Chip update
Aug. 4th, 2005 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aceofkittensAfter a frantic few days & many games of voicemail tag, I finally spoke again with Vet #1, who has reassured me that based on the test results, Chip is very unlikely to have even the dry form of FIP. He explained why Vet #3 may have interpreted the test results that way, but assured me that it's highly unlikely. Which is what I thought/hoped, but OMFGBBQ, I am so grateful for this small blessing. I can't bear to watch another FIP cat slide into inevitable death.
Vet #1 continues to be guardedly optimistic; he doesn't think Chip is a decrepit geriatric cat knocking at death's door. In fact, Vet #1 thinks it's ok if I just feed and water Chip for the next two weeks or so and only if there is no improvement should we then proceed to the next (very expensive) stage of diagnosis/treatment.
I'm sure this rug will be pulled out from under my feet soon enough. It's not like Chip's jumping around and bouncing off the walls. He is not a well cat. I can still feel every bone in his body. But at least I can stop having Peter flashbacks.
I miss Peter. He was such a good cat.
Vet #1 continues to be guardedly optimistic; he doesn't think Chip is a decrepit geriatric cat knocking at death's door. In fact, Vet #1 thinks it's ok if I just feed and water Chip for the next two weeks or so and only if there is no improvement should we then proceed to the next (very expensive) stage of diagnosis/treatment.
I'm sure this rug will be pulled out from under my feet soon enough. It's not like Chip's jumping around and bouncing off the walls. He is not a well cat. I can still feel every bone in his body. But at least I can stop having Peter flashbacks.
I miss Peter. He was such a good cat.
