Lancelot In The Hospital Options

[Pippin's Mom Kel]

My poor little Lancelot is in the hospital tonight. We're not sure what's going on with him. I'm so tired, overwrought and worried that I just can't even bring myself to go into details. Please, please, please say a prayer for my little guy.

I'm not ready to lose him. I can't believe we're doing this again, less than a year after we lost Pippin. My poor, poor little boy.

[Pippin's Mom Kel]

Hi, all.

First off, let me start out by saying things are fine with Lancelot. This week wasn't as good as some others, but it was still pretty ok. He's had a little diarrhea, and a few days where he drank a bit more than normal. He was a little crabby on Thursday, and between that and the drinking, we had our primary vet check his labs. Everything on the labs was just fine.

I'm just a nervous wreck about him. With the big snowstorm we had in New England, I was stuck at work overnight last night, and I was just beside myself. Add that to the fact that we have a bad history around storms... Pippin got sick around Halloween 2011 when there was a huge snowstorm and we lost power, and then this all started with Lance last Halloween right after another big storm (Sandy)... I've been terrified. I'm having a lot of trouble managing my anxiety right now, and I have to take the time to acknowledge that having a cat with cancer is hard work. I love him, and I am so glad to have the opportunity to have Lancelot in my life and to care for him... but it's work. And I live in constant fear of the "what if" and "when." I'm not sure how to cope with it.

Realistically, he's doing fine. His ultrasound was less than two weeks ago, and showed a partial remission. He's eating really well. He's perky, active... he was waiting for me at the basement door when I got home from work today, after I was stuck there overnight. He played with me quite vigorously right away, too! Yes, he had a little diarrhea, but I need to just chill... and I'm not sure how.

Thanks so much for letting me unburden. I don't know what else to do.