Belinda, If nothing else, Bailey sure has spunk! He's quite a little fighter...
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sauro Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 12:50 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Belinda and Bailey Hi Nina, Bailey is hanging in there, I took him to emergency Sunday night he was breathing hard and fast, his nostrils were flaring and it scared me. When we finally saw the vet he was a bit better, and he had a fever of 104.2. She listened to his lungs and said he was getting air at a bit of a diminished rate, she said his gums are nice and pink, he was slightly dehydrated but she didn't think he was in crisis and said she could do an xray to check for fluid or I could wait and take him to my regular vet in the morning. Since he was better already I decided to see my regular vet in the morning, the ER vet gave me baytril for the fever, she wanted to put him on clavamox, but I didn't want to chance diarrhea again after our 2 week ordeal earlier so I asked if we could go with something else and she choose baytril. The next morning his fever was down to 103.4, so heading in the right direction, and we did more xrays which showed nothing new, no fluid or discernable tumors. I'm giving him fluids daily now instead of every other day. He is gaining a tiny bit of weight so that is good, I feed him every 4 hours (not sure if you know he has a feeding tube). His muscle wasting is not getting any worse, I can't say if it is getting better but it isn't getting worse. In the last couple of days he has been moving around a bit more, still sleeps alot but that from what I understand is part of this syndrome (official diagnosis is myeloid dysplastic). So I guess we are hanging in there. We have a vet appointment tomorrow to check his temp again, and in two weeks to check bloodwork again. -- Belinda Happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties ... http://www.bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candle Light Service http://www.bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com (affordable hosting & web design) http://HostDesign4U.com ----------- BMK Designs (non-profit web sites) http://bmk.bemikitties.com
