[Felvtalk] Very worried about Merlin

[Kelley S]

Well, I got him up to the vet.  He is dehydrated and had lost weight.   He
has an ulcer on his tongue but nothing worse than some he has had in the
past and his mouth looked better than I expected, though I was hoping it
was something like  that that a steroid shot would help. The primary issues
the FELV has caused him in the past have been stomatitis and mouth ulcers
and persistent uri.   His body temp is low.  I forget the number but at
least 2 degrees too low.  They are keeping him and giving him supportive
care while they try to figure out what is wrong.  They have him on a
heating pad and are administering fluids.  I left him there and then we
went to get something to eat because I was shaky.  I have now been up over
24 hours.  I just called and he did eat a tablespoon and a half of food on
his own for them, so perhaps his condition is not as dire as I feared,
though his condition remains guarded.  I hope any of this made sense I'm
more tired than I have been in a long time and I want to try to stay up til
6 for the vet's call or I will never wake up when the phone rings

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Kelley S <moonvine at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have an appointment at 9:40.  Bless Dr Smith I am sure he was quite
> booked today.
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Lance <linimon at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> Healing vibes for Merlin. Please let us know what you find out.
>>
>> Best hopes and wishes,
>>
>> Lance
>>
>> On Sep 26, 2015, at 6:27 AM, Kelley S <moonvine at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks.  Dr Smith opens up at 8, so I'm waiting for it to be 8.
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 6:20 AM, kat <merrykatmeows at email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Kelley,
>>>
>>> Sending stay-strong, healing prayers to both you & Merlin.  Please let
>>> us know what the vet says.
>>>
>>> Kat (Mew Jersey)
>>>
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 4:10 AM
>>> *From:* "Kelley S" <moonvine at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* felvtalk <Felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
>>> *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Very worried about Merlin
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Merlin has stopped eating his wet food.  I had noticed more and more
>>> food remaining in the FELV cat room and watched him carefully tonight.  He
>>> is also not grooming.  He DID pass a normal amount of stool (which I guess
>>> means he has been eating something), unfortunately he passed the stool on
>>> his blankie and then lay down right there.  I am going to try to get him
>>> into the vet in the am, but it is Saturday and I know he will be busy.  If
>>> he can't work me in I am going to at least try to get some AD and see if I
>>> can syringe feed it to him.
>>>
>>> Kelley
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