Hi! I am going out of my mind about this...
Background info: I have a 2 year old cat named Stella, perfectly healthy, indoor cat. About 2 months ago we got a 6 month old kitten Kendall who has been vaccinated, also perfectly healthy.
Everything has been fine up until about 2 weeks ago. Stella and Kendall have been playing and everything good. Stella all of a sudden acted very strange, sleepy, tired. I took her to the vet on the following monday. She had a fever of 105. She had to go to the emergency clinic to be on fluids. Back and forth to the vet for a few days. Finally one of the vets felt a mass in her intestines and wanted to remove whatever it was. It ended up being a large lymph node that was blocking her intestines. The vet had said it doesn't look cancerous. They sent it to get biopsied. Meanwhile, her fever fluctuates between 103 and 104. They gave her pain meds, and antibiotics, none of which she has responded to. The biopsy showed she has "severe necrotizing pyogranulomatous lympho density, which is highly suggestive of FIP" I opted to get one more test done which is a immunochemistry stain to determine specifically if it's FIP on the infected lymph node. There are also a few other enlarged lymph nodes that I was told would enlarge over time like the other.
I am freaking out because they are leaning towards FIP but they also don't seem to know much about it. She have been prescribed Clindomycin, and Covenia but the fever has only gone down to 103. Right now it is 102.5 the lowest it has been.
What could it be if it's not FIP? Also the other cat is perfectly fine so how would Stella have gotten this?
any information would be great!!!!
Background info: I have a 2 year old cat named Stella, perfectly healthy, indoor cat. About 2 months ago we got a 6 month old kitten Kendall who has been vaccinated, also perfectly healthy.
Everything has been fine up until about 2 weeks ago. Stella and Kendall have been playing and everything good. Stella all of a sudden acted very strange, sleepy, tired. I took her to the vet on the following monday. She had a fever of 105. She had to go to the emergency clinic to be on fluids. Back and forth to the vet for a few days. Finally one of the vets felt a mass in her intestines and wanted to remove whatever it was. It ended up being a large lymph node that was blocking her intestines. The vet had said it doesn't look cancerous. They sent it to get biopsied. Meanwhile, her fever fluctuates between 103 and 104. They gave her pain meds, and antibiotics, none of which she has responded to. The biopsy showed she has "severe necrotizing pyogranulomatous lympho density, which is highly suggestive of FIP" I opted to get one more test done which is a immunochemistry stain to determine specifically if it's FIP on the infected lymph node. There are also a few other enlarged lymph nodes that I was told would enlarge over time like the other.
I am freaking out because they are leaning towards FIP but they also don't seem to know much about it. She have been prescribed Clindomycin, and Covenia but the fever has only gone down to 103. Right now it is 102.5 the lowest it has been.
What could it be if it's not FIP? Also the other cat is perfectly fine so how would Stella have gotten this?
any information would be great!!!!