Thursday is Abbies spay... 03/11/07 tons of PICS ADDED

And I am getting more and more nervous. I feel so bad for her. I have worked at vets for a few years, and I am still SO nervous about my babies. Will she be ok? Am I doing the right thing for her? I guess that is something I will have to get over.
She has had a little diarrhea the last 2 days. She still pigs out, her belly gets SO BIG! But the funny thing is, it gets huge, then goes down a bit. I dont think the babies are growing any... and that worries me. But the bloat seems to go in spurts.
I will be taking her at 7:00 am on Thursday, March 8th. Please pray for her that she does well. I feel so guilty... But I need to do it.
Aces will also be getting the works done on him. The person whom adopts him must be responsible for his neuter. Funds just arent there.

I still have (Andy, Abigail, Alvin)<~ inside only.... and Amos (which I re caught today, he has been MIA for a few days). They all still need vet care and adoptors.

PLEASE pray for Abbie girl. Keep her in your thoughts. I will update on Thursday when I get her home. Katie and kitties

I know it must be hard but I personally think you are doing the responsiable thing. There are just too many kittens out there without a home

She will be in my prayers!

I hope that everything will go well for Abbie and Aces. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent their way.

Don't worry Katie, everything will be okay. Abbie seems like a strong lil' girl. I will keep you and Abbie in my thoughts. You ARE doing the right thing, even though it is hard.

We Too Are Praying Hard For Abbie And Aces , And We Know That You Are Doing The Best Thing For Them.
There Will Be Pet Talker Angels There To See Them Through Thier Operations And Recuperation.
Our Fingers And Paws Are Crossed At The Hotel.

I think you are doing the best thing. Im sure she will be fine. If the babies are not alive she will only get sick. Luckily she got a check up and you know that likely are not so it wont get to that point. (((HUGS))) for you and Abbie both.

Abigail is now home and resting. She had her spay this morning, I dropped her off at 7 am and kept calling CONSTANTLY to check on her. They did not do the FIP test, Dr. Lehr said the accuracy of the test was less than 40%, and that if she got pregnant from an intact FIP+ male, that chances are it would not show up anyways,
He did do palpatations on her belly, did another exam, and when he opened her up to do the spay/abortion, looked through her stomach cavity and said all looked good. NO dark fluid to his knowledge. Since she has not been having symptoms, to just wait a little while longer to see. If anything happens, we will then do the ELISA test on her. THANK GOD! She checked out healthy, and he said she is in perfect health.
She is on antibiotics because of the abortion, and has pain medication as well.
She is happy, purring, but still sore and wobbily. She ate 1/4 of her favorite canned food at 8 pm. I am so happy all is ok. I doubt she has FIP, and so did the doctor. I am going to just keep an eye on her. But all seems well now.

Thank you everyone for your positive thoughts and prayers. It means so much to us! Katie Layne

I am so glad to hear everything went okay. Now you can breathe a little bit easier. :D

I'm so glad she's OK!

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They did not do the FIP test, Dr. Lehr said the accuracy of the test was less than 40%, and that if she got pregnant from an intact FIP+ male, that chances are it would not show up anyways, I doubt she has FIP, and so did the doctor. I am going to just keep an eye on her. But all seems well now.

Thank you everyone for your positive thoughts and prayers. It means so much to us! Katie Layne

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Things like FIP, FIV, FELV don't show up on any test until 3 or more months since exposure anyway, so your vet was correct in not doing the test immediately and saved you some money (some vets would have done it anyways because the client asked for it, and gotten possibly a false sense of security).

FIP is rather uncommon around here for the most part, although the few that we've had seem to all come from the same area in the country. The FIP test is testing for the corona virus, however it can show a positive if the cat is carrying the virus but isn't suffering from it. So it can still be a guessing game as to whether the cat actually has it or not. Unfortunately veterinary medicine still hasn't figured out how to 100% test for everything out there yet.

Thank you all so much!

Catlady711, he probably would have ripped me off, but I worked for him forever, and he cant pull it over on me. I asked for the accuracy rate ( I always do).
The test runs from 65-85 dollars, and I cant waste money on unneccessary things, ya know? I still have 4 other cats to treat and test.
But no symptoms yet, so all is well for right now.

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Thank you all so much!

Catlady711, he probably would have ripped me off, but I worked for him forever, and he cant pull it over on me. I asked for the accuracy rate ( I always do).
The test runs from 65-85 dollars, and I cant waste money on unneccessary things, ya know? I still have 4 other cats to treat and test.
But no symptoms yet, so all is well for right now.

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Price wise I think we charge around $60-65 to send it out to the lab so that seems like a reasonable price range.

I'm confused if you worked for him for years but say 'he probably would have', then I take it he would normally have done the testing with other clients then??

My boss won't do any uneccessary tests unless the clients get down right ornery about insisting for them even when explained why now isn't the time to do one or whatever the reason is.

He is the type of doctor who would have said " If it will ease your mind to have it done, then lets do it" or "Price wise it isnt bad". It is worth a shot... I dont think he would have told others the TRUTH about the test. That it isnt as great as they might think.

He wants owners to be calm and not make rash decisions. Most people would shudder and run away from a possible FIP cat, so he would want them to feel better in their decision to keep the cat. Whatever it takes to get them to keep an animal.

BUT I will say that he would not come out and say that the test is inaccurate, and has such a low accuracy rate. He would leave it up to the owner. AND most owners would do the test, just to get a false sense of security, ya know?

I'm glad to hear that Abbie's spay went well and that she's now home and doing well.:)

Just out of curiousity, did he say how the kittens (the ones he aborted) were developed? With her being so young, I was just curious. I am soooo glad she is doing well. I knew she would be okay. You are a great foster mom!