The story of Bam Bam
Our new cats graduated from FIP in Germany
Here are the translation
And again today I can introduce you to a Fip winner. It's little Bam Bam. I was sent this story about him today
Bam Bam and his sister Pebbles come from the Czech Republic from a family that shelters a few "strays". They were about 6 weeks old back in July. Unfortunately, the mother and the other two siblings passed away. So we quickly brought her to us. Both had flea to the power of 10 and of course worms. And still far too small to be able to eat properly. So they first had to be fed properly with baby food. Initially both recovered very well and gained weight well. Pebbles just had a persistent cold.
But in September I noticed the typical signs that something was wrong with Bam Bam and FIP was immediately in the back of my mind. Weak, tired, didn't want to eat anymore, lost a lot of weight and only slept all day. And boom, he had a big belly. After already treating 6 FIP patients (5 wet forms and 1 dry form), all of which we had successfully treated with GS, we knew too well what it was and since we act as first aiders, we also had GS at home. In consultation with our vet, we started with the first injection that same evening, as he was getting worse by the hour, he was just lying there apathetic and might not live to have his blood taken the next day. And I was right, he definitely wouldn't have made it through the night if we hadn't started. When the blood was taken the next day it was impossible to get even 1 drop of blood.
Things were so bad for him. He only weighed 1200 grams (including a big water belly), so everyone can imagine how close the story was. In contrast to my other 6 former FIP patients, Bam Bam was a dream to inject. For the first 8 weeks I didn't need a second person, the piping bag or hold him tightly. All he needed was his tasty snack and I was allowed to take the fold of skin and inject the GS into it.
He did grumble every now and then when I hit a stupid spot, but that was it. I only had to hold him for the last 4 weeks of the treatment, but I still didn't need a second person or the syringe bag. When I think about my first two patients 2 years ago - phew, that was sheer horror to hold on to, hard to control despite the syringe bag. Thank you, my sweetheart Bam Bam, for being such a dream patient. The blood work at half time was, like himself as a patient, fantastically good, so the blood work at the end of the treatment was no surprise that it was perfect. On October 30th, 2023 he had the last injection and we were allowed to start the waiting period. He gained over 1 kg during the treatment period, so everything is as it should be.
Now we are enjoying the injection-free time and so far it seems as if the waiting time is going by just as easily as the treatment time.
