Humane Society wants to have Annie PTS!

[ramanth]

Keeping Annie in my thoughts.

[Soapets]

She's doing fine again today. She's eating well, and using the litterbox and sleeping. Her left eye continues to improve, and she seems more alert, and almost playful, when she's awake now. She wants to get out and explore. But she is also content wrestling with her little prayer lamb and/or CareBear when she's awake inside the carrier.

We think it might be OK to let Shadow get up close to the carrier now, as she doesn't seem to be "contagious" any more. (The Vet. told us he's healthy enough that he wouldn't get too sick even if he did catch it from her.) She's too little yet for all of his roughness, but at least maybe he can start getting more used to her scent, etc. We really haven't let him get very close to her at all in the week and two days ( ALREADY?! ) that we've had her with us. Angel hasn't even really tried to get very close to her, although she HAS looked in at her in the carrier a few times, and hissed.

Today marks exactly ONE WEEK since the Humane Society Staff advised me to just bring her back to them, saying she was way too young to be medicated! She has made TREMENDOUS progress in that one week, and I have no regrets what-so-ever about seeking treatment for her through our own Vet.

I have to admit, though, that on Monday evening, Tuesday, and Tuesday evening last week, I really wasn't sure she was going to make it. I found myself questioning my own actions of trying to keep her alive, wondering if I really was just prolonging her suffering. After all, the Humane Society staff deal with this kind of thing a lot more than I do, and they are the ones who told me that the antibiotics would probably kill her if they did try to treat her with them. They said they never have any luck with antibiotics on kittens that young, so they don't even try them.

YOUR responses, prayers, support, encouragement, love, angels, etc., are what helped me to KNOW that I had made the right decision. I can't express my appreciation enough for all of the support you've given us over this past week! I'm sure that Little Orphan Annie is alive and getting well because of all of you, and I am forever grateful!

I went to Sam's Club to pick up my pictures, and they aren't back yet today. So I guess WE'LL ALL just have to wait until tomorrow for them. I'll get them on here as soon as possible, though.......

[NKBurlington]

I'm so happy that she is doing well!

I hope she continues to improve and gets stronger and stronger

[kittycats_delight]

That a good girl Annie. We are so proud of your fighting sooo hard to get well. We all love you soooo much little munchkin. We are so glad meowmie decided to help you in that fight. Now look what she go for doing that. A precious, cute, beautiful, perfect little furrbaby. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Meowmie and Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Annie. Continuing to keep you in all our thoughts and prayers and Mytsi angel is staying right with you too.

[iloverat]

Way to go, baby Annie!!!! We are all so pleased that you are doing so well. Keep it up and you will be a healthy kitten, ready to play with Shadow and your other fursibs really soon! We love you , girl and are still remembering you and all of your family in our prayers

[Soapets]

Annie just vomited a little while ago. She has been eating really well all day, until this evening. She hasn't been very hungry this evening, and BOTH eyes are looking red around the edges now. I haven't changed her formula since we went back to the Hartz formula on Saturday. She pooped quite a bit in the litter box early this evening, and hasn't wanted to eat anything since about two hours before that. My son was holding her when she vomited, and says most of it was clear, with a little bit of white in it. She hasn't had any plain water, just formula with canned food mixed in. Could the clear stuff be sinus drainage or something?

I have tomorrow (Tuesday) off work, so I think I'll call the Vet. and maybe take Annie back in and have her checked again. I'd like to get another weight on her. I'm pretty sure she's gaining. Maybe she's becoming allergic to the ointment or something. Her right eye was starting to look a little red yesterday, so I put some of the ointment in that eye yesterday and today, as well as the left one that has been getting it in all along. That's what I was told to do if they both seemed red, etc. But they're both still open, and the left one was open a little wider today than it was yesterday.

On a more positive note, I finished another roll of film on Annie(and Shadow) today, and took it in to Sam's Club for developing. I should get the one we took in Saturday back tomorrow afternoon. The one I took in today should be back on Thursday. So hopefully I'll have LOTS more pictures of BOTH of them within the next few days.

I'll post more tomorrow after I take Annie to the Vet. again, and let everyone know how she is doing. I think it will be a fairly positive report. I am more and more optomistic every day!

[kittycats_delight]

I am not sure what to tell you about the clear liquid in the vomit. I guess it could be drainage from the sinuses. I know when my sinuses drain it makes me pretty sick. I am glad to hear her eye is opening up more and more each day and I will be waiting to hear about her vet visit tomorrow and everything the vet says. I am also looking forward to seeing those pics. I think she will be just fine. But of course just to be on the safe side we are all sending lots of love and prayers for Annie and Mytsi angel still promises to stay right by Annie's side.

[Kittycath]

I fostered some kittens from the Humane Society last year and they started vomiting that clear stuff with white in it. I took them to my vet and it turned out they had calicivirus virus and needed to be on intravenous antibiotics. This virus is deadly to kittens, so I would be sure to check it out just in case.

[Soapets]

Here are some pictures:






I have to go pick up my son from school and take him to an appointment, so I'll write more here when I get back later......

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Oh sure....way to tease with pics and then take off on us!

[furrykidsmother]

OMG!! She is just too cute for words. I hope her vet visit went well today. Come on Annie you can do it!!

[jenluckenbach]

LOL.......she looks like a hamster here

But she is adorable!

[orangemm]

Sweet sweet baby! Annie, get better soon. We're all praying for you really hard.

[Kittycath]

What did the vet say about Annie?

She is in my prayers...

[Soapets]

Sorry I had to leave in a rush. I have LOTS more pictures here:

These three show her eating from the syringe my son is feeding her with on May 5th:






These next two show her after she ate, while she was on the blanket on Alex's lap. She is so "roly-poly"! She is showing off her beautiful colors:





More to come in the next post.......