Well I have some bad news folks I'm afraid. We lost little Pip.
Although happy and moving about OK-ish yesterday he was getting less agile overnight and eventually gave up his wee fight for life this morning after a blockage in his bowel (we believe) caused a rupture when it cleared suddenly. It could also be purely down to damage to his intestines due to the array of different (and dreadful) substances being put down his wee throat the first couple of days or to the over aggressive stimulation which left the wee fella raw at the back end and may have caused an infection to go into the gut which the anti biotics couldn't clear in time. He really didn't have the best of starts at all and its a miracle he made it to 8 days in all honesty.
We have done all that we could for the wee fella including having him seen by our vet a couple of days ago after being concerned that his bloated tummy and toilet problems may cause complications although limited as to what can be done for a kitten so young and small.
We are saddened but know we have done everything we could for little Pip would despite his short time in this world has left his mark. We now have to concentrate on pop.
One thing we are
very sure of is that the death of Pip is in
NO WAY related to Pop, who continues to do well for now but who also has an extremely long long way to go before we could happily say he is in a safe zone.
We are continuing to keep our fingers crossed for Pop and hope that he can continue his fight for life.