OK, this is a little long, need some crowd sourcing help.
Kitten, caught her when she was five weeks old. First saw her about a week before, noticed she was trying to eat dry food I leave for a colony. Though it was odd but oh well, she has two littermates that are still there, but act normal as I am use to seeing.
Caught her on a Sunday 9/26, on 9/27 took to vet, she had mange and hook worms, she got Ivermectin. Next day on 9/28, she was developing a large tummy, diarrhea started to get severe, had tremors, small focal seizures. Took to vet on 9/29, CBC, xray, vet gave diagnosis of FIP. I ordered for fluids to be put in her, anti biotics, basically supportive care.
Hospitalized until 10/2, vet said there is positive response to the supportive care, diarrhea seems letting up, energy etc, diagnosed changed from FIP to low protein caused by IBD and infection. On 10/3 (a Sunday), I went to emergency vet due to rapid breathing, panting, diarrhea very bad. Emergency vet also said probable FIP, but I wanted just fluid in her to get to my vet on Monday.
10/4, to vet, diagnosed back to FIP, by then I was already communicating with a group that treats FIP. I order supportive care again, but wanted a chem analysis as part of the FIP treatment, and the FIP diagnosis did not sit well with me as being correct. I also order for abdominal fluid to be extracted and tested.
10/5, back to the vet, good news, not FIP, there is no fluid, there is severe intestinal blockage. Kitten on meds, will be good to go for next day. Next day, 10/6, she is like way better, blockage cleared, some meds for things, all fine. The rest of the week she is normal. I needed a Panleuk vaccine and mange treatment though, but Panluek because I had a positive cat in my house recently, so I rolled the dice to get it, because the Panleuk source is unknown, and it would kill this kitten. She was on a resctricted diet, but had to increase the food because she started going insane, and even had focal seizures, she calmed down when I increased the food past what the vet said to.
I forgot when in all of this, but she got an injection of Dex for her breathing, xray showed like Bronchitis, her breathing did get better after this, though often rapid.
10/8, cleared for the vaccine and Ivermectin and got it, within 12 hours, had severe seizure, total episode was 15 minutes. Since then until now, have had four seizures, average one every three days. She had constipation, gave a dose of laxatone, she had a seizure within 20 minutes, another one several hours later.
Blood tests are attached. Went to vet on 10/18, decided bile acid test to test for liver shunt. She had a seizure at 7am on 10/20 after 10 hours of fasting, though thi seizure total episode was 8 minutes or so. Bile test came back negative.
At this point, I am still think the seizures are related to her condition she had. We are giving her Lactulose and Metro for one week to see if it has any effect. If it does, then suspect liver related still on the table, if not, then go see a neurologist.
So, pretty much all this time, and especially now, the kitten has always been energetic, eats, drinks fine. Fast breathing is intermittent as is a fever that comes quickly maybe once, twice a day, but maybe not at all now. No issues found with heart. No fluid accumulating anywhere. She had constipation, but has since been resolved with the meds she is on. Urinating fine. She has these occasional tremors, maybe fast paced robotic type movements when looking at things, taking interest in them, hard to describe. Eyes look normal.
I looked at the blood work issues, many causes of the high and low levels, but she does not display the common symptoms that are associated with them. Mainly, she eats, drinks, plays great, tons of energy.
Does anyone have any insight into all of this, taking into consideration her history, current issues, and the blood work?
I just feel it is related to her condition, the seizures, her tremors, changed over the course of the treatment. I just do not think it is a coincidence.
Kitten, caught her when she was five weeks old. First saw her about a week before, noticed she was trying to eat dry food I leave for a colony. Though it was odd but oh well, she has two littermates that are still there, but act normal as I am use to seeing.
Caught her on a Sunday 9/26, on 9/27 took to vet, she had mange and hook worms, she got Ivermectin. Next day on 9/28, she was developing a large tummy, diarrhea started to get severe, had tremors, small focal seizures. Took to vet on 9/29, CBC, xray, vet gave diagnosis of FIP. I ordered for fluids to be put in her, anti biotics, basically supportive care.
Hospitalized until 10/2, vet said there is positive response to the supportive care, diarrhea seems letting up, energy etc, diagnosed changed from FIP to low protein caused by IBD and infection. On 10/3 (a Sunday), I went to emergency vet due to rapid breathing, panting, diarrhea very bad. Emergency vet also said probable FIP, but I wanted just fluid in her to get to my vet on Monday.
10/4, to vet, diagnosed back to FIP, by then I was already communicating with a group that treats FIP. I order supportive care again, but wanted a chem analysis as part of the FIP treatment, and the FIP diagnosis did not sit well with me as being correct. I also order for abdominal fluid to be extracted and tested.
10/5, back to the vet, good news, not FIP, there is no fluid, there is severe intestinal blockage. Kitten on meds, will be good to go for next day. Next day, 10/6, she is like way better, blockage cleared, some meds for things, all fine. The rest of the week she is normal. I needed a Panleuk vaccine and mange treatment though, but Panluek because I had a positive cat in my house recently, so I rolled the dice to get it, because the Panleuk source is unknown, and it would kill this kitten. She was on a resctricted diet, but had to increase the food because she started going insane, and even had focal seizures, she calmed down when I increased the food past what the vet said to.
I forgot when in all of this, but she got an injection of Dex for her breathing, xray showed like Bronchitis, her breathing did get better after this, though often rapid.
10/8, cleared for the vaccine and Ivermectin and got it, within 12 hours, had severe seizure, total episode was 15 minutes. Since then until now, have had four seizures, average one every three days. She had constipation, gave a dose of laxatone, she had a seizure within 20 minutes, another one several hours later.
Blood tests are attached. Went to vet on 10/18, decided bile acid test to test for liver shunt. She had a seizure at 7am on 10/20 after 10 hours of fasting, though thi seizure total episode was 8 minutes or so. Bile test came back negative.
At this point, I am still think the seizures are related to her condition she had. We are giving her Lactulose and Metro for one week to see if it has any effect. If it does, then suspect liver related still on the table, if not, then go see a neurologist.
So, pretty much all this time, and especially now, the kitten has always been energetic, eats, drinks fine. Fast breathing is intermittent as is a fever that comes quickly maybe once, twice a day, but maybe not at all now. No issues found with heart. No fluid accumulating anywhere. She had constipation, but has since been resolved with the meds she is on. Urinating fine. She has these occasional tremors, maybe fast paced robotic type movements when looking at things, taking interest in them, hard to describe. Eyes look normal.
I looked at the blood work issues, many causes of the high and low levels, but she does not display the common symptoms that are associated with them. Mainly, she eats, drinks, plays great, tons of energy.
Does anyone have any insight into all of this, taking into consideration her history, current issues, and the blood work?
I just feel it is related to her condition, the seizures, her tremors, changed over the course of the treatment. I just do not think it is a coincidence.
