Here we go again. I feel sick to my stomach. I swear I jinxed him. Just three days ago I was saying how great Sebastian has been doing. He's been playing like I've never seen him play before. He's been so happy.
He didn't want to eat much yesterday morning. Last night, he didn't want to eat at all. Around 9:00 p.m. he started vomiting and it continued until 1:30 a.m, a total of about six times. Then he jumped up on the bed with me and tried to sleep. I didn't get much sleep. I kept looking over at him and observing his respiratory rate. At one point he actually looked very comfortable, so I tried not to move so as not to disturb him. I wanted him to rest. I called the vet at 7:00 a.m. as soon as they opened and brought him in.
The doc called a little bit ago and said she wants to run blood work. This was expected. We have to see if his neutrophils have spiked again. If so, we need to get him through this with hospitalization, IV fluids, etc. and try to come up with a plan to prevent it. We discussed the hairball issue and she agreed that frequent hairballs are a result of a GI issue and that hairballs can aggravate an existing GI issue. Her words were, "It's a vicious cycle." She mentioned IBD again and a possible biopsy....ahhh! At this point, we don't really know what's causing the pancreatitis. The previous ultrasound he had done was normal. So frustrating.
If, by some miracle, his blood work is perfect, I will be ecstatic.
It's only been six weeks since his last bout of pancreatitis (which I posted here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/262314/sebastian-hospitalized-has-pancreatitis-seeking-input). My poor Sebastian. I know we with multiple cats don't like to play favorites, but he really is "my guy" and it tears me up to see him unwell.
If anyone out there has a cat with recurring pancreatitis, any advice on how to keep it at bay would be appreciated. I've already eliminated many allergens from his diet and still working on transitioning him to an all wet diet (then possibly to raw or home-cooked, but it's a slow process). I've been researching digestive enzymes, but have not started Sebastian on them. There seems to be varying opinions on their effectiveness for pancreatitis - whether it helps or hurts the condition. There are docs out there that say antioxidant supplementation is beneficial for pancreatitis/IBD, but not if it should be, or turn into, cancer.
He didn't want to eat much yesterday morning. Last night, he didn't want to eat at all. Around 9:00 p.m. he started vomiting and it continued until 1:30 a.m, a total of about six times. Then he jumped up on the bed with me and tried to sleep. I didn't get much sleep. I kept looking over at him and observing his respiratory rate. At one point he actually looked very comfortable, so I tried not to move so as not to disturb him. I wanted him to rest. I called the vet at 7:00 a.m. as soon as they opened and brought him in.
The doc called a little bit ago and said she wants to run blood work. This was expected. We have to see if his neutrophils have spiked again. If so, we need to get him through this with hospitalization, IV fluids, etc. and try to come up with a plan to prevent it. We discussed the hairball issue and she agreed that frequent hairballs are a result of a GI issue and that hairballs can aggravate an existing GI issue. Her words were, "It's a vicious cycle." She mentioned IBD again and a possible biopsy....ahhh! At this point, we don't really know what's causing the pancreatitis. The previous ultrasound he had done was normal. So frustrating.
If, by some miracle, his blood work is perfect, I will be ecstatic.
It's only been six weeks since his last bout of pancreatitis (which I posted here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/262314/sebastian-hospitalized-has-pancreatitis-seeking-input). My poor Sebastian. I know we with multiple cats don't like to play favorites, but he really is "my guy" and it tears me up to see him unwell.
If anyone out there has a cat with recurring pancreatitis, any advice on how to keep it at bay would be appreciated. I've already eliminated many allergens from his diet and still working on transitioning him to an all wet diet (then possibly to raw or home-cooked, but it's a slow process). I've been researching digestive enzymes, but have not started Sebastian on them. There seems to be varying opinions on their effectiveness for pancreatitis - whether it helps or hurts the condition. There are docs out there that say antioxidant supplementation is beneficial for pancreatitis/IBD, but not if it should be, or turn into, cancer.