I don't ask for help very often... and I don't ask for prayer... but I'm asking now. Many of you know that I don't have kids, but that I have two dogs and two cats. Those pets are my kids... my babies. Well, one of them is sick... really sick. A lot of you have seen a picture of her.. she's the one I wear on my av occasionally.. the giani paperweight. My Reya.
Both Reya and her brother Pala were feeling under the weather last week. I thought they had a cold or something since it's the season for it. Pala did the "little lost puppydog" routine where he has to be with you 24/7 because he's not feeling good. Reya did her typical response to not feeling good... she hid. She would only come out at night to get food and/or water. because of this, I could never really get a good look at her to see how she was really doing. After about 4 days Pala bounced back, and so I worried less, thinking that she was just a little slower... but after a week she still isn't better, so today she went to the vet. Now.. she hates our vet.. with a passion. The entire BUILDING hears her when he's looking at her. But today, all there was, was a halfhearted cry... only one. I think that worried him more than anything else he found.. which was plenty. She's lost 2 lbs, in a week... she's jaundiced so bad that her gums are pure yellow, and she's extremely listless. The GOOD news is that her red blood count is normal so she's trying to fight whatever it is she has. They have sent her bloodwork off and he'll be getting the results tomorrow, and he'll be calling me tolet me know. However, the things he's worried about are not a pretty list. FIV, feline Lukemia, FIP, and liver problems. He's given her a shot of cortizone, and I have pills I have to try to give her twice a day. Neither of us are giving up yet, but he did make me aware of the fact that many cats don't recover from the things on that list.
So please... pray for my Reya.. these two have never been apart and if she dies, Pala will be devestated... he's been lost the few times she's had to stay overnight at the vet's office to get her teeth cleaned. I will let everyone know what the results are when I know them tomorrow.
Kitya