The other day, I found my eldest (3yrs) Keylah laying in the cat tunnel. I thought she was dead and panicked. Pulled her out gentle, and she was still alive but she was obviously very ill. She had lost a lot of weight in the few days before that, rapidly, and now she couldn't stand for long, she couldn't balance. She was pooping and peeing everywhere.
I rushed her to after hours vet care, and the student doctors found she had low body temperature, so warmed her up. They then discovered, she was having balance problems as well as something diddn't seem quite "right". They rang the vet and what the vet told them, was that it diddn't sound too good, and I was warned she may not last the night, but they'd keep her in on strong antibiotics as well as fluids directly into her body.
The next day, the vet called, she had done the blood tests, and her heart, liver ect looked fine, but more bad news. The vet thinks it's neurological. That it's toxic. That she was something toxic in her body or a severe virus in her brain. Just before the vet called me, my baby had a seizure. She's still not eating. Although she's a little better now, it's touch and go. More blood tests are schedueled for Monday when she can first do them, to find out what's wrong with my baby's brain.
The Vet says if she's no better by monday that she's going to refer us through to a Feline Specialist. Just the fact that i'm being refered to a feline specialist makes me absolutely terrified. I've never had a vet ever refer me through to someone specific, I diddn't even know they existed. So it must be very bad.
The worst thing, the thing that terrify's me most, if the fear of my baby dying isn't enough, is that, the vet thinks it's probably contagious. My cats have been indoors with Keylah. I could loose all eight of my other babies to the same thing.
I'm just so scared right now.
I rushed her to after hours vet care, and the student doctors found she had low body temperature, so warmed her up. They then discovered, she was having balance problems as well as something diddn't seem quite "right". They rang the vet and what the vet told them, was that it diddn't sound too good, and I was warned she may not last the night, but they'd keep her in on strong antibiotics as well as fluids directly into her body.
The next day, the vet called, she had done the blood tests, and her heart, liver ect looked fine, but more bad news. The vet thinks it's neurological. That it's toxic. That she was something toxic in her body or a severe virus in her brain. Just before the vet called me, my baby had a seizure. She's still not eating. Although she's a little better now, it's touch and go. More blood tests are schedueled for Monday when she can first do them, to find out what's wrong with my baby's brain.
The Vet says if she's no better by monday that she's going to refer us through to a Feline Specialist. Just the fact that i'm being refered to a feline specialist makes me absolutely terrified. I've never had a vet ever refer me through to someone specific, I diddn't even know they existed. So it must be very bad.
The worst thing, the thing that terrify's me most, if the fear of my baby dying isn't enough, is that, the vet thinks it's probably contagious. My cats have been indoors with Keylah. I could loose all eight of my other babies to the same thing.
I'm just so scared right now.