Someone else WAS fostering her, along with some other kittens. I was told on Saturday that all of the others were sick so the foster mom brought her in to the Humane Society to try to find her some place away from the rest of the litter, so that she wouldn't get sick, too.
NOW I'm wondering if the rest of the litter was already PTS, and she wasn't yet because she was still eating. They made it a point to tell me when they called me on Saturday that she was eating OK out of a syringe.
She seems worse again tonight, and more congested, and not eating as well again. But she ate pretty well earlier today, and there is some canned kitten food mixed in, so maybe that's just holding her longer.
She's had two doses of her medicine now. She cries when we pick her up, and struggles to climb out of the towel we hold her in. She climbed up on my shoulder and snuggled up against my hair earlier today---like she is wanting the comfort of some other fur or something.
My son is holding her now, and cuddling her, and trying to comfort her. She is quiet with him, except for the snorting and sneezing. Her left eye doesn't look very good yet. How long does it take to get better? Is it related to the URI? I am so new at this kind of thing, and yet I want to do anything and everything I can to try and help her.
At least she should know that she is loved dearly, even though we've only had her here since Saturday afternoon.
I guess that's about all for now. I'll try to post another update tomorrow afternoon sometime. I have to work in the morning, but I will feed her and massage her before I leave, and my husband will stop by home a couple of times throughout the morning to do the same, until I get home around 1:00.
I'm sure I'll be up quite a bit through the night with her, but I don't think I'll take time to post any more about her unless there's anything real drastic either way to report. PLEASE just keep her in your constant prayers!
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