You're on the right course. Stick with the vets who treated the
abscess if you can. There's obviously a lingering infection that needs to
be addressed. If you can't get her in to that vet, then I wouldn't wait
for an appointment -- where are you located? Maybe someone on the list can
recommend a vet to you who is FeLV friendly.
Don't stress about her condition -- she will pick up on that. Just
love her and tell her you will do everything you can to make her feel
better.
When she is ready to leave, she will let you know. But just love her
and love her right now. You can't waste energy worrying about something
that might or might not be happening. Concentrate on NOW. Enjoy her
NOW.
Hope this helps.
=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Sammi, Travis, Dori and
6 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec & Salome'
=^..^=
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:45 PM
Subject: help!
when
she was disgnosed about 6 months ago i prescribed to your list and she seemed
to be doing we got much information to make living with he felv
better.
my 9 yr. old Felv kitten is very ill...we had a
very stressful appointment and will never go back to that vet again, even
though he came highly recommended. he manhandled her and she never really
seemed the same after that.
i
researched my options and also lurked here to get infor regarding minnie's
maintenance. .. she receives a wonderful fresh diet now and also a number of
suppliments y'all have been so sweet to recommend. she seemed to be
maintaining until about 2-3 weeks ago.... then i noticed she had not been
defecating for a few days... and a mass in her abdomen. it was last weekend
that i rushed her to our animal emergency clinic. i had a sneaking feeling
that she might be impacted.
the
doctors seemed very capable and very caring. they found her to be slightly
dehydrated and a high fever... they stabilized her with IV meds, gave her
two enemas on saturday then took some radiograms... they did not see
anything that seemed like a tumor. the doc stuck a syringe into the area and
drew out fluid which showed she had a bad infection, probably an abcess.
they
sedated her and sure neough there was an abcess. they placed two drains in her
abdomen, and i got to bring her home, with orders to give her claamox for a
week and return to have the tubes removed. she seemed to be doing better
until mid week when i noticed no bowel movement ( or at least i didn't see
where she had produced), and she wasn't as perky. took her back friday, they
removed the tubes. her appetite was good (gave her pumpkin which she readily
ate with her meal) over the weekend and the first part of the week. she has
not had a bowel movement but still is leaking some of the pus from her anus. i
am going to take her into another vet tomorrow, if i can sneak her in.
any
ideas/obsevations? i am so afraid this is it....
