I am sorry to report that Muskrat went to Rainbow Bridge yesterday.
I had a long talk with vet about her prognosis. Since she had gone almost 2 weeks without eating anything substantial (except for licking (against her will; merely instinctively) what I was touching to her lips, and water), and her blood work showed her to be quite anemic, her weakened state at this point would not make a recovery possible, even if she did miraculously begin to eat on her own accord. I was giving her appetite stimulant pills prescribed by vet but they were not working. When I decided to take her to vet for the last time, vet could tell by the color of her inner ears that she was showing slight jaundice which meant she was now going through the critical fatty liver issue that befalls cats when they go so long without eating. Vet reassured me that I was making the right decision in the best interests of my darling, brave little Muskrat. She also said how FeLV is a "sneaky" disease, and it can remain dormant, so to speak, for many years before suddenly taking hold of an infected cat's health and rendering the kitty terminally ill. I went through this with my FeLV+ Meeshe, but was hoping that Muskrat was maybe not in such dire straits, and could rebound. Sadly, that was not to be the case.
Thanks to all of you who kept her in your thoughts and prayers. I so appreciate your posts and words of support; whenever one of my "children" is in crisis, Pet Talk friends are where I turn. Thank you so very much. I am extremely grateful for your kindness.
I hope that Muskrat has met up with her big brother Meeshe at RB, and he is once again looking out for her welfare.
I will post a tribute to her in Cat Memorial when I can formulate my thoughts a little better . . . right now, I just need to grieve and put flowers on her grave.
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