I don't get here very much, so I'm just now learning about Mr. Meow - and can't begin to say how glad I am that it's not cancer - and how sad I am that it might be FIP.

Back in October, I had the vet use those words to me when I took My Sweet Lady in for labored breathing. When the vet mentioned FIP, I nearly threw up onto the exam table. However, somewhere, somehow, I learned that FIP is not contagious - I have three other felines in the house! Even at that, I was most relieved to learn that Lady doesn't have FIP, and I pray that Mr. Meow doesn't either.

Although Lady's problem, like Mr. Meow's, is with her lymphatic system, it isn't from an infection - which surely is more easily treated than what she does have: idiopathic chylothorax. Her only symptom has been labored breathing - none of the diarrhea you mention.

Oh, Jen, I hope for a happy outcome for you & Mr. Meow! I"ll try to get here more often to watch his progress.