Moki - Moving From Bad To Worse...

For those of you who may be unaware, Moki is now battling a life threatening URI in addition to the blood in his urine...
As of yesterday, he was congested, dehydrated and running a temperature. He also weighed in at 4.5 pounds. As of today his condition has gotten worse and he is now refusing to eat or drink anything. At his current weight he cannot afford to lose even an ounce! To be honest I have not seen Moki this sick from a URI since whatever virus originally attacked him got a hold of him. (Despite being extremely congested, Moki is still purring and walking around on his own, which are both promising signs...)
However their is a chance that Moki may not pull through this. If Moki is continuing not to eat or drink on his own as of tomorrow, we will be left with no other choice but to have him hospitalized and hooked up to an IV.
Moki needs our prayers and help now more than ever...
If anyone can spare even a dollar or two to help out with Moki's medical costs it would be deeply appreciated. Deb and ML are currently holding a raffle on their blog, and we will be accepting direct donations here on ours.

----------------------UPDATE---------------------

Moki is continuing to hang in there. He is also taking to the force feeding pretty well. Mom has been giving him water and feeding him small quantities of food every two hours. Because she has been breaking up the feeding times, she has been able to get half a can of food down Moki today. Hurray!

-------------------2 Update----------------------

The purrs and prayers are working! Yesterday momma in a attempt to get Moki eating on his own today, mixed in some Lickables Super Charger with the food she was force feeding Moki. The Super Charger is a appetite stimulate which momma has used on Moki numerous times in the past with great success. Well, it worked! Every night before momma bean goes to bed, she carries Moki past his food dishes and to the litter box. Last night while caring Moki to the litter box, she noticed him turn his head towards his food bowls as we passed them. After Moki went potty, she decided to place him by his food bowls since he was showing some interest in them. To momma's great surprise and relief, Moki started chowing down on the dry kibble which stood before him. He didn't just have a bite or two, but ate for a full 30 mins! He then walked over to his water dish and took a few small drinks. By the time he was through, momma bean could feel his now round full belly. She was so HAPPY!

As of this morning, Moki's eyes look much brighter, and he is continuing to eat on his own. He is still congested, and not drinking a whole lot, but we are seeing positive signs of improvement! As for the blood in Moki's urine, it is getting lighter as well. We are not sure if the improvement in Moki's urine is a result of the antibiotic or the sub-q-fluids. So based on our updated findings, here is what we are going to do. Moki is going to go back to his regular vet for another round of sub-q-fluids and we are going to speak to the vet about starting Moki on Tamiflu for the URI. The sub-q-fluids will help keep Moki hydrated until he starts drinking enough on his own again. If after receiving the sub-q-fluids today we see a further decline in the amount of blood in Moki's urine, then we may have some thing to go on helping us to explain it's cause. For the most part we have ruled out the cause of the blood to be a result of Moki not fully expressing his bladder as a result of his neurological condition, if this was the cause of the blood then we would all expect to see scar tissue on the ultrasounds which have been done and we are not seeing any. However, if today's sub-q-fluids cause a further decline in the blood level, then we may have to re-examine the possibility, since the sub-q-fluids actually force Moki to express his bladder more often...

Tamiflu has always worked wonders on Moki's URI's in the past, so we are going to try giving it a shot. As long as Moki continues to eat on his own, and doesn't show any further signs of decline, then we are going to work with the doctors and try to keep Moki here at home since it is less stressful, if however Moki starts to slip, even a little, we will have him admitted to the hospital for his own good. Fortunately the hospital is open 24 hrs so we can check him in anytime if need be.

--Momma Bean Thinks She May Be On To Something--

As many of you know momma bean has been super busy these past couple of weeks, with school starting and all, so she hasn't really had much time to stop and think everything over in regards to Moki, at least that is until yesterday. Some thing was eating at her and she couldn't quite put her finger on it. On Thanksgiving we shared the happy news that the blood in Moki's urine had completely cleared up. (You can see the pictures or re-read the posting by clicking on the Thanksgiving link.) At that time we attributed the blood clearing up to a shot we had given Moki. When the blood came back a few days later, we tried in vain to duplicate the results we received from giving Moki the shot which we believed clear up his urine, but nothing worked. Over the following weeks we tried breaking the shot up in individual dosages, tried up-ing the dosage, but still nothing work. We just could not duplicate the results. On Tuesday we gave Moki another shot (a different one) and some sub-q-fluids. Immediately the blood in his urine started to get lighter, it didn't completely go away, but there was a noticeable difference. At first I, as well as the doctors, attributed the changes in Moki's urine to the shot. Then this morning while in the shower it donned on me, we gave Moki sub-q-fluids last month, and at some time during the month the blood in his urine went completely away. We then gave Moki sub-q-fluids on Tuesday and since we have seen a marked improvement in Moki's urine. If I went back through and looked at Moki's blog, could I make a connection between the dates that we gave Moki sub-q-fluids and the dates that Moki's urine started to show signs of improvement? Well after taking the time to go back through and look at everything, the answer was an astonishing YES! Could this be the break through we have been hoping and praying for??? Could it be that Moki's doctors and I have been on the wrong path assuming that it was the drugs which have been helping to clear up the blood in Moki's urine? Could we possibly have overlooked the most obvious answer??? I will be discussing my findings with Moki's doctor today at 4:00 p.m. when we take him in for more sub-q-fluids. I'll let everyone know what he has to say after our appointment. In the meantime, let's all keep our fingers crossed that mom may be on to some thing here!