My male cat

madMAX

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jp2854 said:
he is doing ok today...hes been up a few times to eat and hes scarfing down his food hes had almost 2 cans of food today. The day is still young too. He spent a decent amount on the heating pad but he keeps forgetting where it is because he will lay in themiddle of the dining room shaking and I will have to bring him to it which is no biggy. He goes about 2hrs sometimes without eating but others its been between 30min and 1hr. I don't mind but I am very sleep deprived due to him getting me up some during the middle of the night due to him being really hungry and crying but you can barely hear his cry so i really have to pay attention for it. Hopefully each day will get better he goes back to the vet on tuesday for a checkup again to see if his rbc has gone back up again like it did once already I am hoping it did if it dropped agian the vet is thinking hes got bleeding somewhere since the feline aids and lukemia tests came back negative.



Hopefully each day will get better. keep us posted!
 

madMAX

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Show us a picture of him when he is feeling better. the images I keep thinking about are when he wasnt doing all that great. I would love to see him when his is doing better.
 
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jp2854

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I will take a pic of him this weekend at some point and show him to you all OK I am sorry I haven't in a few days i been too busy taking care of him and so darn tired my brain is fried.
 

madMAX

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jp2854 said:
I will take a pic of him this weekend at some point and show him to you all OK I am sorry I haven't in a few days i been too busy taking care of him and so darn tired my brain is fried.


Understand!!!!! I am just glad he is doing better. :huggy:
 
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jp2854

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here is picky tonight sorry the pic isn't the greatest hes under the dining room table.
 

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jp2854

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today so far hes already eaten almost a whole can of food going to start 2nd half of the 2nd can soon i bet as he was hungry when i got in from being gone for 3hrs and now hes back on the heating pad he eats and goes right there after he is done he even has a good memory of where i put it too which is amazing. Lastnight i brought him to bed with em and I think he stayed most of the night except at 445 this am he decided he was starving so i had to get up and feed him his morning grub.
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
i saw somewhere that you are like 30 years old and you are already retired.. Good investing plan? independently wealthy? What was your secret to retiring at the age of 30 or 31??
 

cattitude

My Sweetest Boy
itsbob said:
i saw somewhere that you are like 30 years old and you are already retired.. Good investing plan? independently wealthy? What was your secret to retiring at the age of 30 or 31??

Really Bob, don't you have anything better to do? Why be a jerk? :rolleyes:
 

u gotta love me

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jp2854 said:
today so far hes already eaten almost a whole can of food going to start 2nd half of the 2nd can soon i bet as he was hungry when i got in from being gone for 3hrs and now hes back on the heating pad he eats and goes right there after he is done he even has a good memory of where i put it too which is amazing. Lastnight i brought him to bed with em and I think he stayed most of the night except at 445 this am he decided he was starving so i had to get up and feed him his morning grub.


Hey thats great that he is doing so much better! Looks like he may be out of the woods and on the road to recovery! :huggy:
 
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jp2854

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I am hoping he is out of the woods I will know more next tuesday as he has to go back to the vet for a rescheck. I bet I will be there every week for a while but who knows I am in wait and see mode. Lastnight i picked him up and put him in my lap and he shaked a lot.

I am off to feed him agian talk to you all later
 
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jp2854

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Picasso is doing much better. He is up and moving around and hes eating pretty good. The only bad thing was tonight i picked him up after he went potty (diareah sp) and got some on my jeans which is no biggy they are going in the wash to be washed. I think the direah could be from the antibiotic/food combo I will be talking to the vet about this tomorrow as I think she is going to want him to be on this stuff til he packs some lbs on as he only gained 20ozs at his last visit and she said he is way too skinny. I will try to get a pic later but so you all know he hasn't had his hair brushed today and looks a little on the rough side.
 
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jp2854

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I got bad news gang. Picassos rbc went back to 22 and the vet thinks hes got lukemia so all i can do for now is just keep him comfortable since he seems to be doing better he put on about a little over .5 of a lb and hes moving around and all that jazz and he now tells me when he is hungry even at 1am he gets up on the bed and tells me as loud as he can til i get up and take care of him. I have to email the vet weekly and giver her a status report as to how picasso is doing. She told me if he stops eating again and starts getting really shaky its time I bring him back in and ummm u know its very depressing to me right now I can't say the word sorry gang. I will try and take a picture later of him today or sometime tomorrow so you can see how he looks.
 
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jp2854

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cattitude said:
I don't understand. Isn't there a test for leukemia?

yes for the infectious lukemia but not the other form I guess. I don't understand as I asked her what test she did last week and she said it was for the infectious aids/lukemia not the other forms they can get.

I am very depressed about all this just so you all know. I am taking it very hard.
 

dmh

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jp2854 said:
yes for the infectious lukemia but not the other form I guess. I don't understand as I asked her what test she did last week and she said it was for the infectious aids/lukemia not the other forms they can get.

I am very depressed about all this just so you all know. I am taking it very hard.
:huggy: I am so sorry :huggy:
 

river rat

BUCKING GOAT
jp2854 said:
yes for the infectious lukemia but not the other form I guess. I don't understand as I asked her what test she did last week and she said it was for the infectious aids/lukemia not the other forms they can get.

I am very depressed about all this just so you all know. I am taking it very hard.


I am confused :confused:

This sounds like she tested for FIV and not FELv. Is that what i am reading?
If so he can be test for FELv also :shrug:
 

river rat

BUCKING GOAT
BTW, I hope he pulls thru

My sister has two FELv positive cats that a still living very active lifes and they were diagnosed in 1995 (12 yrs)
 
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jp2854

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she tested him for everything under the darn sun. He came back negative on feline aids and leukemia (the infectious kind or leukemia). He is doing ok tonight he has eaten and he is now sleeping at the bottom of my bed. I think he will be up again around 1 or 2 to eat again and I get up and feed him even though I am exhausted. He can go usually 3 to 5hrs without eating then hes starving and chows down. The vet told me to just keep him comfortable. I am going to do a daily log of how hes eating and if hes been shaking and if hes been up and moving around and all that jazz and i have to email her next tuesday with an update. She told me if anything came up between now and then to call or email and she will tell me what to do. She is really baffled herself as she doesn't understand hes gaining weight but his rbc went down. She said she can also try shutting his ammune system down and then restarting it back up but she said it wouldn't be a good idea. She said there is one type of anemia that can attack the body but she is 90% sure it isn't it because that is a regenerative anemia and hes got non regenative anemia. I am kind of prepared for the worst even thought I don't want to be I hope you all understand. I am kind of blabbing here.
 
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jp2854

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river rat said:
Ok and no your not babbling....but I understand a lil better now and just remain positive k?

I am trying to be as positive as I can. He is my baby. I would hate to have to part with him if you all understand where i am coming from...I think I am going to sleep next to him tonight on this small bed i am sleeping on and pt him til i fall asleep.
 
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