Hey Nina, Prayers going out for Spencer right now. You're his angel.
:) Wendy --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
