I may be losing Gracie....
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| Wed, 03-02-2005 - 7:47pm |
Someone please wake me up from this nightmare. I can hardly type for sobbing so hard. Gracie went from 4.6 pounds last Wed to 4.2 pounds today. She was deyhdrated and needed fluids as well as a precautionary penecilin shot and a steroid shot to increase her appetite.
They did a full blood test (CBC/SMAC) and the results are unclear. I don't know how to tell you all this....I am in shock and it hurts so bad. The vet says she is not sure yet since there is no actual test to show this for sure, but her blood results and symptoms indicate this could very well be FIP. She basically told me I am going to lose my baby! She said it's definitely something chronic she's fighting and I am praying constantly that this is something else...something she will be able to get over. I am not going to give into the despair I feel right now because I am going to believe God will hopefully bless her with a miracle and cure her. I am supposed to feed her a half can a day of Science Diet A/D (by syringe if necessary....it's the food I fed Misha when she was so ill last summer). If she won't eat enough or drink enough I am to take her in Friday for more fluids. Otherwise I am to take her in next Wednesday for more blood tests. They had a hard time drawing blood and had to shave under her neck. :-( If she doesn't start to gain weight on the food and her blood test results get worse as far as anemia and high globulin then the diagnosis of FIP will likely be what's going on. The vet said we'll get through this together and she is not willing to make that call at this stage. If she continues to waste away and if she is suffering I am going to be forced to let her go to the Bridge to be with my ^Missy^ and Chris's ^Ellie^. There is no cure for FIP and it strikes young kittens & cats....I thought a purebreed cat was supposed to be guaranteed to have good health? I feel my heart being ripped out. I don't know how Misha is going to get along without her baby....they are so perfect together.
The vet prescribed the amitriptyline for Misha, Boots & Patches. She said I will be crying every day and this will help the cats not to get even more stressed as I feel they will sense my despair. I tried to hide my tears from the vet and from Gracie (I don't want her to get stressed if I can help it)....but I wasn't very successful. I have been run over by a train and I just don't know why my sweet Gracie may leave me so soon. I have never had a cat so loving and willing to snuggle and let me hold her like a baby. She was the one I thought would outlive all the others since she's the youngest. :-(
I am sorry if I'm rambling....I can't think straight. Thank each and every one of you for your friendship, prayers and kindness that I could never make it through something like this without. I will never forget all your prayers and kindness last summer when my Misha was so sick. Thank you again for being there for Gracie.






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{{{{{{Suzy}}}}} I'm so very sorry you are having to go through this nightmare.
Awwww honey, I'm crying right along with
Thank you (((((Leslie))))). I just wish I knew how this happened. Did she get this from the breeder, or did she get it afterwards? I feel guilty like there should have been something I could have done to prevent this.
I am feeling guilty also about "medicating" Misha with antidepressants because I fear the side effects. She may have OCD...or maybe the symptoms indicate a food allergy....it's hard to tell. I have Boots & Patches also on the meds and we'll see if they calm down and tolerate Misha better. If I lose Gracie I don't know how Misha will feel all alone without a friend again. I wish Boots would be her friend but I am not sure she ever will be.
Thanks for being there.
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(((((Cat))))) Thank you so much for your thoughts & prayers. That must have been horrible losing ^Pudd^ right near your birthdays. :-( Misha already is following me around more than usual. She will be my comfort. She already looks at me wondering why I am crying so much. She looks very tired....it must be the Elavil taking effect. I hope it won't hurt her in any way with a half tablet. The vet thought it would help with stress.....we'll see.
Thanks for being there and for your prayers for my dear Gracie. (She only ate around 10 cc of the A/D food tonight).
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I am so sorry ! I do not know if you have even gotten my emails. My IP has been down and just now came back! We will all pray and be with you through this! We cannot lose Gracie after losing Ellie,God will not allow it!! Keep us posted and we will pray! There are miricles!!!!!!!!!!I am here anytime!!!!!
I read all the info you sent me. I am still wondering..there is no shot and any cat can get this? Do they have to get it from another cat that has it?
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{{{{{Suzy}}}} I just can't imagine having to go through this with one of my furkids. I don't know how she could have gotten it.
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Hi Leslie,
I found the website of my breeder last night:
http://www.geocities.com/burmprz/index.html
I sent her an e-mail about Gracie and asked if any of her other cats had ever had FIP. I hope she responds otherwise I will phone her.
I am waiting for the vet to call me about Gracie. I force fed her 10cc again this morning and she just hates that. I hate to stress her in her condition but I can't just watch her starve either. I will definitely take her in for fluids tomorrow. Gandalf goes for fluids this afternoon. My boss isn't very sympathetic since I stayed home today but I can't possibly work while crying all the time. Non-animal people like him just don't understand.
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