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Sick kitty
Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago.
Approximately 5 years old. Now indoor/outdoor cat. Fine until about 3 weeks ago. Started with decreased appetite, vomiting undigested food, behavior changes. Went 5-6 days with little intake. Several visits to vet over the past 3 weeks. Blood test revealed positive FIV. ALL other blood work normal. No fever, no diaherra. He has periods of feeling well and acting normal followed by periods or days of feeling and looking ill. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed enlarged spleen. I have him on interferon, reglan, pepsid and carafate. He has not vomited but a couple of time this week and the ill episodes way out weight the feel good episodes. His appetite is good and he has not lost any weight. He does not have hairballs. I brush him several times a day and vomiting has never been a problem until 3 weeks ago. He is scheduled for a endoscopy in the morning. Any suggestions??? He seems to feel bad after eating. He weights 13 lbs and has maintained his weight over the past 3 weeks. His behavior has done a 360 degree change over the past 3 weeks. I have not changed anything in the diet. I am at wits end!!! Please help, it is killing me to watch him suffer so. |
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Lisa wrote:
Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago. Approximately 5 years old. Now indoor/outdoor cat. Fine until about 3 weeks ago. Started with decreased appetite, vomiting undigested food, behavior changes. Went 5-6 days with little intake. Several visits to vet over the past 3 weeks. Blood test revealed positive FIV. ALL other blood work normal. No fever, no diaherra. He has periods of feeling well and acting normal followed by periods or days of feeling and looking ill. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed enlarged spleen. I have him on interferon, reglan, pepsid and carafate. He has not vomited but a couple of time this week and the ill episodes way out weight the feel good episodes. His appetite is good and he has not lost any weight. He does not have hairballs. I brush him several times a day and vomiting has never been a problem until 3 weeks ago. He is scheduled for a endoscopy in the morning. Any suggestions??? He seems to feel bad after eating. He weights 13 lbs and has maintained his weight over the past 3 weeks. His behavior has done a 360 degree change over the past 3 weeks. I have not changed anything in the diet. I am at wits end!!! Please help, it is killing me to watch him suffer so. I'm sorry, I don't know. Hopefully, the endoscopy will shed some light on his problem and it will be easily treatable. Please let us know the results. I'll be thinking about your guy. Candace |
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"Lisa" u17957@uwe wrote in message news:5ac44e02e672d@uwe... Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago. Approximately 5 years old. Now indoor/outdoor cat. Fine until about 3 weeks ago. Started with decreased appetite, vomiting undigested food, behavior changes. Went 5-6 days with little intake. Several visits to vet over the past 3 weeks. Blood test revealed positive FIV. ALL other blood work normal. No fever, no diaherra. He has periods of feeling well and acting normal followed by periods or days of feeling and looking ill. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed enlarged spleen. Was an ultrasound-guided needle aspirate of his spleen done? This can be useful for diagnosing conditions causing splenic enlargement in cats such as mast cell tumour and lymphoma. Needle aspirate is a relatively safe, inexpensive procedure that can be done while your cat is awake or sedated. Depending on the severity and nature of the splenic enlargement it might be worthwhile to do this prior to endoscopy. J. dvm |
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"J. dvm" wrote in message ... Depending on the severity and nature of the splenic enlargement it might be worthwhile to do this prior to endoscopy. J. dvm I just realized his endoscopy was scheduled for this AM. You should discuss needle aspirate with your vet if a diagnosis is not obtained endoscopically. Good luck. J. |
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Hi Candace,
Thanks for the input. We've just returned from the vet. He was not able to do the endoscopy (did not have an appropriate size light) However, he did do several xrays after giving Thumper oral contrast. He says it appears that there is some type of inflamatory progess going. Etiology unknown. He says the contrast passed through the GI tract very rapidly and there appears to be some very irritated areas in the intestines. He changed Thumpers diet and added Prednisone and Antirobe (antibiotic) to his medication regimen. He also did a TLI test (something to check pancreas function) and is calling The Vet School of Medicine in Cary, NC today for any suggestions. Thanks, Lisa Candace wrote: Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago. Approximately 5 years old. Now indoor/outdoor cat. Fine until about 3 weeks [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] weeks. I have not changed anything in the diet. I am at wits end!!! Please help, it is killing me to watch him suffer so. I'm sorry, I don't know. Hopefully, the endoscopy will shed some light on his problem and it will be easily treatable. Please let us know the results. I'll be thinking about your guy. Candace -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200601/1 |
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Thanks for the input. We've just returned from the vet. He was not able to
do the endoscopy (did not have an appropriate size light?) However, he did do several xrays after giving Thumper oral contrast. He says it appears that there is some type of inflamatory process going on. He says the contrast passed through the GI tract very rapidly and there appears to be some very irritated areas in the intestines. He changed Thumpers diet and added Prednisone and Antirobe (antibiotic) to his medication regimen. Thumper passed stool while at the vet clinic today and the vet said it was very foul smelling with mucus present. He also did a TLI test (something to check pancreas function) and is calling The Vet School of Medicine in Cary, NC today for any suggestions. I still would like to have the endoscopy, but the vet suggested holding off for a few days. Oh yea, the vet did do an aspirate of the spleen last week when the ultrasoud was performed. The results were lymphoidhyperplasia? Thanks, Lisa J. dvm wrote: Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] followed by periods or days of feeling and looking ill. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed enlarged spleen. Was an ultrasound-guided needle aspirate of his spleen done? This can be useful for diagnosing conditions causing splenic enlargement in cats such as mast cell tumour and lymphoma. Needle aspirate is a relatively safe, inexpensive procedure that can be done while your cat is awake or sedated. Depending on the severity and nature of the splenic enlargement it might be worthwhile to do this prior to endoscopy. J. dvm -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200601/1 |
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Sick kitty
Good luck to you and your cat. You obviously care very much about him.
