My 4 year old male cat named Brave Cat, has been in the animal
hospital starting monday morning.  A week prior we had brought him to
a vet who said he had flutd, and they put him on antibiotics, which
seemed to help, but then a week later, monday morning he was in the
litter box just sitting there for 2 solid hours.  So we decided to
bring him to the vet and have him kenneled for the day so they could
keep an eye on him.

Well he was blocked.  He's been there all week and will be there all
next week since we're on vacation.  I hate it.  The vet told my
husband yesterday that they will try catherization 1 more time, and if
that doesn't work then urethrostomy is our only option.  How much does
that cost?

They have catherized him 2x this week, both times are darn cat has
gotten his collar and the catheter out over night.  The vet said that
he would get better if they could get it to stay in for 2-3 days.

Any advice?  Luckily our vet seems very good and caring - very
concerned.  We are at $600 so far, and he said right now he is only
charging us for kenneling fee of $15/day.

He is a young cat, so I think he is worth the costs, but I'm worried
that if the surgery is a ton of money, my husband might not be so
willing to dish out the money.

I also hear stress doesn't help flutd, and I know that he is stressed
out being in a steel kennel all week.  We've gone to visit him, and
you can tell my baby is petrified.  (btw, we live in Nashville)

Thanks for any input.