As some of you might have seen, our 2.5 mal, Fio, was diagnosed with a sever fungal infection primarily in her lymph nodes. After her 4th infusion, which the dose was upped a bit, she was breathing harder and deeper. After taking her to the vet the next day, her red blood count was at 32, and her oxygen saturation at the high 80s and her lips and ears were pale . It was evident that she’s been having a harder time to breathe. Last night, she didn’t let herself lay down for too long since she was breathing better standing up. I felt horrible since she was forcing her skinny body to stand up through the whole night. This morning she’s doing the same thing. Standing up most of the day, exhausted, her poop has a bit of blood in it and has little appetite. She ate the tiniest bit of egg, a whole carrot and some cheese. We also found out she has EPI which explains her losing weight and her stool looking like it hasn’t absorbed anything.

Two days ago, her poop was white and mushy. Could have been the boiled chicken? Or maybe that her pancreas isn’t producing bile? We’re waiting for her pancreatic enzymes to arrive in the mail but it’s looking like it’ll arrive in 2 days.

I feel horrible seeing her struggle. I keep saying if she looks worse or has no appetite, we will take her in to say goodbye but I can’t do it because what if the pancreatic enzymes help her absorb iron which helps her not be anemic anymore which potentially can help her breathing.

She has absolutely no fat or muscle on her. Probably weighs 40lbs right now. Which is 20lbs less than July 1. The good thing is that she still wants to play ball with the tiniest energy she has and still has appetite for things that arent meat.

When should I let her be?