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My beautiful Casper was featured various years in the past as Ragdoll of the Week alongside along with his brother Milo.
Me and my companion have been on a rollercoaster journey with our Ragdolls since October final yr which I needed to share with you all.
Casper has simply turned 12 in April and is a loving pleasant Ragdoll energetic and intensely pleasant. Sadly, again in late September, he went off his meals, and the vet identified that he had reabsorption of the tooth. I’m not an skilled on this, however principally, his tooth have been getting reabsorbed by his jawbone. So, over the course of two separate operations, all of his tooth have been eliminated aside from his giant canines and the very small tooth on the very entrance, as they have been all affected by reabsorption.
On the similar time our different Ragdoll Cosmo was identified with inflammatory bowel illness and was placed on steroids. On the time we thought Cosmo was going to die however the steroids labored wonders and he recovered and was working round like a loopy kitty once more chasing his brothers.
Going again to Casper although he by no means made an entire restoration from the tooth elimination and continued to battle with consuming regardless of common visits to the vets to resolve the issue.
Then simply earlier than Christmas final yr Casper grew to become poorly once more being sick over a couple of days. We took him to the vets once more who checked him over and couldn’t discover something improper. He recovered from this however the first week in January he took poorly once more not desirous to eat. We took him again once more to the vets and so they did a scan and located stomach fluid so was rushed to a vetinary hospital the place he was identified with pancreatitis.
He was placed on a 2 week course of antibiotics. At this level I needed to begin hand feeding him as he was refusing to eat.
After many visits backwards and forwards to the vets and scans as Casper was not enhancing they did a PCR check and he was identified with feline infections peritonitis in March. Me and my companion have been heartbroken as till not too long ago this was classed as a deadly illness for cats however we got gentle on the finish of the tunnel once we found there was hope with some new treatment that had been found on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sadly this treatment will not be obtainable in all nations however it has been permitted the place we stay within the UK however it is vitally costly at over £40 per pill.
Because the treatment has an over 80% success fee we agreed to proceed with this regardless of our pets insurance coverage firm refusing to supply cowl as they linked it to his pancreatitis analysis which we had already exhausted our cowl for £3000.
The GS-441524 treatment (doesn’t roll of the tongue) is a 12 week course and on the finish the cat ought to hopefully go in to full remission.
A couple of days in to the treatment on the prescribed dose and it wasn’t working Casper was growing extra stomach fluid and had a pot bellied look which is widespread for cats with FIP. One afternoon I seen his respiration had elevated to 49 breaths per minute. I referred to as the vet instantly and he was rushed in. They found in addition to having fluid in his stomach it had additionally unfold to his chest, so he needed to have an emergency process to take away the fluid from his chest. They like to depart the fluid within the stomach so the physique can reabsorb it itself because it causes an excessive amount of shock for the cat if eliminated all of sudden.
To the vet’s amazement Casper pulled by way of the process. The vet commented that that they had by no means eliminated a lot fluid from a cats chest earlier than and for the cat to make it. Our FIP warrior Casper was decided not to surrender the battle and neither have been we.
All through his therapy my vets have been receiving recommendation from the Royal Faculty of Vets within the UK and extra not too long ago Edinburgh College who’re conducting analysis on FIP.
As a part of this analysis they examined the degrees of GS-441524 in Casper blood and sadly we obtained information yesterday that the focus ranges should not excessive sufficient to make sure Casper goes in to full remission.
Casper has been making superb progress and going from a cat again in January that might sit all day in the identical place not transferring or consuming to being 80% again to his regular self now’s improbable though I’m nonetheless having to partially assist him with consuming as he misplaced 1 kilogram in weight and remains to be slowly placing this again on.
He has blood checks each few weeks to verify his protein ranges are dropping which is what ought to occur and the excellent news every little thing is on the correct path.
His treatment was attributable to finish the primary week in June however because the meditation focus ranges in his blood aren’t excessive sufficient we’re having to change from the pill kind to the injectable kind from subsequent week on the recommendation or Edinburgh College. I need to admit I’m not trying ahead to and I’m certain Casper isn’t both.