Rhonda Lisa via CatKB.com wrote: Hi Candace, Thanks for the input. We've just returned from the vet. He was not able to do the endoscopy (did not have an appropriate size light) However, he did do several xrays after giving Thumper oral contrast. He says it appears that there is some type of inflamatory progess going. Etiology unknown. He says the contrast passed through the GI tract very rapidly and there appears to be some very irritated areas in the intestines. He changed Thumpers diet and added Prednisone and Antirobe (antibiotic) to his medication regimen. He also did a TLI test (something to check pancreas function) and is calling The Vet School of Medicine in Cary, NC today for any suggestions. Thanks, Lisa Candace wrote: Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago. Approximately 5 years old. Now indoor/outdoor cat. Fine until about 3 weeks [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] weeks. I have not changed anything in the diet. I am at wits end!!! Please help, it is killing me to watch him suffer so. I'm sorry, I don't know. Hopefully, the endoscopy will shed some light on his problem and it will be easily treatable. Please let us know the results. I'll be thinking about your guy. Candace |
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Sick kitty
Have you and your vet discussed FIP? FIP is a very mysterious disease.
Good luck to you, this all sounds really distressing. |
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"Lisa via CatKB.com" u17957@uwe wrote in message news:5acd48aedab12@uwe... Thanks for the input. We've just returned from the vet. He was not able to do the endoscopy (did not have an appropriate size light?) However, he did do several xrays after giving Thumper oral contrast. He says it appears that there is some type of inflamatory process going on. He says the contrast passed through the GI tract very rapidly and there appears to be some very irritated areas in the intestines. He changed Thumpers diet and added Prednisone and Antirobe (antibiotic) to his medication regimen. Thumper passed stool while at the vet clinic today and the vet said it was very foul smelling with mucus present. He also did a TLI test (something to check pancreas function) and is calling The Vet School of Medicine in Cary, NC today for any suggestions. I still would like to have the endoscopy, but the vet suggested holding off for a few days. Oh yea, the vet did do an aspirate of the spleen last week when the ultrasoud was performed. The results were lymphoidhyperplasia? Thanks, Lisa That's good news about the spleen. That could just be an indicator of chronic inflammatory disease and it seems your vet is suspicious of inflammatory bowel disease. I'd suggest getting the endoscopic biopsies done as soon as possible. The use of prednisone can cause altered biopsy results which could lead to a misdiagnosis. J. dvm J. dvm wrote: Any ideas what's going on with my cat??? Rescued Tom cat about 1 year ago. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] followed by periods or days of feeling and looking ill. Ultrasound of abdomen revealed enlarged spleen. Was an ultrasound-guided needle aspirate of his spleen done? This can be useful for diagnosing conditions causing splenic enlargement in cats such as mast cell tumour and lymphoma. Needle aspirate is a relatively safe, inexpensive procedure that can be done while your cat is awake or sedated. Depending on the severity and nature of the splenic enlargement it might be worthwhile to do this prior to endoscopy. J. dvm -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200601/1 |
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Sick kitty
Thanks for the info/idea. We have had so many test in the past 3 weeks that
I'm not sure if he has been tested for FIP, but I will sure inquire with our vet tomorrow. He has not had any fever or respiratory symptoms and his lab studies have been WNL thus far. However, at this point I am open to any and all suggestions. The one thing that is standing out in my mind is; that I have not been able to observe his stools because he is an outdoor/indoor kitty and does not use the litter box unless he absolutely has to. The vet said he had a loose mucusy, watery-foul smelling stool while at the clininc this AM and the xrays after the barium indicated he had what appeared to be irritated areas in the intestines. I'm wonding about Giardia??? He does not look like a sick cat. It appears that he feels worse after eating. Thanks again, Lisa JJ wrote: Have you and your vet discussed FIP? FIP is a very mysterious disease. Good luck to you, this all sounds really distressing. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200601/1 |
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