Hello,

I'm just trying to figure out what's up with my cat (7 yrs old, female,
Oxfordshire) ...

About three weeks ago she suddenly became unwell - she hadn't eaten or
drunk for 24 hours and seemed very lethargic. We took her to the vet,
who gave her a course of antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory jab and
also took a blood sample. Turned out her kidneys were not functioning
properly, so we got a course of tablets. She improved only slightly
(still lethargic, but ate and drank just enough to survive). She was
much better the day after we didn't manage to give her the kidney
tablet, and also after the course was finished (10 days), though she
went downhill again after a couple of days.

Her new blood test results showed that she'd deteriorated since the
first test. She's had about 10 days since then with no medication and
she's been extremely lethargic, eating and drinking the bare minimum,
but keeping stable. The vet booked her in for an ultrasound scan, but
that's next week. The vet also said she'd seen some similar cases
recently in Oxfordshire - could this be a virus that's causing it???

Yesterday, she seemed to make a miraculous recovery - eating (and
making up for lost time!), drinking, running, purring and washing as
normal.

Has anyone seen anything similar, and is there anyone from Oxfordshire
who's seen anything like this recently???

Thanks for reading this lengthy message!
Iain