Cerebellar Hypoplasia

I took in 2 litters of kittens and their mothers when the kittens were about 4 weeks old. They all had an upper respiratory infections and diarrhea. They were all put on amoxicillian and slowly got better.
One of the kittens didnt progress as well as the others. In the beginning, you didnt even notice there was a problem. At about 3 months of age, I noticed she shook and was starting to be unsteady on her feet. She has always been able to use the litter box, and get food and water just fine. The shaking progressed, so off to the vet we went. He diagnosed her as having Cerebellar Hypoplasia. He said she would never get better, but would not get worse either. He also mentioned that she had to be a house cat from now on. Disappointing news, but I was willing to make adjustments (I live on a farm).
Now the kittens are are now 6 months old and around 5-6 lbs each. My sickly little female, (I named her Frankie) is doing poorly. Her shaking is so bad, that she can only walk a few steps before falling over. I have to hold her steady to eat and drink. Her appetite is huge!! She gets extra special attention that includes forbidden people food! Bacon and eggs, and anything high protein. She enjoys sleeping in bed with me, and having our morning coffee out on the porch. She recently started losing control over her ability to hold urine. When she has to go, and she tries to warn me, she will go wherever! Needless to say, she is downgrading, not staying the same as the Vet had mentioned. We went back to the doctor Friday, and found out she only weighs 2.5 lbs. The doctor gave me no ideas, and was irritated that I even brought her in! He says she has failure to thrive syndrome, and it would only be a matter of time before her organs shut down and she would die. If this is true, then I am ok with that. I will keep her happy and comfortable as long as possible, and when the time comes, I will have her put down.
After searching the internet though, I am not convinced I should write her off so quickly. She knows she has a problem, but continues to have a huge appetite, and still finds pleasure in sleeping in the sun and hanging out with me.

I am asking for everyone's opinion please. I have learned so much from this site.....even more so than from my crabby veterinarian!!

There are some interesting threads regarding CH cats in the health forum and may give you some helpful hints.

I did find this article, maybe it will help.

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/special-needs-cats-cerebellar-hypoplasia

Here is a thread that may give you some ideas for care.

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/300160/cerebellar-hypoplasia-cat-care-tips

This was a great article! I am not so depressed, and I will ty hard to make this work!

I wonder if any of your readers could send me pictures of the set ups they use for their CH cats? Things like feeding, watering and litter box set ups would be so helpful!

Thank you so much for all your help Handsome Boy!!

You're welcome.  Most of the CH members really dote on their cats, but I guess we all do.

If you go the search feature and search 'CH' you will find a bunch of threads on it.  I remember one thread I found where people posted pictures of their cats in outfits to hold the diapers on.