Touch and go...

Having another rough week in the kitten department at the Wood household. Last Wednesday we were given another batch of two all white (2 weeks old) kittens. There were actually 4 of them at the shelter but they decided since they were so young and needed lots of attention that it would be better to split them up into 2 different foster homes. The little ones did great the first day and a half, I was feeding them every 3 hours day and night. Then midway though the second day they started having loose stools and stopped eating. Of course this happened after the SPCA clinic was closed so I spent another all-nighter force feeding them kitten formula every three hours and first thing in the morning took them in to get checked by the vet. He said they were "very sick" with a virus and that they likely would not make it. He went on to share that the other 2 kittens in the litter that went to another foster home both had died the day before from the same virus :(

The vet was not very optimistic about my little guys chances but he agreed to put them on some antibiotics to see if that would make any difference. They have been on antibiotics for a few days now and are still pretty sick. There are good moments (they are eating again) and bad moments (they now have blood in their stool) but I cant and wont give up on them. Will keep you posted on Yuki (snow in Japanese) and iFlake's progress.




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