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*hyperventilating*

Just got back from 24 hour emergency vet. Pumpkin was bleeding from the nose. Now have antibiotics, but geez!

Completely flipping out. Need to do more Pranayama and ground, center, and go to bed.

Goddess, you know what I need and what I want. Let's just get there.

Good night, my darlings.

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Maenads

Maenads, originally uploaded by quennessa.

This one is one of my favorites of this series right now. Just adore it.

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Forgot to do one critical task yesterday, due to rushing Pumpkin to the 24 Hr. emergency vet. The Mouse came running out around 2 pm or so to tell me that he had red liquid running from his nose. I go in and poor Pumpkin's nose was just blood.

Didn't wait. Grabbed him, had the husband call his mom, shoved him in one of the crates and drove.

We think it's just a chronic sinus infection, but the frank truth is, he's too small to do a blood draw on. He only weighs 1.14 pounds, compared to his brothers who are easily three times his size. The vet confirmed that he is just a straight up failure to thrive and if he doesn't start putting on weight and very soon... Well, let's just say that the hideous conversation was started and words like congenital difficulties, FIP, FLV, among others were used.

We're dosing with antibiotics and giving him maximum caloric food and I'm not thinking about those things. I'm just NOT.

And other horrible things are running around my head too. The brutality of this economy hits me on an almost daily basis.

And in this, I got incredible news that sent me over the moon, before it got squashed by not crying in the car, driving a tiny kitten to the vet.

Prayers, wishes, donations for the expensive max cal cat food, Reiki (seriously), anything are all incredibly appreciated. Pumpkin is dear to us. I'm not giving him up without a fight. I'm NOT.

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And along with the news that sent me over the moon, the project continues to go. You guys are awesome. 16%. 84% to go. *gets behind it and pushes*

very bad news

Trixie, nee Gilvert, the kitten we gave to one of the Mouse's school friends, came back with a weak positive for Feline Leukemia.

What this means is that all of the cats at the house have been exposed. It means that more than likely the real reason Pumpkin is not getting better, is because he has a full blown case of it. It means that Isis is for certain a carrier. It means that Lou and Speckle have been exposed, and in good conscience, we cannot find homes for them. Lou and Speckle may never develop the disease.

I had to take Pumpkin to the emergency vet yesterday. He had started bleeding from the nose. He was too small to draw blood from to find out if he had Feline Leukemia or FIP (feline AIDS), so I was able to lie to myself and say it was just a chronic sinus/infection thing and take the antibiotics, high caloric food and hope for the best.

But I can't lie to myself anymore.

I've lost a cat to Feline Leukemia before. I know what it looks like.

I have to stop now. Or I'll start crying again and I don't want to.

Please pray, send good will/vibes, energy, donations for the upcoming vet bills.

EDIT: As requested, here's the Paypal addy to use if you want to donate to the Pumpkin Kitten Vet Fund - angela.n.hunt at gmail dot com.

I said it before and I'm saying it again. I'm not letting him go without a fight. I will NOT.

cathouse_mary, get your cats tested ASAP. The evidence points to the entire colony having been exposed. Please tell everyone who has one of the cats from the colony.

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Bast, protector of all cats, mercy, I ask of thee. Mercy.