I am very sorry to hear that a couple of your babies are not well. I do however want to commend you on your care of the sick babies and your willingness to share this experience with others. I know how hard it can be to post anything on this forum, for fear of being attacked. I am glad to see that so far everyone has supported you, for you are a wonderful asset to this board and are greatly deserving of everyones compassion and good thoughts.
Just remember, God has a plan. We might not understand it or agree with it but we do have to accept it. Those babies are getting all the TLC they can get under your care and that is all you can do sometimes.
Sometimes an illness can look dreadful from an onlookers point of view and assuming they are in pain is automatic. But with many neurological illnesses, the victim of the horrible disease/illness, is often not in any pain at all. I am not saying that these babies are or arent in pain, because I am not a vet and cannot determine that.
I have a cat who has always been healthy, active, talkactive and quite the comedian. Last year at around 7 years of age she came up to the house, wobbling and falling over. We brought her to the vet immediately and the vet thought it to be a inner ear infection and prescribed antibiotics, ear salve and no outdoor play until better. Well we went through all the antibiotics and salve and no change. During these two weeks, she needed to be lifted up to eat, drink, go to the bathroom, etc. She could not stand on her own and when she would try she would fall over, HARD, with a LOUD thump. We piled blankets and pillows under the bed and this is where she stayed 99% of the time. Its where she felt safest, seeing as she felt exposed to all the other animals and unable to defend herself, if need be. After 2 weeks and no change we brought her back to the vet. The vet said it was probably a very bad infection and needed another round of treatment. She jump started the second treatment with a antibiotic shot and sent us home with more antibiotics to give orally. Basically to make a long story short, we went through 3 treatments of antibiotics and even after the last treatment she was not much better. A few months after the first onset of this problem, she began to walk around the house a little, but looked like a drunk cat and often fell over. We assisted her for the most part, but often when she tried on her own, when we werent looking, she would fall over towards the side her head was leaning to. Its been over a year since she came home wobbly one evening. She now walks on her own again and even goes outside once in awhile, but she stays VERY close to the house. She lives with a constant head tilt and has lost the majority of her balance. Today she talks even more then she used to and demands lots more love and treats! She sits infront of the cabinet that has the kitty treats and meows at us till we give her some!! Whether or not she was in pain those first 3-4 months, I will never know. I do know this, I didnt give up and neither did she. There were times when we thought maybe it best to put her down, but we just couldnt, because no one could say for sure if she were in pain and we felt it our duty to protect and help her if there was still hope and she wasnt in pain. We left it in Gods hands and had faith that He would do the right thing.
Sometimes thats all you can do, Lindsay.
I will pray for the babies and you and I hope that you will keep us updated. If you ever need to talk, just e-mail me and I can give you my phone number through e-mail. Take care Lindsay, LindsayMarie
if you know what I mean). I don't mean to be cruel but it might be the right thing to do. You know how much they are suffering, and if you were in their position you may want to just wish you would die because of how much suffering you were having to go through.
