Heart Break

Events of the 7th June 2015

Got a call early Saturday to come get Leo. He was behaving better but obviously uncomfortable being at the vets. His mystery illness was put down to a gastro-type thing.

He got boiled chicken as a bland diet and he ate that alright.

Crappy phone quality pic but I was so happy to see him eating

Hugo is now a worry. The adoption room had a bit of sneezing going on. He'd recently undergone his neuter surgery and he was a bit ribby. Did weigh over the required amount but felt way too skinny to me. All of that combined meant he picked up a flu virus that hit with barely any warning. By Sunday I'd picked up some vibravet to begin treating it.

One of the worst cases of flu I've ever seen

If having Hugo not well wasn't enough. Leo decided after a day of eating alright he would not eat his chicken. He's also packing himself in the study and not moving all day. Very odd for my cat that usually walks around the house and drives us mad meowing.

Wally the boy in Winni's litter is still being all mysterious and not gaining weight. *sigh*

I'm just a late bloomer ~ Wally 

I chose to observe Leo for a few days. He's still licking his lips quite a lot like he's constantly nauseous.

Made the mistake of giving him fancy feast instead of chicken which he promptly threw up all over my bed. If he's not improved greatly he's heading back to the vets again.

Hugo got kept at the shelter. They had cats in isolation battling the same illness and it was risky to keep him with Winifred and her babies while they were so young. I felt bad considering I was supposed to be looking after him for a week.

Leo still uncomfortable by the Thursday. Appeared dehydrated to me so after work I got him booked in again.

He had dropped from 4.8kg to 4.2kg in only a few days. He was admited to do fluids and a blood panel.

I picked up three kittens from the RSPCA that needed a bit of socializing.

Meet

SMOOCHY

Most forward of the three

SOOKY

A little bit less convinced humans are good

GRUMPY

Convinced humans are evil incarnate

I probably have a bundle of photos that I wont know who is who. With my mind full of worrying about Leo the three got most of their socialization from the rest of my family rather than me.

Pretty sure thats Grumpy & Smoochy

Anne called me back and told me the bloods came back showing something wrong with Leo's liver. Chances his anorexia has brought it on but Anne wanted to run a few more tests and an ultrasound of his liver tomorrow to see if they could find what they're dealing with.

Another night without my boy. It's like foster stress multiplied by a thousand...

*Before Illness* My lap baby