I thought about oxygen helping him to breathe and be more comfortable.
But the trade off of being at the vet would probably not be worth it. I
wish I had the homemade set up here, or even a tank with a mask to see
if it helped. Thank you for your good thoughts.
Nina
kelly wrote:
At 09:44 AM 9/4/2006, you wrote:
I am so sorry that Spencer is so ill. it is so heartbreaking and
frustrating...all of good thoughts are going to the both of you, Is
your ER vet willing to do the things you ask of him?? Often times
Oxygen helps, but at this point in his sweet little life you have such
a painful decision to make, One we all dread but we all face as we
care for and love these little guys,
/We are all there with you.
Kelly
/
Hi Everyone,
Spencer seemed to be doing better, but last night he took a turn for
the worse and I wasn't sure he'd be here this morning when I woke
up. He's lost a great deal of weight and his breathing is shallow
and fast. He cries now when I pick him up and he's not getting
around very well. His third eyelid is back up. I can't tell if he's
in pain, but he's obviously in distress. It doesn't look good. He
finished with his first 5 shots of feline interferon the night before
last. I had taken him off Clav after 7 days, (now I'm wondering if
that was a good idea), and he's going on, I think his 6th day of
Dox). I'm afraid it may be a tumor, or some sort of cancer. He's
reminding me of Simon when he was dying of kidney failure, but there
was no indication of that when we had blood work done Friday before
last. I called my vet's office, but of course it's a holiday and my
vets aren't there. I could bring him in as an emergency, but I don't
have a lot of faith in the vet on call, (nice guy, just not sure he'd
be able to help). Actually, I don't have a lot of faith that anyone
would be able to help him right now. He might be more comfortable
with oxygen, or with a pain reliever. I don't know if it's worth the
stress of bringing him into the vet.
I just can't believe he's gone downhill so quickly. I've only had
him for six months and he was in such bad shape when he got here. I
did suspect fiv, but not felv. I figured if he had felv, he wouldn't
have pulled through as well as he did after arriving. He just
blossomed here! He turned into the best hugger and was so happy to
have found someplace to call home and feel safe, and best of all he
was thrilled to find a source of never ending food! I used to have
to keep giving him a spoon of food at a time when I was getting
everyone's dinner ready, or he'd go and eat everyone else's food as I
put it down. I'm just in such shock. It wasn't more than 2 weeks
ago that he was scaling counters at a single bound. He was such and
incredible athlete, I've never seen anyone move as fast or leap as
high as Spence.
Thanks for letting me ramble. You guys know how this goes... Please
send him healing, calming thoughts and prayers. I never stop hoping
for recovery, but he doesn't look good. Thanks for always being there,
Nina
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