Hi Everyone,
Still waiting for Tater Tot's cytology to come back. I spoke with one of his Dr.'s last night (my original vet; the owner of the practice). He's been in practice 30+ years, so he's seen a lot. He feels Tater does not have FIP; he thinks he may have an abdominal tumor even though nothing has showed on the ultrasound and nothing was felt on examination (when he simply had a cold a couple of weeks ago; before the fluid accumulation). Obviously, we all want to see that ****** report, but he's thinking that exploratory surgery may be what needs to be done. I have to agree since I had a tumor that no test showed; it was hidden behind my ovaries and I wonder if he has something hidden behind an organ. There was a TV commercial being shot (Tater may be in it!) so when I went to visit, he got unhooked from his IV and we got a whole consult room to ourselves. He was very interested in all the sounds, ate some baby food like a little hog and
generally seemed like a cat without a care in the world (except he looks like the Goodyear blimp).
On another note, I received an email from a woman in my office building (I'm the resident "cat lady"!) who has several kitties of her own and took in a stray who tested FIV+. The vet told her that her options were to find him a home with other FIV+ cats or euthanize him. She got so panicked, she simply couldn't make any decision and just took him back home. She wrote to me asking if I had any suggestions or advice and I was able to share my experience mixing negatives and positives, some of the other folks on the lists' experiences, and send her lots of resources. She told me today that she IS keeping the kitty herself, she has chosen not to vaccinate the others w/the FIV vaccine and she feels confident and happy with her decision; she is building her arsenal of information and planning a homemade diet! I was just overjoyed for her and for this sweet cat!
That's my news for now; sitting on pins and needles.
Julie
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
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