Coping With Feline Infectious Peritonitis

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Our Little Dewey
by: Maureen on Thu, Jan 03 2008

We adopted Dewey from Pets Mart on my birthday Dec.3rd.07. After a month or so, he began to get a fever and was not himself. He had a complete CBC but we were told everything was normal and perhaps he had uti. They gave him antibiotics and sent him home. A couple of days later, his fever spiked again and we took him to the emergency vet where after 2-days they ran all sorts of tests and he was diagnosed w/FIP.

Dewey is barely hanging on and at this point, I know the outcome. My heart is broken for this little boy and I would rather die than put this little boy down; but I know I would be doing him a disservice by letting him go on and get weaker. I also noticed that he urinates wherever he is when he’s in a deep sleep and I’m not sure if it’s part of the disease or not. This is the saddest time to watch this little boy who is only 6mos old and who will never grow up to be a big boy. But we wanted to give him the best possible life with love and warmth until that final moment. I cannot tell you how many tears I have shed for this little boy. Soon he will be our little furry angel.

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Tue, Jan 22 2008
I'm so sorry you lost Andy to FIP. This disease was also new to us when Oscar was diagnosed with neurological FIP Andy is now healthy and happy agai...Read
Sun, Jan 20 2008
I truly know what you are going through. I also adopted a kitten from PetsMart, his name was Andy. Yesterday Andy was put to sleep after being diagn...Read
Sat, Jan 12 2008
Im sorry about your loss. I also adopted a kitten from Pet Mart. Today I had to put her down, it was hard to do but I could not stand to see her suffe...Read
Sat, Jan 12 2008
I'm so sorry Dewey has been diagnosed with FIP You may like to join the following groups if you are looking for support and more resources on FIP: ...Read
Sat, Jan 12 2008
Maureen, I am sorry to hear about your loss. FIP is a devasting disease for kittys and owners. Watching FIB destroy my kitten BB was one of the hard...Read

January 2008

Minnie - by VM - (Fri, Jan 18 2008)
I adopted Minnie 4 months ago and she was only 2 months old. When I first adopted her, I noticed that her head would shake a little. I thought maybe she was a nervous nelly. [more..]
India - by Debbie - (Mon, Jan 14 2008)
Yesterday I put down our little India. she was only 5 months. When we 1st adopted India within the week she had runny eyes and a sneeze. We got that cleared up and she was happy to sleep on our laps all day was a very loving kitten, slept under the covers with my daughter every night. [more..]
Our Little Dewey - by Maureen - (Thu, Jan 03 2008)
We adopted Dewey from Pets Mart on my birthday Dec.3rd.07. After a month or so, he began to get a fever and was not himself. He had a complete CBC but we were told everything was normal and perhaps he had uti. They gave him antibiotics and sent him home. A couple of days later, [more..]

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