Wow! I'm so very sorry the vet treated you and your kitty that way. I totally agree with your statement. He should have let you decide if you wanted to spend the money!!
Are you thinking about taking her somewhere else next time she needs fluids, etc? I hope her fever does not return so she can feel well enough to enjoy herself. Thank goodness she has you to take care of her and to feel your love. Bless your heart, Maureen!! Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen Olvey To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? He's not even a shelter vet. He doesn't volunteer with us. He just was trying to tell us how to spend our money. I know he's just being logical about spending a lot of our money on a dying cat, but at the same time I couldn't believe he didn't even care about her fever. But without anything but a quick physical exam he wasn't sure it was FeLV related he just assumed it was. He just basically said its a FeLV kitten and she's going to die anyway so don't waste money on her. I'm still pissed. Yes I know FeLV kills a majority of kittens that have it but it doesn't mean you don't at least try to help them. He should have at least wanted to see if what was wrong with her had anything that could be treated and then let us know the cost and let us decide whether we wanted to spend money on her. Maureen “I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further.” – Mark Twain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 21:42:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? Darn those shelter vets! It sure is hard to find a good one these days!! I'm so sorry that you are dealing with all of this and that the poor kitty can't get a vet that cares. Bless your heart for paying for tests out of your pocket. I do hope that she makes it and is not suffering. Glad to hear though that she is eating treats and getting your love. I know you are doing everything possible and I bet somehow, she knows that :) I hope she gets better, I really do. Thanks for the update! Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] What could it be? finally I have a quick minute to give you guys an update. Yesterday I took the kitten to one of "those" vets. The kind that looks at her symptoms and says it all FeLV related without doing any test. He said she's not going to live long and didn't want to waste the humane society's money by doing any tests. I told him not to worry about it because I was paying for the test and I wanted him to do blood work . So he did and she doesn't have anemia but her protein levels are elevated which suggests FIP, as I suspected . She had a fever so I ask him to give her sub q fluids . I have no idea why I had to ask for fluids and he didn't suggest it. I guess because he just wanted me to let her die. Another vet on my blacklist. I guess it's just another cat to him. Won't be seeing that SOB again. It was important for me to get a diagnosis of FIP because I've been in contact with a vet at the university of TN that is going to let me try a new drug for the dry form of FIP. It's not on the market yet but the clinical trials look good. I don't know if I will get the drug in time to make a difference for my kitten but it's worth a try. The drug is actually an immune stimulant called polyprenyl immunostimulant. Since my kitten has FeLV in addition to FIP it may not help. But she's going to die anyway so why not try it. She's feeling better now that her fever is gone but she's still wobbly on her hind legs and now the other eye has uveitis. I don't know how much longer she has. I'm so depressed about it, but I'm giving her lots of attention and treats. Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G on AT&T ----- Reply message ----- From: "Lynda Wilson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Felvtalk] What could it be? Date: Tue, May 1, 2012 9:44 pm Maureen, How is she today? Any updates? Best wishes! 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