sounds like you have my vet. ---- Amy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Belinda, > > Thanks for writing. I totally understand how you feel and just wanted to > respond. My vet has worked with my leuk positives for several years now and > is amazing. I've spent years working at different veterinary offices and I > do know how lousy some of them are. I also know how cold and heartless some > of them can be when it comes to caring for our babies. Lucky for me, that is > not my vet. She takes amazing care of our kitties and I have all the > confidence in the world in her. They don't push me to do things just to make > money but they also will stop at nothing to help my kitties when they need > to. I have spent so many thousands of dollars trying to help these guys. > We've done chemo, we've done ultrasounds, steroids, antibiotics, fluids, > etc., the list goes on and on. I have always tried to save my babies in the > past, sparing no expense and doing everything possible. The problem is, in > my experience, I always lose them to the leukemia eventually. > Then sometimes I feel bad that I put them through those last couple weeks or > days and wonder if they suffered. It's a personal decision and one everybody > must make but Maverick was miserable and for us we just knew when we found > him sleeping in the bathtub and not wanting to be bothered anymore. > > I am listening to everything you have said and I will ask my vet about these > things because more knowledge is always a wonderful thing. She always goes > and does research on anything unusual we come across and I always do the > same. She spends hours with my cats and hours on the phone with me. With > this cat, things came on very quickly. I'm still left with unanswered > questions because I wasn't expecting this and I didn't see it coming. > However, I do know there weren't any signs of liver failure two days ago when > we saw the bloodwork, both chem panel and CBC. As far as food goes, she told > me he needed to eat. She gave me tons of ideas for trying to get him to eat > and I asked about force feeding. He couldn't keep anything I gave him down. > He just kept throwing it up. My only other choice would have been to > hospitalize him and try bringing him back but he's just not that type of cat. > Way too much attitude, spirit, and personality to handle that. > Hard to explain but totally not an option for this guy. > > I'll always wonder if I did everything I could for him but I have to trust > that I did. These cats mean the world to me and this one was actually > rescued by my vet. He started coming around her barn and she brought him in > to neuter him. He tested positive and she called me. We've all been very > attached to him ever since so she had as much interest in saving him as I did > :( > > Thanks again for all the info and I will make it a point to read and learn > even more about this disease. I owe it to Maverick and I just hope I didn't > let him down or fail him in any way. > > Amy > > > Amy, > > I don't think your vet is very good, yellow is a > > sure sign of liver failure and it doesn't happen > > overnight. Blood tests should have shown there was a > > problem and if your vet didn't mention it I'd run to find > > another vet. > > > > If Maverick wasn't eating well he probably developed > > hepatic lipidosis, or fatty liver disease, this can happen > > after only a day or two of an cat not eating enough. > > Even if a cat is eating but very little this can happen, > > this is curable by syringe feeding or a feeding tube, in > > other words food is the cure, no cat should die from > > this. Too many vets don't pay attention when we tell > > them our cats aren't eating very much or at all, this should > > be a huge red flag to any vet to investigate further but so > > few do. > > > > I am writing this email because too few people understand > > just how deadly it is for a cat to go without food, it can > > kill them quickly. That on top of the anemia was just > > too much for Maverick's compromised body to deal with. > > Any vet who doesn't make a point of letting a client know > > they need to get food into a cat that isn't eating enough > > isn't worth anything in my book. > > > > Please, please people, if your cat is not eating, syringe > > feed, spoon feed, put food on your finger and put it in > > their mouths, get a feeding tube put in ... fatty liver > > disease is almost always curable even when a cat looks like > > it is on deaths door, food, enough food will almost always > > bring the cat back .... > > > > Many people think when a cat is sick and stops eating it is > > letting you know it is ready to die, this is not always the > > case, think about it, when you are feeling very sick do you > > feel like eating, I know I don't. And with a cat, they > > feel sick, they don't eat, they don't eat, they get weaker > > and feel sicker, they feel sicker, of course they aren't > > going to eat. This cycle is going to obviously kill > > the cat if there is no intervention. I will never > > understand why this is so hard to fathom. > > > > All that said this is my own personal opinion and up front > > I am one of those people who will go to extreme measures to > > try and save my furkids, in some peoples minds maybe too > > far, but that is how I am and would want the same for myself > > ... I have seen enough miracles happen when I have been told > > my furkids aren't going to make it and I wouldn't give up > > and they lived years longer ... that is why I have to keep > > trying. I know not everyone is of the same mind and > > that is fine because we all have our beliefs but when I see > > animals miss a chance because of a vet that isn't very > > knowledgeable about something it just kills me. > > > > I sorry for your loss Amy, Maverick is in a better place > > now. Take care ... > > > > PS. I'm mad at the lack of care Maverick received > > from the "professionals" not at anything you did, just > > wanted to make that clear. > > > > -- > > Belinda > > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > > > http://bemikitties.com > > > > http://BelindaSauro.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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