We are all in it together.
Cherie
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thank you Cherie, I appreciate the prayers and the kind words.
Nina
Cherie A Gabbert wrote:
> Nina,
> First of all, you took a healthy kitten off the street and gave her a
> chance, she could have been run over, eaten or straved to death. You
> loved her and took care of her so do not beat yourself up over this.
>
> I really feel for you and you both are in my thoughts and prayers tonight.
> Cherie
>
> */Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
>
> 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 C! olloidal 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 afrai! d 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 ca! n'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
>
>
