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  • 26 July, 2009 at 11:10 pm #463584
    Tigerlilly
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    God bless you for taking such diligent care of Lily. Hope she continues to improve.

    27 July, 2009 at 4:54 pm #463585
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    Well, my husband and I took Lily to the vet this morning….still no drinking or eating…She had no fever, no worms, she is not dehydrated but her gums are pale, and her white blood is low, which tells us that she does not have a bacterial infection, but some sort of virus. He told us that just like with a human, the virus has to run it’s course…We decided to keep her there overnight so they can run fluids through her for 24 hours…I hope it makes her feel better….I’ll keep you posted!

    27 July, 2009 at 5:00 pm #463586
    corzak
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    Poor little thing! I’m just catching up on this thread…sounds like she will be in good hands at the vet’s…please keep us up-to-date on little Lily!!

    27 July, 2009 at 7:49 pm #463587
    kittymom
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    Giving her fluids should help alot; I hope she’s much better by tomorrow. {{{TAL}}} and prayers for Lilly’s complete recovery.

    27 July, 2009 at 9:29 pm #463588
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    I just called the vet to see how Lily was doing, they told me there hasn’t been any improvement yet but it usually takes 24 hours before they see any changes….I hope so, otherwise I don’t know what I am going to do…My husband and I have already spent 300 dollars on Lily this week, not saying that money matters, I would spend any kind of money on her if I had it, but we are out of money…I am so worried, what if this doesn’t help? How will I be able to afford this?…. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    27 July, 2009 at 10:06 pm #463589
    Karenopa
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    Poor Lily…..I hope she returns home well on her way to feeling normal again. If your health costs continue to climb perhaps the vet (since you’ve already invested $300) will allow you to make some payments for the balance??? Sending prayers and kitty kisses to Lily that she feels great very soon. =)

    27 July, 2009 at 11:04 pm #463590
    eleniki
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    Sending lots of purrs and healing light to Lily, hoping she will soon start to improve. She is in good hands by the sound of it, and if it is a virus like they say, she will start to come out of it in the next 12 hours.

    27 July, 2009 at 11:16 pm #463591
    SoxsMom
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    Continued prayers that Lily’s health will turn around now that she is at the vet. May the care she receives help her to heal and come home to you.

    27 July, 2009 at 11:42 pm #463592
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    Does anyone know if a kitty can get Feline Leukemia from the vaccine?…I know I am just sitting here thinking of all the horrible things that could be wrong with her…I have been researching up on FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus)….If things are not better by tomorrow, I am going to ask that they test her for both of these diseases…

    28 July, 2009 at 9:22 am #463593
    jcat
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    Poor Lily, try not to worry too much until you know what’s going on, it could just be a nasty virus like we hoomins get all the time. {{{HUGS}}}

    28 July, 2009 at 2:02 pm #463594
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    I called the vet this morning to check on Lily, the vet won’t be in until this afternoon but the nurse said she had eaten and she was doing well….I can’t wait to see her!

    28 July, 2009 at 2:04 pm #463595
    SoxsMom
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    Well it sounds as if she is turning the corner! This is great news! Have a wonderful day snuggling her.

    28 July, 2009 at 2:04 pm #463596
    corzak
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    What a relief to hear she’s doing well!

    28 July, 2009 at 8:06 pm #463597
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    bad news….i brought lily home and still no eating…im not sure what to do…i cannot afford to take her to the vet again

    28 July, 2009 at 8:47 pm #463598
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    I grilled a chicken breast and she ate a piece of that….i force fed some….it would fall out of her mouth and then she would eat it…hopefully she starts to eat on her own soon….

    28 July, 2009 at 9:22 pm #463599
    MadcatwomanintheUK
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    Did the vet recommend a light diet for Lily? If so, chicken, rice, scrambled egg even…otherwise, anything that will tempt her! You’ll probably need to make sure she stays hydrated too, many cats like the water from human tuna tins. I hope she starts to eat soon too, silly girl!

    28 July, 2009 at 10:53 pm #463600
    eleniki
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    Make some home-made chicken broth, TA – just simmer some skinned chicken in water, not too much water so it has a good flavour. Then cook some chicken or buy some cooked chicken breast, and blend it with some of your broth. You can make it as pureed or as textured as you like. If Lily won’t take it fairly textured on a saucer, just a few teaspoons of it, then buy a tiny syringe in a pharmacy and puree the mix, then syringe tiny amounts into her mouth. And if even that seems too much for her, syringe just the chicken broth into the back of her mouth. Hydration is important, and luke warm broth is a nourishing way to get fluids into her. Also syringe some room temp water into her throat (you have to be quite firm about it, no dribbles into the front of her mouth or she’ll spit it out – quite well back at the top of her throat) or you could also make up some dioralyte and syringe tiny amounts every ten minutes or so into her throat. She will eventually get the taste for eating and start quite suddenly. Cats become anorexic when they feel ill, and they have to be encouraged to eat again, almost like they have to be reminded of how food tastes.

    28 July, 2009 at 11:03 pm #463601
    eleniki
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    Another thought TA – you say Lily has had 3 shots in 2 weeks – when she had her vaccine, did they give her a worming tablet? And if so, how long ago was that? I ask because sometimes the tablets can have this effect on a kitten, as it did on my sumi, who had exactly the symptoms you describe in Lily, with really terrible diarrhea and dehydration, for 5 awful days.

    28 July, 2009 at 11:08 pm #463602
    TwiztidAnimalLover
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    Great news everyone…while Lily was drinking water, she must have gotten a whiff of the chicken breast and wet food….she ate a few of the chicken pieces on her own and went in for the wet food (which I have mixed with water so she doesn’t get dehydrated.) She got a couple mouthfuls of the wet food…I am so relieved…It seems that I have coaxed her into eating again…If things turn for the worst, I talked to my vet earlier and he said he would do anything he could to help us out…like a payment plan considering we have spent almost 350 dollars on Lily in the past week and a half…thank you everyone for your support and advice….I don’t know what I would have done without you…I will keep you guys posted as the night goes on…Right now she is asleep in her kitty condo, it is very hard work being adorable you know? 🙂 🙂 (BTW…she has been drinking a lot of water since we got home, so no worries about that! She did have an IV all night)

    28 July, 2009 at 11:12 pm #463603
    eleniki
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    Thank god.

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