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Yesterday my cat was stumbling around, seemed to have partial paralysis in her back legs, and was drooling profusely. She is pregnant with 5 kittens(we were told 5 after x-rays were taken.)We took her to the vet immediately. They put her on oxygen, and told us it would be several hours until they could run tests on her. They called several hours later, telling us she has FIV, and was most likely stung by a scorpion, we live in Arizona. They told us she was not yet stable enough to come home, and they would contact us later. Yesterday evening they called again and told us she possibly had a thromboembolism, and was paralyzed in her legs permanently.
This morning they sent her home telling us she was perfectly fine, back legs were normal again. Except they aren't. She can't walk at all, she can stumble a step or two before collapsing. She looks like she is going to die, and keeps trying to drag herself under the furniture. We called the vet back, they said when she left the clinic she was 100% fine, that there is nothing wrong with her.
We think that because she is so small and there are 5 kittens that something is being pinched in her back end. She doesn't have any of the other symptoms of a thromboembolism, and when she was released to us we were told that was not the problem. We were also told that we cant abort the kittens because she would die because of the FIV. We were also told she can never be spayed because of the FIV.
At this point, she can't walk, she can't possibly give birth or take care of these kittens. We can't get rid of the kittens. The vet hasn't given us any options, and it doesn't seem like she will make it through the night. We are skeptical of everything the vet has said because they don't seem to be knowledgeable. They told us the FIV will infect ALL of her kittens (which we have researched and found not to be true) and told us to abort the kittens, then they said they can't be aborted, then she had a thromboembolism that she didn't really have.
I know this is a lot, but we are very frustrated that after a $900 bill we are left with all of this conflicting information and the lack of help from the vet, and a cat that is worse than when we took her in. Please share any suggestions you have for us.
This morning they sent her home telling us she was perfectly fine, back legs were normal again. Except they aren't. She can't walk at all, she can stumble a step or two before collapsing. She looks like she is going to die, and keeps trying to drag herself under the furniture. We called the vet back, they said when she left the clinic she was 100% fine, that there is nothing wrong with her.
We think that because she is so small and there are 5 kittens that something is being pinched in her back end. She doesn't have any of the other symptoms of a thromboembolism, and when she was released to us we were told that was not the problem. We were also told that we cant abort the kittens because she would die because of the FIV. We were also told she can never be spayed because of the FIV.
At this point, she can't walk, she can't possibly give birth or take care of these kittens. We can't get rid of the kittens. The vet hasn't given us any options, and it doesn't seem like she will make it through the night. We are skeptical of everything the vet has said because they don't seem to be knowledgeable. They told us the FIV will infect ALL of her kittens (which we have researched and found not to be true) and told us to abort the kittens, then they said they can't be aborted, then she had a thromboembolism that she didn't really have.
I know this is a lot, but we are very frustrated that after a $900 bill we are left with all of this conflicting information and the lack of help from the vet, and a cat that is worse than when we took her in. Please share any suggestions you have for us.