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Hi Doona, sorry about the late reply, I just saw your post.
Lots of love to you and Delilah, wherever she is right now.
Riccardo

Hi, how's your cat doing? Don't let FIV scare you too much. My friend Alain was diagnosed with FIV when he was nine and went on to live a healthy life until he was almost twenty. He died of kidney failure. On my part I made sure he had a heathy and balanced diet, periodically boosting his immune sys...

Dear friends, First, thank you so much for all the support during this difficult period. Alain, made his transition on February 14th, at 2:30 am. Appropriately on Valentine's day, since he was the love of my life. He passed with dignity, love and strength, as I held his body tightly in my arms. It w...

Hi, A brief update. Alain went through six sessions of IV at the vet. We went in the morning and left at lunch time everyday. They gave us a little room where he could be comfy and I was even able to get work done as I kept him company and helped a bit. I am still hoping that he might improve howeve...

Hi, Today has been a good day. Alan looks good, sleeps peacefully. His fur is nice and smooth and his skin feels definitely healthier. Hydration: aside from his oral solution (mentioned above), we started going to a new vet down the road for subcutaneous hydration. Twice a day for now. Food wise, I ...

Thank you, this is really helping. Just gave him some fish puree with a modified syringe (had to pierce a larger hole), together with the usual liquid solution. I am using small 5 Cc syringes and feeding him 20 Cc every two hours. I wish I had given the puree sooner. He didn't vomit and he's finally...

He's weak but fighting. He took a couple of slow, wobbly walks, to his litter box and to his favorite water bowl -after snubbing the one I placed next to him. Hopefully he's responding well to antibiotics. I keep hydrating him every two hours. Now I am making fish soup which I could also process and...

Thank you, yes. We managed to hydrate all night every two hours. This morning he walked to one of his water bowls to drink on his own. He's now on antibiotics, let's hope he responds well. He's amazingly strong willed and determinate. If it's "humanly" possible" he'll survive this cri...

Ruth, thank your for your reply. I spoke to friend who's an MD and she also advised me to add a bit of sea salt, sugar and bicarbonate to the rice water to replenish the electrolytes. So far he's retaining the liquids and even drinking a bit of fresh water from his bowl when I hand it out to him. I'...

Hi, "My" 18 year old friend Alain stopped eating yesterday. He's very weak and discharging lots of mucus from his mouth due to a bucal infection which we have somehow managed for the last year or so. The vet today found Alan extremely dehydrated and told me to administer 20 Cc of rice wate...