Prayers going out to your furbaby. Please keep us posted on what the vet finds.
:) Wendy --- "l.j. crabtree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.... > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
