Little Blue needs vibes/prayers

Just received some very sad news about one of our foster kittens - Blue. Our coordinator took a litter in to be fixed this morning. During the surgery our vet detected a very serious congenital heart defect. She doesn't believe it is treatable and expects his life expectancy to be short. The blood is not properly cleansed as it circulates (may be abnormally shunted) and he will continue to be clinically tired and will need to sleep a lot - which he does. As this conditions worsens, he may well faint or collapse. At some point, we may need to euthanize him.

Our vet, who has some cardiology expertise (she's the one that caught Peter's murmur) doesn't even feel there's anything to be gained by referring Blue to a cardiologist. We are considering an ultrasound, though, just to pinpoint the cause and see if anything can be done. I'll keep you posted how things progress with this sweet little guy. Meanwhile, please keep him in your prayers. He's going to get plenty of love and care no matter how long he's with us. The good news is that his four littermates seem to be fine.

Here is Blue:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y248/ABBYMEWCAT/DSCN6695.jpg

*hugs* He will be in my thoughts and prayers. Very cute too.

awwww poor baby, i really hope he gets better. heres hoping for you!!

awwww what a sweet face!!!
Praying for you and Blue.

oh no! poor baby! he will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Poor Blue. I will keep Blue in my prayers and send {{{{{good vibes}}}} to Blue.

That is very sad.
I just hope that if he does go, it will be painless.

Aww blue!!!! Good vibes!!

Look at that adorable baby. I'm sending all the vibes I can!

sending tons of prayes blue

Aww little Blue,I was only just looking at his sweet little face in your other thread Eileen,(Our kittens),His face just says look at me i am gorgeous.

I will be praying for little Blue and hope the ecg gives some hope for him .

{{{{Prayers and health vibes for Blue

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Keep hoping Eileen

Tons of prayers for you and blue...<3

oh no...that's so sad. *good vibes* I'm so sorry to hear that. Hang in there.

Im so sorry to hear that Blue has this awful defect...I am glad they caught it though......are you going to keep Blue? (He's a foster, right?) .....He's absolutely ADORABLE...I'll keep him in my kitty prayers!

Blue
You are in my prayers little darling,

Big hugs and kisses and tons of good vibes for little Blue...

Hope to hear some good news soon

PS: I have only been posting on this site for a week now and I cant remember ever crying this much...

really sorry to hear that I hope that he gets better, try and give him lots of cuddles and make him as happy as he can be.

Thanks so much for the prayers and vibes for little Blue! (You may have noticed the pic of our sweet little guy is different - I originally posted a photo of the wrong kitten. )

Now that you've seen the real Blue (who's just as cute) please keep those prayers coming. For those of you remember Peanut, our first feral mom to give birth this season, Blue is one of her three. I spent time with the little guy this afternoon. He is so sweet and loving - makes this all the harder.

Even though our vet isn't optimistic about Blue's prognosis, we're not going to lose hope or give up on him. We're definitely going to go ahead with a cardiac ultrasound to see if there is anything that can be done. In the meantime, he's going to get all the love we can give him.

Will update when I know more. Thanks again!