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...he's going to be okay. ;u;

The level of toxins in his blood's been going down ever since we took him home, made him drink and eat, kept him warm, all that stuff. He's bright-eyed and pretty much back to his old self. He's eating and drinking on his own, even though he still has a bunch of toxins. We've decided to handle this on our own from now.

As it turns out...the hospital was doing some shitty stuff. All they did with his IV was give him fluids and electrolytes (aka Gatorade, pretty much). They didn't even give him an IV during the night. He hadn't eaten the whole time (partially because they didn't attempt to give him any nutrients, really, not even in the IV), and he's lost some weight, for better or worse, since he was a fat cat.

Oh, and those blood tests they were doing? $75 each, done in house. Wanna know what is would cost to get an easily acquired, out of house test that would be far more accurate and helpful? $45. Need I remind you these are the tests that the doctor used to convince us that we might need to put him down. Thank God we decided to wait, and found out about him not getting IVs at night. If we hadn't, he might be dead now.

So, the hospital was shitty (I'm getting this info from my mom, who was handling everything, so I may be inaccurate on a statement or two, I dunno), but the good news is my poor cat's going to be fine. Bad news is, his roaming and hunting days are over. We don't intend to let him go outside anymore, since that's how he got poisoned in the first place.

As for you guys, I want to thank you all. All the prayers we got...it wasn't for nothing. No doubt they helped him get through this, help us learn what we needed to know to save him...it all helped. Thank you, so much, for praying, each and every one of you that did. You helped save my cat. I can't thank you enough. ;u;