Newest Rescue...Poor Milo FLEA BOMBED!

[Lizzie]

I'm glad he's in the hands of a vet and getting all the help possible.

Did they say his temperature might be low because he is anemic? Perhaps they will try warm sub-q fluids to warm him up. I guess the blood tests will show any toxic impact on his liver, kidneys or pancreas. On the plus side, he is eating and his condition hasn't worsened from when you found him.

It's going to be hard for you if they find he might pull through if they can do some expensive procedures, such as a blood transfusion. I wish I could send something other than good wishes but I'm in the same position as you, owing the vet. I've been paying him 2/3 of my food budget since February and am longing for September when I can buy something other than oats, beans, onions, bananas and rice - it gets really boring. The things we do for these divine creatures!

Edited to add that you might want to post on the Cats General page if you find you need donations to pull Milo through this. He's very sweet looking and I'm sure people will want to help, as they have many times before. I've been amazed by how much the people on Pet Talk have pulled together to help each other in the past.

[Anikaca77]

HI Lizzie-

They didn't say but they said the blood test should show if he is anemic I believe and should show any toxic impact on those other organs as well.

The only thing is he wouldn't drink for me at all. I hope he does pull through without a blood transfusion. I will take all the well wishes I can

I really don't like asking people for money to be honest, it's hard time for everyone and I know people on Pet Talk have been so wonderful to me in the past that I hate to even think of asking.

Thank you,
Melissa

I'm glad he's in the hands of a vet and getting all the help possible.

Did they say his temperature might be low because he is anemic? Perhaps they will try warm sub-q fluids to warm him up. I guess the blood tests will show any toxic impact on his liver, kidneys or pancreas. On the plus side, he is eating and his condition hasn't worsened from when you found him.

It's going to be hard for you if they find he might pull through if they can do some expensive procedures, such as a blood transfusion. I wish I could send something other than good wishes but I'm in the same position as you, owing the vet. I've been paying him 2/3 of my food budget since February and am longing for September when I can buy something other than oats, beans, onions, bananas and rice - it gets really boring. The things we do for these divine creatures!

Edited to add that you might want to post on the Cats General page if you find you need donations to pull Milo through this. He's very sweet looking and I'm sure people will want to help, as they have many times before. I've been amazed by how much the people on Pet Talk have pulled together to help each other in the past.

[Medusa]

I will help, too, Melissa. I closed my Paypal account so I'll just send a check.

[Taz_Zoee]

I am in tears about little Milo. I would donate but all of my extra money is going toward Taz's outstanding vet bill. I'm sorry.

I will be hoping very hard that he pulls through this.

[Medusa]

Do you have an update on Milo?

[Anikaca77]

Sorry about not updating sooner, yesterday was just a crazy day and last night was just exhausting but I'm doing it for Milo so that's all that matters.

I went to the vets last night after work because I didn't hear anything and I met with Dr. Porter and she said that his FIV/FELV test was Negative and his blood tests weren't really bad at all which surpised me and her as well. His white blood cells were down but she said that's probably because he's anemic.

They bathed him yesterday and he looked a ton better. His temperature did go down a little bit from the bath and they had him on a heating pad with towels around him to try to keep him warm.

Milo did eat a little bit for them. They did get a little bit of fluid into him yesterday and they started him on an antibotic and they gave him a little bit of a muscle relaxor to help with the twitching.

Dr. Porter told me to stop by around 7 p.m. to pick him up since they didn't have anyone to stay with him that evening so I went and ran some quick errands and stopped back at the vets at 7 p.m. and I had to wait for about 45 minutes till I saw the vet and Milo.

The vet said just try to get his temperature up over night as best as I could.

So I got him home (I purchased 2 new fleece blankets to help him stay warm) and we warmed up our heating pad and placed it under his blanket for him but first testing it to make sure it wasn't too hot for him.

He had 2 warm bottles next to him that the vet gave us for him for the night and that seemed to keep him really warm as well.

I was able to get a little bit of food in him last night but not as much as I would have liked to seen him eat.

I got up several times last night to check on him, we kept the heating pad on all last night to try to provide him some extra warmth as well as several blankets on him as well.

This morning I got up around 6 a.m. and I tried to get him to eat some canned food after I warmed it up and he wouldn't eat.

I tried some other type of canned food and he still wouldn't eat.

I'm really worried. He did pee about 3 times last night, I kept checking him since he didn't move at all last night.

He's at the vets this morning I just dropped him off about 7:45 a.m. so I'm going to have to wait until the vet exams him this morning and we'll see what they say. I hope he perks up some and that his temperature went up I hope. Yesterday when I left the vets his temperature was 96.8 degrees which you all know is very low for a cat.

Milo I pray that you are going to make it. I did hear that the Landlord did know that the cat was in the apartment when he set the Flea Bomb off and that Milo was fine before the Flea Bomb. But like I told the vet I'm not 100% sure that this is accurate but we are treating him aggressively and hopefully he will pull through with time.

Milo I'm already in love with you, please be strong big guy.

Melissa

[Catty1]

PRAYERS for Milo!!!!

[K & L]

Good luck with all this! We had a rescue that was near dead. Vet said he didn't think she would live. We nursed and nursed and 11 years later she's still here! She ran a low grade fever forever. It was a long road but well worth it. I will watch for updates.

[weluvcats]

Poor Milo...I hope he shows some improvement soon. Bless his heart...Who knows what this poor sweetie has been through. I just hope that his problems are not a result of the flea bomb, as they may end up being permanent. There are certainly many, many prayers being said for him (and you), so hopefully there will be some good news soon...What a wonderful person you are to be doing so much for this kitty.Good luck, and please continue to keep us updated, and let us know if there is anything that we can do.

God bless,

Judy

[Anikaca77]

Just a quick update before heading to bed for a few hours...

When I brought Milo home, I scooped out about 1/4 can of Fancy Feast and he did really well.

It took a while but I encouraged him to eat some more and he did. I was really surprised that he did that well with the food. I was able to get a little more in him so he ate probably less than 1/2 can but that's still pretty good compared to yesterday.

So far tonight he's peed twice and I've ended up just switching out the towels I had down for him.

If anyone would like to contribute to him and supplies (such as puppy pads so we don't have to do so much wash, we live in an apartment so we have to go out and do laundry) that would be really handy. My paypal address is [email protected] for Milo. I understand right now is hard time for everyone but I won't put him down if he is eating and I want to be able to find someone who can care for him more than I can. I'm going to post something on that handicap website about him and see if someone is willing to take him in under their wing.

I'm taking him back to the vets tomorrow and we'll go from there.

I hope they see a small improvement in him.

Melissa

[Anikaca77]

Last night at 2 a.m. Milo started have seizures, it was the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life.

I made him as comfortable as we could last night. I took him with me to work early, since the vet is located right next door and in about 5 mins. I'll take Milo over there.

He had another seizure just about 5 mins. ago or so. He's not going to probably make it and I may end up helping him go off on his way to the rainbow bridge.

Melissa