Hi all,
I didn't think I'd be on again so quickly after Nico passed last month, but here we are.
Casper started to seem sick about two weeks after Nico passed away, and I thought he simply took it s little hard. This happened before 6 years ago when he lost his brother Sonny - he has feline herpes and stress flare ups give him a kitty cold.
We had a vet visit today, and the suspect is some type of liver disease. He is a little jaundice, with lack of appetite and tiredness. We did CBC with some other panels today, but at 18 I'm questioning how far we go. If it's cirrhosis or liver cancer, which are both untreatable, then it's hospice care until it's time.
For right now we're treating as inflammatory liver disease, with fluids steroids and antibiotics. I'll be looking into SAMe and UDCA to begin soon as well.
Hopefully he responds to the treatment plan we have in effect, but it's still tough so soon after losing his mate.
I didn't think I'd be on again so quickly after Nico passed last month, but here we are.
Casper started to seem sick about two weeks after Nico passed away, and I thought he simply took it s little hard. This happened before 6 years ago when he lost his brother Sonny - he has feline herpes and stress flare ups give him a kitty cold.
We had a vet visit today, and the suspect is some type of liver disease. He is a little jaundice, with lack of appetite and tiredness. We did CBC with some other panels today, but at 18 I'm questioning how far we go. If it's cirrhosis or liver cancer, which are both untreatable, then it's hospice care until it's time.
For right now we're treating as inflammatory liver disease, with fluids steroids and antibiotics. I'll be looking into SAMe and UDCA to begin soon as well.
Hopefully he responds to the treatment plan we have in effect, but it's still tough so soon after losing his mate.