Thanks everyone for coming to my rescue.
He started eating about an hour ago ...it's over. No ER for him tonight, it's not an ER situation at this point. More blood work, ultra sound, kitty MRI, or something of that nature...maybe. Right now, I consider myself vet-less again. He's had recent blood labs. These episodes didn't start until the insulin overdosing; which may have triggered something in his poor FIV body. He's so sweet. Love him dearly; he's at the top of my favorites list...he used to be so funny before the FD dx...pretty much dog-like.
Clark came from a farm down the road (at that time). The other farm's colony pushed him off "their" farm as a kitten; I'm guessing an adult male did the pushing, and possibly infected him, or maybe he got it from his mom. Anyway, he came to "my" farm as a kitten, but had to fight to stay...so in the meantime, he had infected one of my dominant males (RIP). We had no FIV at the farm before him. I've always assumed he had about 10 years to live...I've tried to make them good ones. When I took him for blood labs in April, he was pretty much at the end of his 10-year lifespan (which, I guess, is presumptuous on my part), and I was just going through the motions, expecting a high white count, or something of that nature. Just hoping something would show up, to let me know what I was dealing with; ex-vet said maybe it's diabetes, before she even sent the sample out. She was right, and I was actually relieved that I didn't have to deal with yet another horrible cancer...just yet, anyway. Not knowing how to actually manage diabetes, two SQ injections, in my world, was a piece of cake. It was the exact 12-Hour spacing that was a pain in the arsh.
Carl: Thank you. You have a calming effect. Vet #2 listened to his lungs last week, so if it's pneumonia, she missed something big; not that I would be surprised. Yes, I'm sure he has herpes...many of them do (my clan, that is). His breathing has been more "junky" than normal, but he stopped accepting the Enisyl-F paste, a couple months before the FD dx in April/May. I knew there was trouble brewing when he started refusing the Enisyl-F, since he LOVED it, and had been on it SID to BID for years (for the herpes). He considered it a treat, and didn't like it when I would switch him to SID...but, "too bad for you", I always say.
The FIV+ situation, from what I've always understood, requires antibiotics at the slightest hint of infection, since he might not be able to fight it off on his own. Other than that, I don't store too many details in my tired brain. I knew more about it years ago, however, we're getting closer to the time when it will take him out, so I should probably brush-up on it again. I still say the insulin overdoses did him no justice.
I'm rambling. I apologize. I just realized I haven't eaten all day. Nothing since yesterday...not one thing.
Thanks again.
Deb
