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Hello all. First, I wanted to thank this community for answering questions and for helping each other out. It's a great resource!
My kitty Benji is 13 and about a week and a half ago had a bout of vomiting starting Saturday night. He was fine Sunday and then it got bad on Monday. His poop and pee are normal as well as healthy appetite. Besides nausea he was acting fairly normal. Took him in to see vet on Tuesday and he checked out with clear bloodwork and x-ray with no visible obstruction. They gave him Cerenia injection as well as B12 and hydration. Usually that fixes it and took him home. He was ok on Wednesday but vomiting started again on Thursday. This whole time he was able to keep almost most food down but would vomit about 2-4 hours after eating small amount of wet food sometimes vomiting liquid, some digested food or just foamy saliva. With many calls to the vet, they gave me Cerenia pills to feed him. He was vomiting despite the medication and I grew pretty worried. Took him in again on Friday to see the vet for supportive care and another full evaluation just no new bloodwork. His doctor said she thinks it might be Pancreatitis but these things are difficult to diagnose. They gave him a Zofran shot and I bought some Gastro food for him. Doctor said he was not dehydrated.
Despite Zofran and Cerenia, he was still nauseous and vomiting a little bit and threw up a tiny bit of blood that Friday night. Called the vet again on Saturday and they gave him Buprenorphine in case it was Pancreatitus. I gave him a dose of that when I got home and he seemed to feel better and then did not vomit for the next 2 days. Come Monday evening, we found a little spot of vomit with some hair in it. He did not throw up again until Tuesday night and he threw up a little bit of hair and undigested treats. He then threw up twice and vomited some blood. He has kept everything down since then and it is now Wednesday morning. I scheduled him for an ultrasound and called the vet for further direction.
I am stumped, exhausted and I feel so bad for my baby. It is super strange he's vomiting or nauseous but still wants to eat. Typically cats with IBD, Pancreatitis or other GI issues have little to no appetite. Plus his exams. bloodwork, and x-ray was normal and is normal litter box stuff too. Besides acting stressed from 2 vet visits in 3 days and not feeling his best, he seems to be acting normally except when he's nauseous and needs to throw up. I'm hoping the ultrasound will have answers but what if it doesn't? I havent slept well during all of this and it has been very hard on me. I feel helpless and feel like I'm not getting answers. He's a super healthy cat otherwise and so annoying that these things come on so suddenly.
Has anything similar happened to anyone else? At this point I have no idea what it is as it doesn't follow the normal symptoms of GI stuff. Obviously could be IBD, Pancreatitis or Lymphoma but hoping ultrasound will have SOME answers.
Thank you all...it's been a very hard 2 weeks
My kitty Benji is 13 and about a week and a half ago had a bout of vomiting starting Saturday night. He was fine Sunday and then it got bad on Monday. His poop and pee are normal as well as healthy appetite. Besides nausea he was acting fairly normal. Took him in to see vet on Tuesday and he checked out with clear bloodwork and x-ray with no visible obstruction. They gave him Cerenia injection as well as B12 and hydration. Usually that fixes it and took him home. He was ok on Wednesday but vomiting started again on Thursday. This whole time he was able to keep almost most food down but would vomit about 2-4 hours after eating small amount of wet food sometimes vomiting liquid, some digested food or just foamy saliva. With many calls to the vet, they gave me Cerenia pills to feed him. He was vomiting despite the medication and I grew pretty worried. Took him in again on Friday to see the vet for supportive care and another full evaluation just no new bloodwork. His doctor said she thinks it might be Pancreatitis but these things are difficult to diagnose. They gave him a Zofran shot and I bought some Gastro food for him. Doctor said he was not dehydrated.
Despite Zofran and Cerenia, he was still nauseous and vomiting a little bit and threw up a tiny bit of blood that Friday night. Called the vet again on Saturday and they gave him Buprenorphine in case it was Pancreatitus. I gave him a dose of that when I got home and he seemed to feel better and then did not vomit for the next 2 days. Come Monday evening, we found a little spot of vomit with some hair in it. He did not throw up again until Tuesday night and he threw up a little bit of hair and undigested treats. He then threw up twice and vomited some blood. He has kept everything down since then and it is now Wednesday morning. I scheduled him for an ultrasound and called the vet for further direction.
I am stumped, exhausted and I feel so bad for my baby. It is super strange he's vomiting or nauseous but still wants to eat. Typically cats with IBD, Pancreatitis or other GI issues have little to no appetite. Plus his exams. bloodwork, and x-ray was normal and is normal litter box stuff too. Besides acting stressed from 2 vet visits in 3 days and not feeling his best, he seems to be acting normally except when he's nauseous and needs to throw up. I'm hoping the ultrasound will have answers but what if it doesn't? I havent slept well during all of this and it has been very hard on me. I feel helpless and feel like I'm not getting answers. He's a super healthy cat otherwise and so annoying that these things come on so suddenly.
Has anything similar happened to anyone else? At this point I have no idea what it is as it doesn't follow the normal symptoms of GI stuff. Obviously could be IBD, Pancreatitis or Lymphoma but hoping ultrasound will have SOME answers.
Thank you all...it's been a very hard 2 weeks