If FIP, it can be contagious.
I'd ask about it.
He may not have other consistent symptoms.
Being a nurse is exhausting...even more so when you love the patient.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynne
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: another 75 cc
Yes Laurie, Bob is a wonderful guy. He's a pretty easy going person but has
shed tears over this too. I don't even know about FIP. All I know is they did
a blood test first time they saw him and said he was positive for feline
leukemia. I'll read up on it. The vets told us this morning that he is a very
brave little guy. He doesn't even flinch at the vets. They can do anything
they want to him and he doesn't fight them, just me when it comes to giving
pills. We were given a demonstration of how to do it and the vet had us give
him his antibiotic. Nothin to it. Apparently he is not suffering. I took him
upstairs when we got home and he ran downstairs after us wanting to eat down
here, then he did his stair scratching thing and went back up, like nothing
happened today. I wish some of our whiney hypochondriac patients could take a
lesson from him. I'm in a miserable mood today. I shouldn't have said that
but I do mean it. Funny thing is the draining tprocedure is the cheapest part
of the treatment. I could live with that. Unfortunately we needed the drugs
today and got them there. Otherwise I can get this stuff for peanuts at the
pharmacy across the hall at work.
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: laurieskatz
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: another 75 cc
Bob sounds like a wonderful husband for an animal lover/rescuer! Lucky
BooBoo to have you both...and THREE docs!
I almost hate to ask this...could this be FIP? Has anyone mentioned that?
My friend's cat had FIP and she had to take him about once a week to have
his lungs drained.
Pls keep us posted. The good news is he does not seem to be in distress or
pain. That is a blessing in this otherwise difficult time.
Prayers continuing.
Laurie
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynne
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: another 75 cc
Well we're home again. BooBoo had another 75ccs taken out of his lungs
today. Not only did his regular vet come in to see him, a third vet was there.
BooBoo has become quite the celebrity. They're now sending a sample for
culturing and cytology to see if there are any cancer cells present. Nothing
is going well for us. However, when he got home he ate a big lunch and we put
him to bed with the window open for fresh air and he was purring like crazy.
He's now on another antibiotic and will continue on the lasix for another week.
Both the vets kissed him on top of his little head before we left. This third
vet was very kind, the other two are as well but this one told us lets see what
we're dealing with when the cytology report comes back and we'll go from there.
He didn't dismiss the interferon but said we're basically doing palliative
care here and our goal is to keep him comfortable. The fluid aspiration seems
to help but it will continue. All three of these vets are East Indian and
lovely caring men but I hate to admit that when they are giving details of what
is going on I have a bit of a problem with the accents. He said something
about protein spilling and I couldn't understand the rest. Of course I am
always kind of overwhelmed with sadness I don't grasp the whole picture. On an
up side, Bob mentioned on the way home that he doesn't even care about the
money part of this. He thinks these 3 vets are becoming more educated in the
care of these animals and he doesn't mind at all paying for something that may
benefit another cat in the future. I guess that's a good thing too.
Lynne