We now have spent hundreds already on his therapy so the information that his therapy is now going to should be prolonged previous the preliminary June finish date has come considerably as a shock.
Particularly when me and my companion should not excessive earners. However we haven’t given up but and neither has Casper he’s a fighter bless him and we’re decided to beat this horrendous illness collectively.
On a really unhappy word we misplaced Cosmo my different ragdoll who had IBD on nineteenth April he developed septic peritonitis and the vet suggested there was nothing they may do. He was so weak bless him and so they suggested attributable to his current IBD his possibilities have been extraordinarily slim so with a heavy coronary heart we had him put to sleep and he’s now at relaxation in our backyard the place he liked to be.
I needed everybody to bear in mind that there’s hope in case your cat will get FIP. Sadly, it’s not an easy path to restoration. The 12-week course of treatment might must be prolonged, and the extent of treatment might must be elevated, which all has value implications. It additionally impacted Caspers’s kidneys, so he’s additionally on treatment for that, however fortunately, the urea ranges in his blood have returned to regular now.
We’re all preserving our fingers crossed for Casper, and I hope he shall be in your prayers for a full restoration.
Thanks for listening to his story.
If you want to assist Casper’s therapy, I not too long ago arrange a GoFundMe web page once we came upon his therapy wanted to be prolonged. In the event you can assist it, thanks a lot. If not, no drawback in any respect.
I simply hope our story exhibits there’s now hope for cats with FIP. Our FIP warrior Casper says thanks, too, for studying his story, which, let’s hope, has a profitable consequence. I’ll maintain you all up to date.
Unique story submission:
My title is Casper; I’m a 4-year-old Ragdoll and stay in Durham Metropolis in the UK. I stay with my homeowners and my two brothers Cosmo and Milo who’re additionally Ragdolls. Milo was Ragdoll of the week a couple of weeks in the past. I’m a seal bi color tabby. My favourite pastime is consuming! I’d eat all day if I may. I’ve even been to the vets to have this checked out however they are saying I’ve simply acquired an enormous urge for food. I’ll eat nearly something, so my homeowners have to ensure they don’t depart something out within the kitchen or I’ll eat it. I even attempt to steal Cosmo’s meals if I get the chance, however I’d by no means attempt to steal Milo’s as he’s nearly as dangerous as me. My homeowners acquired me as a bit kitten once I was 12 weeks outdated from a Ragdoll breeder within the North East of England. I’m extraordinarily pleasant and have a really loud purr. I’m additionally continually on the go a lot to everybody’s annoying generally, which is why I feel Cosmo didn’t like me once I first moved in. I feel he was use to having the home to himself and didn’t need me continually in his face desirous to play. We are actually good mates although. All 3 of us get pleasure from taking part in chasing one another round the home and backyard which suggests John is continually have to select up our fur, which he moans about generally. I additionally like to play fetch chasing and returning balls of paper. I particularly like it once they throw the ball of paper up the steps for me to chase, though I do suppose they do that to tire me out generally so I fall asleep. Cosmo and Milo all the time take a look at me like I’m loopy once I’m taking part in fetch.
I additionally like to stalk the birds and frogs in our backyard. I used to be actually happy with myself not too long ago once I managed to seize a pigeon, plucking it out of the air because it was taking off. Sadly John was watching from the kitchen window and rushed out in to the backyard to rescue it from my paws. I wasn’t very pleased because it flew off safely.
I’ve a good looking thick coat within the winter months, the one drawback is within the Spring/Summer time once I endure from excessive shedding. Though my homeowners comb recurrently throughout this era my fur does turn out to be matted in locations so the matts should be minimize out.
Sadly this does imply I do look a little bit of a large number till my fur regrows. My brothers don’t endure so badly with this however the vet says it’s nothing to fret about. Me and Milo like to groom one another however Cosmo prefers to take care of himself!|
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