The vet thinks Maggie's illness is unrelated to her liver condition. He thinks it is a rare disease picked up from the urine of infected raccoons and skunks that is transmitted when a pet steps in it. It can also be transmitted to humans. He is doing more blood tests to ensure that this is a conclusive diagnosis. If so, we will have to inform our neighbors with pets and small children. He said it could be a new strain of an extinct virus.

He is putting her on antibiotics and IV therapy and keeping her for a few days. He says that there is hope that she could make it.