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I took my 11 month old kitten Swarley to the vet today due to a lack of energy, appetite and weight loss. It was bad news after more bad news from the second we saw the vet. At first, she said she felt a mass in his lower abdomen, so she needed to do an x-ray, also blood work (which was expected), then she showed me his gums which were nearly white. She brought him back after all the tests, and the mass I had been freaking out about was the least of my worries as the little guy was just constipated. As it turns out, my Swarley has an extremely enlarged left ventricle in his heart, severe anemia, and a heart murmur she noticed upon listening again. She was absolutely certain he had feline leukemia or was FIV+ even though I told her he had been tested before. She kept insisting so much so that I ended up just telling her to run the test again. After running it, he came back negative, like I said before. She then looked at me like a deer in the headlights and said, I just don't know what to tell you, I don't know what's wrong, I'm so sorry, but there's nothing I can do. So, basically, I left with amoxicillin mixed with a small amount of steroids and the little guy got a B12 and steroid shot, BUT!! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON OR WHAT TO EXPECT OR WHAT TO DO!! I'M SO FRUSTRATED !! Any ideas as to what it could be or what I can do to help my precious Swarley?!