At 01:33 PM 2/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks all.....
>Just gave Lizzie her steroid pill and she hated it. She's gotten weaker
>just since this morning and drools and still purred when I held her and
>looked at me eye to eye with her good eye and then tucked her head down
>into my chest. She refused drink or food.
>
>Her purring has a gurgle/rattle sound now. Maybe her lungs have filled
>up in just a few hours!? I called and I'm taking her to the emergency
>vet hospital this afternoon when this vet specialist comes in to do the
>x-rays and ultra sound he was planning to do this coming Saturday.
>Maybe antibiotics?
>
>I want her well so badly yet I wonder when she'll tell me it's time to
>let go. I'd hate to make a big mistake and not fight by her side while
>she's still fighting to live. Her look and loving mannerisms are still
>there. Her look is so trusting it's hard to be objective. When she
>sees me she can now only "mouth" a silent meow. Poor baby.
>
>This is pure Hell! John