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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2005Kitty Surgery
I'm a wreck. My kitty is having surgery at 1:30 today. It's an exploratory surgery to see what's going on. She's been throwing up and having diarreha (sp?) for awhile. It started off not too bad but the vet recommended I have xrays to find out if there was an obstruction. This is after I changed her food to find out if it was food-related. The xrays came back showing a HUGE amount of gas. We also had blood work but all that came back normal. While the xrays were sent to the radiologist, the vet gave her a depo shot and sent me home with predisone. I have her the pills and she seemed good for about a week. She was gaining weight and bouncing around like normal. The vet called yesterday to tell me the vet saw some suspicious shadows but wasn't certain as to what they were. I had an appointment today anyway for a recheck, so I thought I'd discuss these findings with the vet then. This morning I awoke to my little girl vomiting and having a horrible amount of diarreha. She vomited probably four times and at the end it was just foamy. I rushed her into the vet and they will be doing an exploratory surgery to find out what's going on in there. I'm so worried. I worry that she won't be coming home. Has anyone ever had this problem? I feel so lost. > I'm a wreck. My kitty is having surgery at 1:30 today. It's an > exploratory surgery to see what's going on. She's been throwing up and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I'm so worried. I worry that she won't be coming home. Has anyone ever > had this problem? I feel so lost. Sending heartfelt purrs for your kitty and you. May you have a good outcome. MLB > I'm a wreck. My kitty is having surgery at 1:30 today. It's an > exploratory surgery to see what's going on. She's been throwing up and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I'm so worried. I worry that she won't be coming home. Has anyone > ever had this problem? I feel so lost. It could be so many things. Please keep us posted. I know how awful this situation is :( > I'm a wreck. My kitty is having surgery at 1:30 today. It's an > exploratory surgery to see what's going on. She's been throwing [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > I'm so worried. I worry that she won't be coming home. Has > anyone ever had this problem? I feel so lost. Sounds so familiar; possible IBD. My Shadow had everything but exploratory surgery to diagnose it. He did have a biopsy of the intestine, but it was done via endoscopy. Steroids do help with this, diet can help, and palliative care is sometimes the only thing you can do if nothing else helps. Shadow lived for two years after his diagnosis. He never did get rid of the diarrhea but he wasn't nauseaus and lethargic all the time after the steroids were started. Purrs..........  SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields > Sounds so familiar; possible IBD. My Shadow had everything but > exploratory surgery to diagnose it. He did have a biopsy of the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Cheryl Tnx to everyone who prayed for my kitty. Turns out she has IBD. And a raging case of it. They took a biopsy of the intestine and liver. The vet is consulting a specialist for drugs considering she wasn't responding to the predisone. Can you tell me what palliative care is?? > Tnx to everyone who prayed for my kitty. Turns out she has IBD. > And a raging case of it. They took a biopsy of the intestine > and liver. The vet is consulting a specialist for drugs > considering she wasn't responding to the predisone. > > Can you tell me what palliative care is?? I'm so sorry. Palliative care means keeping kitty comfortable. For my IBD kitty it meant keeping his bottom shaved so the diarrhea didn't cake up in his fur so he didn't feel like he had to lick himself all the time. It also meant keeping drugs on hand to help with nausea when he had it -- metronidazole was what we used. Also called Flagyl. Also used Pepcid and Zantac (switched when one didn't work anymore, then switch back when the second didn't work anymore) You might want to join the yahoo group Feline IBD. Many there have had good luck by changing the diet. Some use a raw diet because it is closer to the natural diet of a cat, but I was hesitant because Shadow was also FeLV+ and prone to infection. Give it a shot. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FelineIBD/ SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >> Tnx to everyone who prayed for my kitty. Turns out she has IBD. >> And a raging case of it. They took a biopsy of the intestine [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FelineIBD/ All good suggestions. Seems like they have a handle on the case. It's good that the CBC was normal. You did say that right? With cats sometimes bad IBD can become lymphoma which shows up on the CBC. That happened to my Nico (the wonder cat). I didn't put Nico on the raw diet but did try that for Jackie, who came along later and also had IBD. It did seem to be helping her but she developed a tumor that did her in. If you try raw, I found that Nature's Menu was good (http://www.naturesmenu.com/site/493564/product/Raw%20Diet%204). Luckily there was a place near me that sells it. Lots of folks on the Yahoo Kiddy-IBD group want all grains out of the food and this has no grains. I wasn't up for grinding the stuff myself. My vet was not a fan of raw diets, although he was current on other stuff. I ignored him on this one and I think I was right. Good luck. Many members of my family (human) have various forms of IBD so when Nico got it we just figured that he was part of the brood. > > Can you tell me what palliative care is?? