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My cat is a 17 year old male never sick all his life a few months ago he started begging for food, drink more often. Otherwise fine, lost a lb from 3 yrs ago, and sneezing alot.
Brought him for his annual checkup and the Vet did a Gediatric Blood Panel and found all his blood work good except for his T4 was high. Vet also did a sample of his bladder and found the urine to be all blood. She didnt know why. So we put him on Felimazole (Methimazole) 2.5mg for the past month to bring the T4 down. He seemed to still be very hungry and thirsty all the time, and the only thing we noticed different was he seemed slightly more lethargic.
A re-check last week (month later) found the T4 still high and blood still in urine (bladder aspirate again). So she upped his dose to Tapozole (Methimazole) 5mg - why is the first name different? - and we gave him his first 5mg dose today. Hours later he went into a seizure type fit (out of nowhere) and ran to hide under the bed with mouth wide open and tongue out. He then calmed down after 5 mins and everything seemed fine. Now tonight he had another episode he fell sideways and flipped on his back mouth open even worse again and his eyes look watery and his breathing heavier. He then jetted for under the bed again to hide. Then again he seemed to get slightly better 1/2 hr later.
We dont know if the cause is the medicine or another underlying disease. We are afraid to get him in the carrier to the vet because we think he will die on the way. What do you think? What would you do?
Brought him for his annual checkup and the Vet did a Gediatric Blood Panel and found all his blood work good except for his T4 was high. Vet also did a sample of his bladder and found the urine to be all blood. She didnt know why. So we put him on Felimazole (Methimazole) 2.5mg for the past month to bring the T4 down. He seemed to still be very hungry and thirsty all the time, and the only thing we noticed different was he seemed slightly more lethargic.
A re-check last week (month later) found the T4 still high and blood still in urine (bladder aspirate again). So she upped his dose to Tapozole (Methimazole) 5mg - why is the first name different? - and we gave him his first 5mg dose today. Hours later he went into a seizure type fit (out of nowhere) and ran to hide under the bed with mouth wide open and tongue out. He then calmed down after 5 mins and everything seemed fine. Now tonight he had another episode he fell sideways and flipped on his back mouth open even worse again and his eyes look watery and his breathing heavier. He then jetted for under the bed again to hide. Then again he seemed to get slightly better 1/2 hr later.
We dont know if the cause is the medicine or another underlying disease. We are afraid to get him in the carrier to the vet because we think he will die on the way. What do you think? What would you do?