MC, I'm so grateful for my vet. Even if we do live in the middle of nowhere in Alabama, I think it was very insightful for him to order the transdermal antibiotics with prednisone. A little extra expense and trouble but I think it was worth it. Mama Kitty wasn't exactly what I would have called feral - but she lived outside on her own roaming around for a good while before she chose this as her home and she's not at all comfortable with taking medicine. With this transdermal gel, while I'm rubbing her I just massage the medicine into her ear (with one of those finger cots so that I'm not the one absorbing it) - and it is totally stress-free for her.
I figured she was a bit chilly with that fever so I warmed up some towels in the dryer and covered her. She seems to like that. She seems a lot more alert since I brought her home - I know those fluids really helped. I would never have guessed that she was so dehydrated because I saw her drinking water. I also got some rescue rememdy for her since we're going to be making weekly trips with the treatment and I'm have some lavender scented oil going in there to help make her calm. According to our best guess, Mama Kitty should be 4 years old this summer. We are totally guessing though. When she decided to live here -- she just wander up, took residence and then had 12 (count them - TWELVE) babies. (that's how she got her name). She was the BEST mommy -- she took excellent care of those babies. I have the little runt of the litter now -- Tori...and they do not get along. Isn't that just like a mother and daughter? :0) Trying to take deep breaths here. I'm going to call the vet tomorrow to see if I can get some clarification on these HCT numbers. 10.6 is scary low. Her gums weren't nearly as pale as they were the first time I brought her in though. I am hanging on to the hope that we have caught this early and that she has time and good nutrition on her side. Oh - one thing I did ask about today was if they did transfusions and if they had success doing that with cats. The vet tech's eyes lit up (I think she is tops) and said that she is an expert with that and that this has saved a lot of lives. She said something I didn't realize -- that with cats - you only get one chance to transfuse before you have to have a perfect match (this is not the case with dogs)...but they have this product they use (can't remember the name but it begins with 'oxy')..and with this product, they don't have to have an exact match and that it does an excellent job of transferring oxygen through the blood, etc. I was very glad to hear this. I don't know if we will ever resort to such measures but it is very comforting to know that they are set up to do it and that they have a high success rate. Sorry - this is such a long book - but the vet tech today told me that at least in this area - one in every seven cats has FeVL+. That seems like a very high number. elizabeth On 3/20/07, TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
oh, i'm glad you went, too! keeping all the paws in the house crossed that she responds as quickly and as well as she did last year--and, with you, grateful that she's helped educate another group of vets.... MC -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
