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Hi Dvora,  Thank you so much for providing your suggestions. As Columbine stated, I am so excited to say that Zoey is growing up strong and doing very well! She had a rough start, but to look at her now you would never know that she was in such a desperate situation. She runs around like a...

So I've spent the entire day researching HCM...I think I've literally made myself narcotic with the information I've read. One site saying Cody's diagnosis is a death sentence, another saying it's possible to have a normal life like any other kitty. I guess the take away is every experience will...

1 year ago we adopted 2 kittens from the Humane Society. Two beautifully loving munchkins named Zoey & Cody.  Some may remember Zoey's story on previous blogs. She was 3 months old with pneumonia, strep and a staph infection. She had 2 collapsed lung lobes and spent several weeks on oxygen and...

Thank you all so much! I'm definitely going to ask about the lysine gel. Her brother loves the lysine treats so I was hoping Cody would show Zoey how to eat them...but no such luck. I truly believe they work bc we've seen improvements in Cody with his watery eyes and he's no longer sneezing, so...

Another update on Zoey... She see to be doing well with the antibiotics. They took her off the Orbax after 4 days but left her on Clavamox for the full 10 day course. She gained the weight she lost back but my goal is to get her over the 6 lb mark before next weekend. She only has half a pound...

By the looks of this post I may be one of the few that did experience a bad reaction with Convenia. My 10yo tabby was healthy and vibrant but needed to have a tooth extracted. He had lab work done prior to anesthesia and everything was normal. Kidneys and liver function were normal. Vet gave him...

Thank you for the suggestion! I've tried lysine treats and Zoey wouldn't touch them. I tried blending them in with her dry food and she ate around them. Being that she doesn't really eat wet food I don't know how I could use the powder version and I'm not comfortable giving her a supplement...

Zoey Update... Again... We just got back from the vet. Her bloodwork came back normal. Kidney, liver, WBC all normal. X-ray showed the same as Wednesday with no changes. Stomach clear. Lungs clear. Only difference is her breathing sounds congested. Dr. did say that she noticed drips from Zoey's...

I've dropped Zoey off at the vets. They are going to run a complete blood panel and another X-ray. I should hear from them within the next few hours. I'm hoping they were able to figure it out. I've been looking on line at dry heaving/gagging in kittens and it can definitely make you go crazy...

Thank you so much lcf2015 for all the suggestions!! I keep trying to take a video but since her gagging is so speratic and doesn't last long it's hard to have the camera ready (even using an iPhone). I think I agree with you in that I'm just going to have them do a complete blood panel bc she...

Well I'm think I'm at the point where I need some encouragement...On Tuesday Zoey and I made the 3 hour drive back south. She didn't slept hardly at all; mostly just sat up against the wall of her carrier. Once we got home she immediately recognized the house and purred like crazy! Pooped, ate...

Yes Zoey is eating. She loves her dry kibble from science diet. Oddly enough I can't get her to eat anything wet. Tried everything from day one when she first got sick. She does drink the gravy from the wet can food, so I add extra water and hear it up a little for her 3 times per day. She'll...

Don't give up hope! I adopted a 9 week old kitten "Zoey" in July who had pneumonia, e-coli and a staph infection. I was told to prepare for the worse but I couldn't give up on her. We went through more medical treatments than most humans but when you hear Zoey's very loud purr it made it all...

Thank you everyone for all the advice! I did call the vet this morning. We noticed that on top of Zoey now being afraid of everything her eyes have been extremely dialated. My husband says they've been this way since I brought her home. The on-call vet didn't seem very concerned about anything...