Durango Update 2

We visited with Durango last night and although he looked terrible he was holding his own and had only vomited twice yesterday. They let us try to feed him but he just wasn't interested at all. He finished the second plasma transfusion last night and I was hoping that the test results this afternoon would show some improvement but it wasn't meant to be. His white blood cell count is at 350 (normal low range is 5000) which is half of the last labs, proteins and albumin are very low as well. The vomiting and diarrhea have increased too.

Basically the ER dr said tonight that short of the Human Albumin transfusion there wasn't much else that could help turn him around. Since it's a human product there are severe risks involved that include him having a fatal reaction to it. On the other hand, he's slowly and painfully dying. He compared how he feels with the worst Pneumonia and Montezuma's Revenge a person could ever experience and that the narcotics can't dull all of the pain/cramping.

I don't want him to suffer, but I do want him to have every chance. I ok'd the transfusion for tonight and I have no idea if I've done the right thing or not. If he makes it through they'll run his bloodwork in the morning but if there's no improvement I can't continue to make him do this. This is a horrible, horrible situation and it's not fair that he's going through it. He doesn't even know what it means to have a good life and to have someone who cares about him, it's just flat out unfair. On the selfish side I don't want to be in this position and I know I brought it upon myself by adopting again. I'm sick of f-ing people who don't take care of their animals and act like they're disposable. I don't know what the hell is wrong with this world sometimes. I'm sad, I'm angry and I hate this helpless feeling. I wish that the people who dump these animals and don't take care of them were forced to watch them suffer and die. I really do.