Hello Everyone,
I'm so distraught about my Gypsy. She's the "feral turned house
cat"
that I've written to you about before. She's had Inflammatory
Bowel
Disease since Aug of '04, and nothing I've tried has helped her.
I
given her Prozyme, Probiotics, Pred shots, Flagil, Benefiber, I've
even
started adding Colloidal Silver to her food. She has wasted away
to a
walking skeleton and hasn't played in months. The problem is
compounded
by not being able to put her in a carrier and take her to the vet,
it's
just too stressful for her (and at this point the sedative needed
to
allow her to be handled, could kill her). Even the house vet that
came
out wasn't able to examine her. He prescribed Methyprednisone
shots
(every 2 weeks), along with Metronidazole liquid that she took in
her
food for about 15 days before she started to refuse it. I've
called a
highly recommended East/West vet that I hope will be able to give
me
more ideas. I had tried putting her on a novel protein diet, but
she
stopped eating. When I began giving her the foods she loves
again, she
seemed to gain a little weight, but this morning she refused her
favorites (salmon and liver). I'm afraid I'm on death watch at
this
point and it's killing me.
One of the most disheartening things about her condition, is that
I
think I'm responsible. I didn't know the dangers at the time, and
I was
doing my best to protect her, but I think I inadvertently gave her
this
condition when I had her vaccinated. She had been vaccinated
once, when
I first trapped her, and then spent months with my FeLV kittens
(before
I knew their status). She was negative when I tested her, and I
had
them give her two more series of shots afterward. The vet
(someone I
won't use again), mistakenly gave her a total of 3 rabies shots
along
with all the other vaccines and it was only a month later that she
started showing her symptoms. I took a healthy, vibrant kitten
off the
street, exposed her to FeLV and then gave her IBD with too many
vaccines! I can't tell you how miserable I feel.
Thank you for letting me vent. I'm so frustrated and heartsick.
I
don't think I even have the option of helping her cross. How
peaceful
could it be for her to have a strange person trying to give her a
shot?
Not to mention, trying to find a vein to put it in. I feel like
I'm
going to vomit.
Nina
