Friday, August 19, 2011

Good Thoughts Requested

We're having a bit of an epidemic in the house right now, with a very high fever making its way around the cats.
On Wednesday James began showing signs of sickness, mostly by becoming the world's most lethargic cat (which was a very big deal considering he's normally the most hyper active of the bunch). By Thursday morning he had hit a new low, so we immediately took him to see Dr. Lista. His fever was at 105.3, a very dangerous number, and we needed to do anything and everything we could to get it back down. At 106 cats bodies can no longer handle the heat, and their bodies start shutting down. They also go into hypothermia, which James was already showing signs of by shaking uncontrollably. He spent the day at the vet's office on fluids and strong antibiotics, and by 4pm his fever was at 104... a much, much better number!!! We brought him home and continued to monitor his temperature, and got him to eat and drink, which was the next major hurdle. He's also on antibiotics, and seems to be getting stronger and better by the hour. This morning his temperature seemed normal again, and while he's not back to 100% he is getting pretty close.
The bad part is that while James was much better this morning, Splinter was much worse. We tested her at home and she hit 105, so off to Dr. Lista's office we went. She's still there, getting the same treatment James did, so hopefully she'll pull out of it soon too!! The scary thing is that she's much younger, smaller and hasn't had any of her vaccinations yet (she's only 8-9 weeks, and this is when she would start her first round of vaccines).
So please send all of your good thoughts to Splinter and the rest of the group, and if anyone has disinfecting advice I'm all ears!!! We have no idea what is causing the fevers (it was diagnosed as "fever of unknown origins" - but at least the tests for the horrible diseases all came back negative), so it's hard to know how to stop it from spreading. We're in the process of bleaching everything in the house, which I may or may not be taking to crazy extreme levels.
More updates to come as I get them... fingers and toes all crossed that Splinter is the tough little lady I think she is!!!!!

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