Please don't give up hope on Allie. Smokey's fevers got as high as 107. Ask your vet about the equistim. So far it really has helped Smokey to not get anymore fevers. I was having to take him to the vet every 2 to 3 days for a fever. Now I just give him the equistim injections at home.
Cindy --- Jennifer Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Allie was back at the vet today with 105 fever- came > down to 102.5 with Metacam (kitty NSAID) and sq > fluids. I did get the vet to show me how to give > the sq fluids, so I can administer them now if she > stops eating and drinking and looks dehydrated, or > if her temp goes up (I've been monitoring her temp > daily). They were also thinking of giving me some > Metacam to administer at home, but decided to hold > off on that. This is her 3rd temp spike in 2 weeks. > The vet was prepping me for the fact that at some > point Allie's body is not going to be able to > tolerate these temps anymore and is not going to > fight them off even with treatments because the > fevers are causing such a stress on her system. Of > course we don't know if that will be a week or a > month, but it looks like it may be sooner than I > thought. It's so hard because 2 days ago she was > totally back to herself- eating great, playing, and > she even sleep with us! I guess the calm before the > storm... Keep her in your > thoughts. I don't want her to suffer, but I'm not > ready to say good-bye yet either! I'm still hoping > she can beat these fevers, but that's not looking > realistic anymore and I don't want to torture her... > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls > to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
