Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Zoey

Update: Zoey is going to be just fine! She had her last blood draw last night and her red blood cell count was back up to 30%. This test made it clear that it was an infection that made her so sick. So the medicine is working and we get to keep our sweet little girl for a very long time! Yay!


Zoey is a sick little kitty. On her first birthday we had to rush her to animal emergency because she was extremely lethargic and falling over. We were afraid she had feline aids or leukemia but those tests were negative. Her red blood cell count was less than 10%. Under 8% is fatal. Had we not brought her in when we did she would have probably died overnight. She is currently receiving a blood transfusion to get her cell count back up. This is only a band-aid and they still need to figure out what's making her so anemic. Hopefully it's just an infection that can be treated. If it's not, we'll have no choice but to put her down. We won't know more until later this evening...

3 comments:

La Nuit Étoilée said...

poor kitty baby! it's so sad when animals are sick, because like babies and toddlers, they can't tell you what is wrong. :(

Maria said...

Awww....bummer! I'm sorry, I hope it all works out. It stinks when your animals get sick!

Heather said...

Oh no, im sorry!
-h