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Million Dollar Tator

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As you may already know, my young Tator Tot was diagnosed with FIP. He finally came home from the vet clinic yesterday. He was adored by the staff.

I’m handling his meds and finding my routine since I have to start work tomorrow. Brian made the joke that Tator Tot is going to be a very expensive cat since one of his meds cost $200 a bottle.

Tator Tot has been eating well. I’ve been feeding him multiple times a day to make sure he gets enough grub. Badger has been a bit hissy. We laughingly say she has a leaky tire. Things are going pretty well, though. I did not get much sleep last night because he just wanted to stick to me like glue. It’s hard to sleep with a silly cat draped across my neck.

While Tator Tot was all over me, Badger jumped up on my pillow. When that happened, I was fearing for my life, so I moved them both. We put Tator in the bathroom and pulled the accordion door closed as much as possible. All of a sudden, he was on the bed again. Little Houdini repeated the feat at least twice.

Thankfully, I was able to get a big nap today.

Badger is tired from hissing.

Tator Tot

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My sweet young Tator Tot has been quite ill for the last  two weeks. I brought him home from the vet last Monday. By that evening I noticed his nose looked yellow, his tummy looked too big and his back end was a bit wobbly.

Me being me, I immediately called the vet’s office and made sure they could see him the next morning. I dropped him off at 7:30 Tuesday, he had blood work done, more Sub-Q fluids and a good check over.

His diagnosis is FIP, which used to be a death sentence. There is now a treatment for it! It involves medicine for 84 days. He might be ready to come home  on Monday. I’ll have to give his meds to him, but he’s a good boy.

I went over to the vet clinic this morning to snuggle him because I miss him so much. I got him to eat a small pack of the Delectables squeeze up gravy. We found out that he has gained a bit of weight, which is encouraging. He quit eating for days while he was so sick. He likes the dry kitten food they have at the clinic, so I guess I will be getting that special food for him, but that’s just fine.

Tator Tot is fighting through this, and the vet’s stance about his condition is “guarded, but optimistic.”

Send some good vibes our way if you can!