For the past week, Knuckles has been lethargic, not eating and shivering. Thought it might be just from the cold, wet weather. Well, they found a very a high fever, but his blood work showed no sign of infection (unremarkable) and / or any possible tick related issues. For two nights now, Knuckles has been leaving the hospital after having IV's, a liter of fluid. Their concern is with his organs. Tomorrow morning an Internist is scheduled and will perform ultrasounds, looking for possible tumors.
Returning home last night, around 2:00 am returning back to our cabin, a large bunny with big ears panicked across the dark road in front of us, darted back, and ended up under my front wheel. Got home and lifted Knuckles out of the truck, back to his bed where he now spends the majority of his day.
Tomorrow we should have a better prognosis
post script; Sunday - the good news, the ultrasounds came back negative for tumors or abnormalities. They believe it is viral. If he doesn't improve in the next day or two, back for chest and heart X-rays. I still have to lift him in and out of the truck, but he's lost so much weight, that it's manageable. It's just hard to watch him shivering, shaking, and not eating, drooling. Now, he's my sick buddy.
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