BEIGATTI MAINE COONS

I has taken a long time for me to post about some difficult events in November.  A week before Olive was due, I had an out-of-town conference.  My dear friend offered to check on Olive during my absence. 

I received a phone call around noon, telling me that Olive has a dead kitten "stuck" - half in and half out.  She rushed her to the vet, and after a telephone consult, the vet and I decided to take the kittens and try to save Olive.

She had three kittens way too early, and none survived.  One was tiny and mummified, one had a cleft palate...surely there was something terribly wrong with this pregnancy and litter.  Olive made it through surgery like a trooper and was put on antibiotics and fluids at the vet.  We expected her fever to break over the weekend, and for her to come home to complete her recovery.  She never recovered, and after trying several courses of IVs and various drugs we had to made the difficult decision about Olive a week later.