail me, it's so very hard to
lose them. Please try to take some comfort in the fact you gave her a
warm and loving home. She had someone to care for her and to care
about, in that you were both blessed. Bless you for helping others, and
for making your corner of the world a soft place to land.
Love and sympathy,
Nina
Allie Deaver wrote:
Well, I took Lola in to get re-evaluated, regarless of the fact that
she has been going downhill fast. The results of the second test and
bloodpanel were not nice, especially with her emerging symptoms. The
fluid in her chest is continuing to accumulate, she stopped eating
(Ive been syringe feeding her a high-cal prescription diet), she is
very anemic and very jaundiced. Her breathing has become very labored
and she isn't really moving around much. After discussions with 2 vets
and quite a few other sources of research (including this list), we've
decided to help her over the bridge after we've had a chance to say
goodbye. She has too many things off in her bloodwork, her red blood
cells appear to be committing suicide, kidney enzymes are elevated,
despite my efforts (pedialyte) to keep her hydrated and her liver
enzymes are high despite my efforts to keep her fed (Hill's a/d). She
is so weak, and since she is a just a kitten, who was born with the
disease, it looks highly unlikely that aggressive treatment would do
anything except buy her a little time. I think I'm at peace with my
decision. I had plans to take a foster in this weekend, which I think
I'll go through with since it will give me something to do and a place
to direct all of my love. Plus, what better tribute to Lola than to
save the life of another cat in need? I've requested that the foster
be vaccinated against FeLV this once, just to be extra careful.
Thanks, everyone.
Allie
