Okay, just got off the phone with the vet. She is really great. Poor Scrawny has ALOT going on. He has hyperthyroid which is why he is so hungry and so skinny. He has diabetes which is why is peeing inappropriately. He has a high white blood cell count so is fighting an infection of some kind. She is wondering if he has FIP but said there is no way to know for sure. He also has a growth in his ear that is either a polyp or a tumour that bleeds easily. She said she would normally treat it with steroids but because of the diabetes she can't right now. They did a urinaylisis, blood work and a physical exam.
She said she is not convinced that he has FIP though because she said there is no fluid build up though she did say there was a dry version.

I asked the vet if the diabetes was the type that required insulin shots and she said there is insulin dependent diabetes and there is non-insulin dependent but she doesn't know if this is a result of his being starved for so long. She said we could try a low carb diet and see if things improve. If things do improve and the diabetes is just temporary, then she said she could administer a steroid to try and shrink the polyp if it is a polyp. Otherwise he would need surgery which is not an option due to finances.

She put me on the phone with Angela who was there and we had to decide in that split second whether he lives or not, it was so *&^%$ brutal. I could not let him be put down without trying so I gave them my credit card number and asked them not to call my house because I need to keep this a secret from my husband. I shouldn't have done it but it felt like the right thing to do at that moment. I'm writing this while at work because hubby is usually sitting right behind me in the den!

I asked the vet if she could give him the Convenia injection instead of pills because my coworkers partner stopped in today and said that Angela is leaving tomorrow. I have to confirm this with her because I thought she was staying a bit longer. I know he will give the cat food but meds might be a challenge. The vet said that she would give Scrawny the Convenia injection and send him home with a month's supply of hyperthyroid pills. I'm hoping that my coworkers guy will be okay mixing the tablet in with the food. I might pick up some pill pockets tomorrow. Not sure if he can have the pill pockets with diabetes though.

Scrawny needs to be on a low carb diet. I told the vet I had about a 1/3 of a bag of Taste of the Wild which is very low carb but it's dry. So she is sending him home with some cans of Hills W/D that the pills can be mixed with.

Well, that's the scoop. My head is spinning. Angela is bringing him home and I'm going to head over there after work to see how he's doing. I'll take another pic or two. The vet cleaned out his ears and Angela said you wouldn't believe how much stuff came out. Poor guy.