Lynn, I am following each post. my prayers go out to all of you. The cat I had fluid removed from his chest...he never did that well. It has got to be a good sign that he is so active.
Dede --- Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, BooBoo is still with us for the time being > anyway. My husband took him in this morning with > the instructions to help him, not destroy him so the > vet removed 16 ml of fluid from his chest and sent > him home with a prescription for Lasix. Bob said he > saw his xray and his organs were obscured by the > fluid. The vet said we'd know better by the end of > the week how well it is working. He's also > scheduled to go back next Tuesday for further > aspiration if it is necessary. The vet told my > husband he knew I didn't want to let him go but told > Bob he was at the end stage. Bob tells me BooBoo > has filled the litter box with pee this afternoon > after the dose of Lasix so I'm hopeful and his > breathing has definitely improved. When they got > home Bob took him up to bed, came downstairs and > there was BooBoo following behind. He then tore > into the stairs before boinging up to bed. This > from a little guy who was at death's door early this > morning. The vet is going to get back to us with > the analysis of the fluid. I don't know what > difference that will make. My boss is away tomorrow > so I am taking the day off to spend with my "boys". > I don't want to become too optimistic but today is > definitely better than yesterday. > > Lynne > "When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God" Mosiah 2:17 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