awww sweety...you know i have been praying for my nephew kitty.

any news from your vet?

how is your son this morning? did he sleep at all?

how are you holding up?

(((((((((((whole family))))))))))

i'm here..you know that. anytime.

phew........I feel like I got hit by a truck and a train from each side

Shadow is home with us
He is blind

The vet believes he has brain inflammation as a result of the ketamine that the other vets used for his neutering anaesthetic.
He is being treated with steroids to rapidly reduce the inflammation, which may or may not restore his sight fully or partially, depending on whether it is damage or just pressure on the ocular area from the inflammation

He has not had another seizure since last night before they gave him the valium injection

I just pray he gets some vision back and that the seizure condition isnt permanent...but whatever, I am just thankful he is alive, does not appear to be in pain, and letting us love him

((((shadow))))) gentle hugs

keep on loving that little shadow kitten ! Glad he is home . I pray that in a few days with all that loving, caring and all our prayers he gains back sight and has full total recovery from this.
give him a soft easy petting around the ears for me. keep us updated.

Awwww, I hope he gets his sight back and his seizures stop as well. What an ordeal you all have gone through. (((hugs)))

awww, I'm so sorry to hear this, Cheri.
I hope he does recover fast. What a shocking thing to happen, I just am speechless. How come they were using Ketamine? Is that usual in veterinary medicine?
I know this is not quite the same situation, but my daughter's cat became extremely ill a few years ago after eating tulip leaves. The tulips were in a vase in my kitchen. She only had one seizure to my knowledge, but was left for a long time after recovery with different sized pupils and also with some syndrome, which is when the third eyelid that cats have to protect their eyes stays covering their eyes. Thankfully she made a good recovery and has never had any problems since then.
I know what's happened to Moonshadow is so much more serious, but I have to hope that he'll make a good recovery and very soon as well.
My thoughts are with you and I'm hoping that your son is ok. I totally understand how stressed he must be feeling. He has always sounded like such a sensitive and gentle soul and my heart goes out to him.

Oh Cheri..my heart is bleeding for you. I can't begin to imagine the suffering you have all gone thru. This little kitty is going to need a lot of special care and love. I sure hope he adjusts o.k. I'll be thinking about you.

Billye

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hope both the boyz are resting and feeling better.

did you get some rest?

((((hugs and prayers))))

Oh Cheri, I'm so sorry to hear this. How is little shadow today? I'm keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers. (((warm hug)))

thank you so much to all of you!

it was so comforting this morning to read through your messages of love and support for Shadow and us

The steroids seem to have done their job in reducing the inflammation on his brain as he is now walking normally (yesterday he was totally off balance) and his fever has broken.

He still has no sight tho
but I am quite amazed at how he has adapted to this, and how he is finding his way around the house, locating food and litter box etc etc

Twilight is being so adorable to his lil brother although he keeps trying to engage him on their old games of tag and wrestle and catch the furry mousy toy.........he has clearly relaised something is wrong and so now spends a lot of time grooming Shadow and snuggling with him

I am thankful that my son got some good, exhausted sleep last night and that he and Shadow are currently curled up on the sofa together. Also thankful for the fact that he is now on Virtual Highschool and so school hours are much more flexible!!

We dont know yet if the damage caused by the inflammation will reverse and if Shadow will get his vision back....but we do know that we are just so thankful to have him alive and not in any apparant distress, other than that he is clearly a bit confused at his new dark world.........but I have been told that cats are amazing in the way they can cope with blindness and we are so impressed by how our lil guy is already doing so

I was telling a freind yesterday that God has always worked in marvelously mysterious ways thru suffering in my family, and I just know that he is doing so again. I know that once more He WILL work ALL THINGS together for good for us, and that we just have to trust Him even in this.

My deepest thanks again to all of you who are praying for him and supporting me here. It means so much

Cheri