Leo

[catatonya]

Tad,

 

I'm sorry for your loss.  Too many lately.  :(

 

tonya

Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I have had 2 FeLV+ cats that have had fluid on the lungs
and that makes breathing very difficult for them... One xray
can show the space around the lungs that indicates the fluid
filling the cavity and making it hard to breath in...
A pill to absorb that fluid does relieve the breathing in only
a couple hours...
The fluid is most likely there because of a cancer somewhere
though and the pill won't fix that... But it can give a few weeks
of quality life...

I am having a hard time to write this because I just lost my
Little Leo a couple hours ago but it did help him and although
he has been getting weaker and weaker for a while he did seem
to be able to enjoy the things and places that he liked right up to the
end....
Tad

Nina wrote:

> I took your advice and called back to bug my vet's office some more.
> I did get a call back from the Internist on duty. He thinks the
> possibility of it being Toxo, even with an immune compromised kitty is
> like 5 out of 100. He rattled off all the things it could be to cause
> shallow breathing. The felv itself, heart problems, fluid on his
> lungs... He suggested I bring him in on an emergency basis and at
> least get an xray. He's not sure who will be there to read it
> though. I'm hesitating, but I still don't think I'm going to bring
> Spence in when I know a competent vet isn't there to read results.
> I'm climbing the walls here. Thanks everyone for helping me through
> this. I have a call into Jasmine, my AC. I'm hoping she can give me
> better insights. Nina
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>> Nina, call a DIFFERENT vet clinic. Tell them your vet is not
>> returning calls and that you are desperate, they might be able to
>> help. OR, call yours relentlessly, like every 10 minutes, call back
>> again. Drive the answering service nuts, they will put you on
>> priority just so they don't have to continue to be bothered.
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>> Phaewryn
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