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 | |  | | Angus's Mom here- thanks for the resposes and the kind words, MUCH APPRECIATED! I really needed it!
D-Max's mom: to answer your question regarding diagnosis, I had brought Angus to the vet because I thought that he had eye allergies (although he is a persian and he always has drippy eyes but it seemed to be more then usual) and he was walking a little funny. My vet felt his belly and thought that she felt a mass. They took xrays and she thought she saw something and was concerned about the size of his heart (he is a micro mini persian 10 months and 3.8 lbs) in relation to his body so she had a specialist come in the next day to give him an ultrasound and a full blood panel. The results showed that Angus had a diaphramal hernia (probably from birth) so his liver is pushing through the hole and touching his heart. In addition, his kidneys looked a bit abnormal. However, both his kidney and liver function is normal. His blood results however, revealed the probability of FIP as well. His coronavirus titer showed that he had been exposed to the virus. Also, his globulin count was high and he is slightly anemic. However his lympocytes were normal. We have Angus on an antibiotic 2x per day (he also has a UTI) eye drops 3x a day and prednisone 1x per day. He is eating well and his eyes seem much better. I also give him pedialyte every day. He seems to be in no pain and his eyes look full of life however, he can barely walk. It is devastating to watch him try!! We will be starting him on vitamins tomorrow acemannon, E, C- and maybe b?? I hope this will help to improve his walking. My concern and worry is that I am missing something or that he has been misdiagnosed and that I should be treating him for something else. FIP is such a scary disease - you just never know. He is presenting a lot of signs consistant with the disease however, he had no fever, his lymphosite not low, his eyes are back to normal and has a great appetite. Confusing! If he gets worse I will put him on the interfuron- should I start now anyway? Any positive results? He has no fluid asd he would have the dry form and I havent read much on dry FIP and Interfuron.
I am just loving him and my fiance and I are just doing everything we can to help him. I just need to work on staying strong so I can continue to be the best mommy to him. At the moment I cry all the time and have trouble sleeping and just feel depressed.
Again, thank ou for your response and concern. If you have any advice/information that can assisit both myself and Angus, we would be very grateful. |  |  | |  |
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