But I'm happy to report Livia is fully healthy. Here's the story:
This is Livia on her way home from the shelter on Monday, October 5th. She seemed pretty lively when she got home, but perhaps a little weak. We blamed this on her operation, as she had just been spayed.
She was very cuddly, but not much for running around. Come Thursday, she starts sneezing. By Monday, Livia was sniffling and sneezing and sleeping all the time. So it was time for the vet.
I took Livia to the Vet on Monday, October 13th. He explained that shelters can do their best to keep the place clean, but when you get that many stray cats in one place, disease will spread. He'd even worked at the shelter we adopted Livia from.
He prescribed Livia amoxicillin, to be given twice a day. He also gave her two shots, to aleviate her congestion in her lungs. He mentioned that it might take a week until she stops sneezing.
The next few days were tough. Livia only seemed to get worse. Now, she was still eating and she was moving around a lot more; but she was really sneezing and sniffling. It took some faith in the vet that she really was getting better.
This was combined with the fear of allergies. The vet mentioned there was a slim possibility that Livia was allergic to something. Alicia was starting to catch something, so we were worried about Alicia being allergic as well.
To top it off, Alicia is allergic to penicillin. Livia had a tiny drop of amoxicillin on her chin, and when Alicia scratched her chin, the back of her hand broke out in hives.
But, rest assured, everything worked out. When Alicia got the hives on her hand, she washed her hands and it immediately went away. I became more careful giving Livia the amoxicillin (I wipe her chin off, too). Sure enough, she stopped sneezing by Monday.
Now, Livia's perfectly healthy. Here she is stretched out on the bed:
Alicia is healthy now, too. We've finally got a happy, healthy household.
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