Nina, I am so sorry I can't believe how quickly he is feeling bad.. what you said reminds me of Peter- I really would like to see the blood work they did on him - could he have dry FIP? It just seems to be so weird and again reminds me of what happened to Peter and Naomi..all their blood was pretty normal with them being slightly anemic..Nina, I am praying so hard for Spenc. If I were you, I may not bring him, Peter cried on the very last day and I knew he was very much in pain and never cried before,, I regretted that I stressed him out more...I will call you later, Nina..love and big hugs to spencer from me..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:44 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Need prayers for my Spencer please Hi Everyone, Spencer seemed to be doing better, but last night he took a turn for the worse and I wasn't sure he'd be here this morning when I woke up. He's lost a great deal of weight and his breathing is shallow and fast. He cries now when I pick him up and he's not getting around very well. His third eyelid is back up. I can't tell if he's in pain, but he's obviously in distress. It doesn't look good. He finished with his first 5 shots of feline interferon the night before last. I had taken him off Clav after 7 days, (now I'm wondering if that was a good idea), and he's going on, I think his 6th day of Dox). I'm afraid it may be a tumor, or some sort of cancer. He's reminding me of Simon when he was dying of kidney failure, but there was no indication of that when we had blood work done Friday before last. I called my vet's office, but of course it's a holiday and my vets aren't there. I could bring him in as an emergency, but I don't have a lot of faith in the vet on call, (nice guy, just not sure he'd be able to help). Actually, I don't have a lot of faith that anyone would be able to help him right now. He might be more comfortable with oxygen, or with a pain reliever. I don't know if it's worth the stress of bringing him into the vet. I just can't believe he's gone downhill so quickly. I've only had him for six months and he was in such bad shape when he got here. I did suspect fiv, but not felv. I figured if he had felv, he wouldn't have pulled through as well as he did after arriving. He just blossomed here! He turned into the best hugger and was so happy to have found someplace to call home and feel safe, and best of all he was thrilled to find a source of never ending food! I used to have to keep giving him a spoon of food at a time when I was getting everyone's dinner ready, or he'd go and eat everyone else's food as I put it down. I'm just in such shock. It wasn't more than 2 weeks ago that he was scaling counters at a single bound. He was such and incredible athlete, I've never seen anyone move as fast or leap as high as Spence. Thanks for letting me ramble. You guys know how this goes... Please send him healing, calming thoughts and prayers. I never stop hoping for recovery, but he doesn't look good. Thanks for always being there, Nina
