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Sadness Oliver Crossed the Rainbow from FIP

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6 As many of you know, I got an adorable baby boy (kitten) who ended up having so many health problems. If you don’t know I will catch you up. In May of 2017, my 16 year old cat Jakie passed away from cancer. You may not believe it or not but I have a pet communicator, Judy Ramsey. She amazing. Jakie told her he wants to come back in a year. I was so excited. Well around April 2019 I called Judy to find out if Jakie is ready to come back and he said, ”Yes.” I had to find a kitten who was around 1-4 weeks old. A friend of mine fosters orphaned baby kittens. They just got a bunch in. They sent me some pictures of them and Jakie picked the one he wanted to go in. Second time we saw him. I scheduled a time to see him. He is sooo tiny and adorable. I couldn’t wait to take him home. Finally, the end of July I got to take him home. I knew this was Jakie because Faith kept hissing at Trixie when we brought her home. When we brought Oliver aka Jakie home Faith ran over to

Devastating News About Oliver the Kitten

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I would be lying if I said I am doing well. On September 6th I had to take Oliver back to the vet again He was doing so well and was thinking he might not even have  Feline Infectious Peritonitis  (FIP.)  His blood work didn't look very bad when I took him on August 29th. His WBC was low and his proteins were elevated, but for a FIP kitty, he looked very well.  My vet, Dr. Burns, couldn't see him, but they were able to fit me into another vet's schedule. Oliver hasn't lost any weight. He actually gained a pound. He is now 6.9 pounds. I thought maybe he was having fluid retaining in his belly because he seemed a little hard like when Jakie had cancer and it filled up in his belly. Dr. Miller listened to his breathing. He said there is fluid sounds on his lungs, but his stomach and intestines sound and feel fine. He decided we should do an x-ray.  I was totally fine with that.  Oliver did an amazing job.  Fifteen minutes later and Dr. Miller came back into the room

Oliver My Five Month Old Kitten Might Be Dying From A Common Respiratory Virus

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My life is hitting me hard with so many negative things, but I never expected God to hit me this hard.  As you know from my previous post about my adoption of Oliver and him having to deal with severe diarrhea due to parasites and then an upper respiratory infection.  A couple of weeks ago we took him for his booster shots. After receiving the booster shots he started to sneeze a lot. We read that booster shots can cause cats to sneeze a lot, so we were blaming his sneezes on the shots.  Two weeks later, I came home from work around 5:30 pm to find him acting so strange. He wasn't his playful self. He still had an appetite. He had a little crusty stuff on his eyes. A huge red flag that something was seriously wrong was when I saw him on his perch shivering and looking very lethargic. When I petted him or pick him up he will cry in pain. Oliver loves being petted and picked up, so this was another red flag that something is seriously wrong with my boy.  My mom and I immediat

Medicine and Remedies to Cure Trixie the Kitten's Conjunctivitis Eye

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                             At the vet on Friday, July 26, 2019 Trixie came down with conjunctivitis 11 days ago. Yes, I am being a little overdramatic, but cats can lose their eye from conjunctivitis if they aren't treated in the early stages of conjunctivitis.  We bought a new butterfly toy. She had some water eye but we thought maybe the butterfly hit her eye. The next day it looked fine. Well, four days later her eye got really bad. Her right eye was swollen and had green discharge. Trixie doesn't like being petted not alone holding her and seeing what the inside of her eyes looked like.  My normal vet couldn't get her. Plus, our normal vet is around 20-30 minutes away. Trixie hates the car ride and the vet. Her anxiety is so bad she will rip her claws right off and bites the carrier so hard I worry she might pull her own teeth out of her mouth.  When we get to the vet and they take her temperature to find it 104 degrees which is really bad. This makes it hard