Hello group!
I haven't been on much, had my hands full with a
couple of things. Will was great the night we got home from
vacation. I took the other three in to get their 1st FeLV vaccine. the
next day. Everyone, (including Will who'd had nothing done) slept for 24
hours and ate very little. Moxie, Dash, and Scooter then resumed normal,
full-force activity, but Will stayed quiet. I brought him in the next
day, he temped a 104.1, my vet sent me home with prednisolone for him (which
got the fever down in one dose, gave him another the next day just to be sure,
but he's been great). She also volunteered to call around and find a
local clinic with interferon in stock, even though she doesn't believe in it
too much. (I think maybe she doesn't want to lose a good client!)
There was a place close by that had it, it was only $7.00 for 10 vials, so
what the heck, why the vet's initial resistance to trying
it? So, everyone is now on 125mg of L-lysine twice a day, and Will
gets Clavamox twice a day forever, interferon once a day for seven
days on and then seven days off, and prednisolone as needed for
fevers. Lucky for me, he's getting really polite about taking his meds,
doesn't fight anymore...
While all of this was going on, my 9 year old nephew
called to ask me to care for the pinkie mouse he found in his
driveway, until he got back from vacation. I was so happy that he
was showing empathy for something, (he has Aspberger's (sp?), empathy is a
weak point), but pinkies are so hard...I tried to prepare him for the likely
outcome but said I'd do my best. They had it 3 days before getting it to
me, it wasn't being fed often enough and wasn't urinating, the head looked
like it was growing but the body was too small (I've done this almost
successfully once before) I got it eating a bit and doing microscopic poops
for a couple of days, but then I think I either fed it too much or aspirated
it and it died. My nephew got back late last night, his mom is
going to break the bad news to him first, then I'll talk to him...
A happier thought, we are just one week away from
desegregating Blue from the kittens, baby-proofing the house and counting
down...I can't wait!!!
Thank you all for your help and encouragement,
Beth
