Hi everyone,
I do not want to hijack this thread and will start a new one if you would like me to...
I am starting the IBD roller coaster. I am so confused, scared, and wiped out. The more I read, the worse I feel..
Artie is an 11 yr old neutered orange male whom I adopted 3 yrs ago. He was sick from the first day...sneezing, bad appetite, etc. He has had episodes of vomiting forever. His vet and I thought it was because he had fur balls, and then bad teeth, and then just being fussy. He is also a skittish cat. He had 4 homes in 3 months, not his fault--just circumstances...he was also found to have a grade 4 physiological heart murmur...He has had 2 cleaning in 3 years.
I am trying to be short with his story.
He has been increasingly fussy and vomiting over the past couple months. I tried the novel protein route, in addition to pilling him twice a day with 1/4 pepcid.
I had the pepcid on hand when he was into his not eating phases; thought was took much acid so vomiting and not eating much. Artie started to run away from me when he saw I was coming with the pill gun..We switched to compounded pepcid about 2.5 months ago. Not really working.
Artie has been losing weight all year. The most dramatic loss was the past 2 weeks. From 11.3 lbs down to 10.7. He is a big cat. Very skinny now. I had gotten his weight up to 11.8 lbs. His average for a while was 11.4........
Time for an internal medicine consult which we had yesterday. Artie had an ultrasound which showed moderate thickening of the pylorus part of stomach. IMVEt recommend biopsy. I agreed to it--to be done next week, we hope. We are in the process of the insurance company pre-approving it...
The IM VET prescribed Reglan in the mean time.
What I am really stressing about is the possible lymphoma...I am thinking that he has had IBD for a long time. The longer an irritant is there, the faster it is to turn cancerous...
I am really scared.. Yes, I read too much.. and I know a little from human medicine.. worked in medical field for over 30 years...
Artie is only 11 yrs old. He is my therapy cat...he is so sweet....I do not want to lose him...we have been thru so much together...he was always by my side..watching and cuddling...
Am I just being too pessimistic... I mean when I look at him, and see how skinny he is, my heart breaks.. I leave food out for him..he wants to eat, but he refuses what I am giving him..fancy feast, novel protein....
Right now he is exhausted from yesterday. He did eat good yesterday when we got home. He is not eating well today...
Sorry if I am sounding so down...I am now doubting his regular Vet for not sending him for a consult sooner. I am kicking myself for not being forceful enough..I am doubting myself and his care...I really like his regular Vet. We even chatted yesterday about his IM appointment..but I am still questioning...I guess I am saying i am just scared...I do not want to lose this little/big guy...I want to see him eat...I do not want him to lose more weight...
sorry---but thank you for at least reading this.....
Cindy
I do not want to hijack this thread and will start a new one if you would like me to...
I am starting the IBD roller coaster. I am so confused, scared, and wiped out. The more I read, the worse I feel..
Artie is an 11 yr old neutered orange male whom I adopted 3 yrs ago. He was sick from the first day...sneezing, bad appetite, etc. He has had episodes of vomiting forever. His vet and I thought it was because he had fur balls, and then bad teeth, and then just being fussy. He is also a skittish cat. He had 4 homes in 3 months, not his fault--just circumstances...he was also found to have a grade 4 physiological heart murmur...He has had 2 cleaning in 3 years.
I am trying to be short with his story.
He has been increasingly fussy and vomiting over the past couple months. I tried the novel protein route, in addition to pilling him twice a day with 1/4 pepcid.
I had the pepcid on hand when he was into his not eating phases; thought was took much acid so vomiting and not eating much. Artie started to run away from me when he saw I was coming with the pill gun..We switched to compounded pepcid about 2.5 months ago. Not really working.
Artie has been losing weight all year. The most dramatic loss was the past 2 weeks. From 11.3 lbs down to 10.7. He is a big cat. Very skinny now. I had gotten his weight up to 11.8 lbs. His average for a while was 11.4........
Time for an internal medicine consult which we had yesterday. Artie had an ultrasound which showed moderate thickening of the pylorus part of stomach. IMVEt recommend biopsy. I agreed to it--to be done next week, we hope. We are in the process of the insurance company pre-approving it...
The IM VET prescribed Reglan in the mean time.
What I am really stressing about is the possible lymphoma...I am thinking that he has had IBD for a long time. The longer an irritant is there, the faster it is to turn cancerous...
I am really scared.. Yes, I read too much.. and I know a little from human medicine.. worked in medical field for over 30 years...
Artie is only 11 yrs old. He is my therapy cat...he is so sweet....I do not want to lose him...we have been thru so much together...he was always by my side..watching and cuddling...
Am I just being too pessimistic... I mean when I look at him, and see how skinny he is, my heart breaks.. I leave food out for him..he wants to eat, but he refuses what I am giving him..fancy feast, novel protein....
Right now he is exhausted from yesterday. He did eat good yesterday when we got home. He is not eating well today...
Sorry if I am sounding so down...I am now doubting his regular Vet for not sending him for a consult sooner. I am kicking myself for not being forceful enough..I am doubting myself and his care...I really like his regular Vet. We even chatted yesterday about his IM appointment..but I am still questioning...I guess I am saying i am just scared...I do not want to lose this little/big guy...I want to see him eat...I do not want him to lose more weight...
sorry---but thank you for at least reading this.....
Cindy