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We said goodbye to Jax today and my heart is broken.   There is no worse feeling than when that needle goes in and you know there is no turning back.  We had a vet come to our house and he laid on our couch in the sunlight and had my husband and I petting him right up to the end.   He had been...

Thanks everyone for your support and words of comfort. Jax did well with the procedure yesterday and, so far, the fluid hasn't visibly returned. I can now see how incredibly thin he is though. He did not eat much today. I had hoped removing the fluid might help his appetite some but it...

carinajosephine, That was beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. It sounds like Tinka and you really made the best of the time she had left. I can't think of a better gift you could have given each other. I am trying so hard to do that with Jax and spending as much time with him as I...

Okay, here is an update as, unfortunately, I'm guessing someone will be in my shoes one day obsessively searching the internet trying to find any stories they can about cats with FIP, what was tried, how things progressed etc.   Jax is still doing well considering.  He ate some salmon and...

Catwoman, Thanks so much for these words which comforted me last night:  at least know that they accept death and dying much differently then we do. He will not mourn loss, we mourn for ourselves actually. It's human nature to resist losing part of our heart and our lives.  I can tell how...

Thanks Catwoman.  Honestly, when I opened my heart up to these cats after losing my Kobi, I did not expect to be dealing with another loss so soon.  It's been around 5 1/2 years since I lost Kobi but I still wake up in the night every so often crying about losing him.    I knew I would deal with...

I really need to get on that living life one day at a time plan.  I feel like I am grieving my cat every day even though he is still alive when what I should be doing is trying to enjoy any last days that I have with him.   We had the home hospice veterinarian come today and she agreed that he...

Thanks Crazypetlady, I'm truly fortunate to have found this site and people who understand.  It's one of the only things holding me together at the moment.  I'm so very sorry about your Teddy.  It is heartbreaking to hear of these kittens and very young cats who had lives that were cut so short...

Catwoman707, Thanks for your post.  You really helped me evaluate things and, after reading these posts on here, I scheduled for the hospice care vet to come who would advice on further hospice or euthanasia but, of course, that evening Jax perked up and ate and came out of the closet and...

RedTopRescue, I was so very sad to read what you have been through with your cats.   It just shows how insidious this disease is.  I appreciate your advice.  I wish I could make a decision and just know that it was the right decision  but I know that I won't.  I just really want to do the right...

Thanks Moowithelsie.  Your posts have truly helped me.  I actually scheduled for a mobile veterinarian that does hospice for terminally ill animals and in home euthanasia to come tomorrow afternoon.  If it's a situation where she thinks we can continue with hospice care she will give us a...

Thanks for the support 2bcat.  I can understand your worry but, from what I've read, another risk factor is multicat households and I think I read the likelihood of any one of your cats developing FIP is higher if you have  over 5 cats.  I am right at 5.  I have no idea if the reason is that...

Moowithelsie, I'm very sorry about the loss of your little guy.  This is such a horrible disease.  Here I was worrying that my Jax had cancer like my last cat and now I feel like cancer might have had a better prognosis as far as some possible treatments (although that certainly wasn't the case...

Thanks Catwoman, Yes, we do always keep him 100 percent separated from the dog but I guess just hearing her and knowing she is in the house must still stress him out.  I am worried that it also came about due to stress from the dog and, if that's the case, I feel truly awful.  He attacked our...

Thanks Mrs. Greenjeens, I appreciate your reply. I did sign up for some FIP yahoo boards but none of them seem very active right now.  That was how I found a homeopathic advisor who has been advising me on some things to give him.  I just feel so blindsided by this whole thing.   When we first...

Anyone?  Has no one dealt with this??

Hi all, Last week, my just turned 6 year old cat, Jax, was diagnosed with FIP.  He had just had an annual health check and his vaccines 2 weeks prior and everything checked out ok.  Then we noticed his belly looked distended even though he looked thin so we took him to a different vet and they...