Patches tested positive for corona virus, which is 95% fatal. The Vet said he has had it for a long time. We brought him home tonight.His chances are very slim, at best. We got to get him to eat. If he eats, and builds up his strength, he has a chance, not much of one, but a chance nevertheless.The Vet told us he has had 2 cat patients that actually beat corona. Their owners force fed them, and they survived. Some cat owners have their cats put down at diagnoses, and some take their cat home and try, like we are doing.
The Vet said that ALL shelter cats carry this virus, and 80% of the cat population as a whole, carries this virus.But, only 1 out of 100 that carry the virus actually come down with the disease, like Patches did.The virus is airborne, they can get it from their mother cat, and they can get it from other cats feces.
So, my world class jerk husband is blaming me, because I feed some strays outside. He says that Patches was outside for a while after he lost his former home until my daughter brought him in, and you cannot bring an outside cat in, even though HE has brought in several over the years.I do not need to hear this garbage, as I am upset enough.I was bawling on the way to the Vets, at the Vets, and on the way home.I am still crying.

My youngest is going to be home late tomorrow night. Patches is her cat, and she absolutely loves him. I sent her an email updating her on Patches condition. She is the one who brought Patches in after he lost his home, and made sure he had a Vet checkup and his shots.He was already neutered.His former owner had taken very good care of him.