So I called the vet and there was actual good news with the bad.
His liver enzymes are bad. We're not going to dig him a grave yet but it's serious.
His platelet count is very low. That explains why he bled from the blood draw so long.
He's severely anemic, but not quite bad enough to justify a blood transfusion.
He does not have feline leukemia or AIDS. Yay!
We haven't gotten his toxo and some other tests back yet, but if he's negative for those, we're looking at a good chance for recovery with the current antibiotic.
Determining whether he has haemobart (what the vet calls it for short) or not isn't easy. It's more of a process of elimination paired with liver enzymes, anemia and low platelet count that diagnose haemobart. If we've caught it in time, which it seems we have since he's eating and walking around, he should make a full recovery. Now we just wait to see if there's anything else wrong with him. If not, we may actually be out of the woods since he's on the right antibiotic now.
Keeping my fingers crossed ...
3 comments:
Still thinking good thoughts.
I hope he is feeling much much better soon so that he can whine and beg for attention from sheer cuteness!
That's really sad!
I hope you get your Mojo working!
(I know...I should be shot...)
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