During this process, I got Shadow, a six-week-old kitten. A very cool little cat. When he was seven months old (March 2020), we had to rush him to the hospital because he suddenly started panting and was obviously in extreme distress. He was immediately put on oxygen due to fluid in his lungs.

After multiple tests, he was diagnosed with leukemia and lymphoma. The tumor was throughout his lungs and pushing up against his heart and trachea. I was devastated. I was going to fight for his life since he hadn’t giving up yet. After a couple of days of IV antibiotics, his lung capacity had improved enough that we could bring him home, but he was a long way from being well.

The biggest kicker of this is that my vet x-rayed him in December 2019 when he was neutered and found nothing. Yet three months later the lymphoma encompassed his entire chest cavity. There is no way it wasn’t there three months before. He was born with this condition. It was hidden from all of us until March 14th (my birthday). 

Along with his medication, we started giving him CBD isolate in organic hemp seed oil to see if we could reduce the tumor. I started on a low dose and increased it over the next few days. Shadow, the cat, was given 150 mg of CBD in hemp oil orally twice a day.

After the first dose we gave him, all the water he was carrying around left his body! I was ecstatic. Unfortunately, within about 4-6 hours, the fluid returned. What I learned was that Shadow willingly took the CBD. He liked it. It brought him comfort and induced his appetite. 

I am very sad to report Shadow did not make it. He was suffocating and drowning in his bodily fluids. Unfortunately, he was very sick before he became symptomatic that we just didn’t have time to treat him before his suffering became extreme. It is very sad that this amazing kitten, so full of love and joy, had been taken away from us so soon. Had I known earlier about his condition, I would have started this treatment sooner and maybe he would still be alive today. 

I am even more committed to helping animals after this. No owner should have put an animal down before its time. We started growing the plant so Shadow would get more nutrients from the plant to reduce the lymphoma (and that plan is still in the works as well as moving to broad-spectrum CBD besides of the isolates). I know in my heart I could have saved him if we had more time. But I could not watch him suffocate. He had the best last hour of his life by being outside in the sunshine with blue skies in the spring. He pushed himself to play one last time and then we said good-bye.

Here is more information on feline leukemia.

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