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Raven passed peacefully today with me holding her and kissing her silky soft ear. She was with me 8 1/2 years of her 16 1/2 years. She gave me so much more than I could ever have given to her. She taught me resiliency and how to defy the odds. Despite being given substandard care by my oldest daught...

Our sweet little Pumpkin, who had so much going against her, passed away some time after 1:30 this morning. She had been fighting an upper respiratory infection with lots of medication and love, but in the end it won. Our hearts are broken.

Godspeed pretty girl.

Good to hear, and remember, when handling her, picking her up, etc, be gentle and careful. You also want to keep her from getting too rambunctious or not to play/exercise too hard or excessively due to her heart murmur. Most murmurs in kittens naturally resolve on their own as they develop and as t...

We've got her area pretty well set up to prevent any further fractures, lots of padding and she's got a very soft bed she loves to lay on. We've also improvised a much lower litterbox for her to get in and out of.

The vet is going to research and help us get her started on some vitamin D and calcium supplementation-rickets was another consideration she originally had. I'll update when I know more. In the meantime, she's doing well although it's clumsy for her to get around on the cast. She loves to lay on a s...

I went in with Amber today to the vet's. We may have a cat with osteogenesis imperfecta. :( Her dentition is that of a 9 month old cat. The vet had me look at xrays of a normal cat, and Pumpkin's. The bones down at the ankle/toes look moth-eaten. The body of the long bones is not smooth, but bumpy. ...

She's back at the vet's, and for the night. Her temp was back to 104, and she wasn't putting weight on one front leg. The vet took xrays and said the 'good' leg looked like it had been fractured at one point, but healed. The other one doesn't look right in that calcium deposits (?) aren't there that...

She is looking so much better and obviously feeling better too! I was beginning to worry that the medications weren't working.

Traci, as always, I appreciate your advice. She is home now, on antibiotics and a small dose of pred. I will tell Amber about the retesting for FelV.

Bad news. Pumpkin is at the vet's with a 104 fever. She also tested positive for leukemia. The vet said she's closer to 3 months, but is possibly so tiny because she has a heart murmur. This is all on Amber financially as I made a commitment to no more animals until I am out of college, working, and...