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > Cheryl Thanks Cheryl - I just joined the group. WOW! Lots of info there! Thanks. >> Sounds so familiar; possible IBD. My Shadow had everything but >> exploratory surgery to diagnose it. He did have a biopsy of the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Can you tell me what palliative care is?? I just want to say that I am soooo relieved. As rotten as IBD is, I was a bit worried because with my boy it turned out to be very advanced stomach cancer. I didn't want to worry you unnecessarily. My boy never came home :( There are some specific yahoo groups I know that people will point you at. I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his consultation with the oncologist regarding medical treatment. Evidentally the biopsy showed so many things wrong. They did a biopsy of multiple organs. I can't go into it all right now because I'm upset but she had lymphoma too. I loved her so much. The vet and I did all we could. She used to have this stuffed raccoon she carried around the house (I posted awhile ago about how cute it was) and now my other cat is licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming home. Oh god, I'm so upset. > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting here > crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his consultation [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about how cute it was) and now my other cat is licking it. He knows she's > gone. And she's not coming home. Oh god, I'm so upset. "Rise up slowly, Angel...it's hard to let you go..." Sincere condolences in the passing of your loved kitty. MLB I"m so so so sorry. I so totally understand. I will say I finally felt "complete" when I got Grant's ashes back. But it's just so darned hard. ((((hugs)))) > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting > here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > other cat is licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming > home. Oh god, I'm so upset. I'm so sorry, Laura. I'm sure this cat was lucky to have you for as long as she did. > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting > here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > other cat is licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming > home. Oh god, I'm so upset. > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting > here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > other cat is licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming > home. Oh god, I'm so upset. So sorry Laura. You did the best you could for her. W > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. > He knows she's gone. And she's not coming > home. Oh god, I'm so upset. Laura, I'm terribly sorry for you and your kitty. It's very unfair. Time really will make it better although she will always be a part of you. She knew you loved her and I'm sure you will meet again one day. My condolences. Candace > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm > sitting here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming home. > Oh god, I'm so upset. Laura, I'm so so very sorry for your loss. IBD is horrible to watch a cat go through. She's out of pain now. Purrs for your broken heart. SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. Laura, I am so very sorry for your loss.... Linda E > I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting > here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > other cat is licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming > home. Oh god, I'm so upset. {{{{{{{{{{Laura}}}}}}}}}} I'm so sorry for your loss! Hugs, CatNipped Thank you SOO much everyone for your thoughts and prayers. It is so difficult no matter how many times I tell myself I did the right thing. Today I received a nice basket of flowers delivered from my vet and staff and tonight my husband brought me flowers when he got home from work. I'm thankful to everyone for such wonderful support. My kitty had a "light way" about her. Very gentle and loving. I feel her gentleness in my heart more than ever today. I'm sorry, Laura. It's so hard to let them go. Sounds like she decided to leave some of her best qualities with you. Rhonda > Thank you SOO much everyone for your thoughts and prayers. It is so > difficult no matter how many times I tell myself I did the right thing. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > had a "light way" about her. Very gentle and loving. I feel her > gentleness in my heart more than ever today. I never thought of it that way. That's nice. Thank you. >I just found out that my kitty isn't coming home either. I'm sitting > here crying my eyes out. The vet called this morning after his [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > other cat is licking it. He knows she's gone. And she's not coming > home. Oh god, I'm so upset. Laura, I am so sorry for your loss. How devastating! Signature-Kelly Laura I'm crying too. Thinking of you Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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