On Monday, two days after we found Cena unable to move, we took him back to the vet for a follow up appt. He still has no feeling or movement in his legs. He can lift his head, purrs, eats and drinks, but doesn't seem to be improving as far as being able to walk. He is in a lot of pain and is on pain medicine and taking the antibiotics.
During the follow up visit, the vet is clearly not finding out what is wrong with Cena. He has not improved. She decides to keep him for observation and so other vets can put their heads together to see if they can come up with other ideas.
While he's there they go back over the xrays of his back, which didn't show anything. The blood tests didn't raise any flags. Liver and kidneys are fine. They decide to shave him to see if there was any bruising, especially around the left front shoulder. His left front foot is affected the worst. It has no feeling, is completely useless, as is his back left foot. It seems his right side is a little better as far as moving limbs, but Cena can't stand, can't put any weight on his legs, and when the vet would try to stand him up, his legs had no idea what to do. They just hung there. As a last resort, they give him a steroid shot.
He is still very alert, eating and drinking, purring, loving the attention he is getting, but everyone is completely baffled as to what is wrong with him. Please continue to pray for him and his battle with this mystery illness.
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