So I received a call from the vet, and he says we are on track. He said that since Metronidazole worked in firming up the poop, but when we stopped it went back to diarrhea, that is a big indication of inflamed intestinal track. He also said Tylan takes much longer to work, full results are often only seen after 14 days of treatment in case of severe inflammation like this.
He said if he doesn't get better, bring him for a blood test; he said this could be a lack of B12, or another nutrient as well. I brought up the fact that he never had a bioppsy done to diagnose his IBD and he said with his history, everything indicates he really has it, especially his history with stomatitis (IBD is highly common in LPS stomatitis cats), BUT in any case, there is a new blood test in an outside lab that can also diagnose IBD with results pretty much as good as a biopsy, for much cheaper, and much less invasive..... so..... IF push comes to shove, we will do the blood test next, and depending of what it shows (or not), we might opt for this specific blood test for IBD.
What he thinks it happened is that his bowels got inflamed with Clavamox and his immunesystem on the top of IBD makes it hard to heal and bring it back to normal.
If this medication doesn't work, he might need to go on prednisolone for a while, and I soooo don't want him to go into it...
Anyways, He IS improving a little - he has more energy, he has been playing chase back and forth with Lucky and being very very mischievous, his belly feels very soft, he no longer has gas...
I keep reminding myself... one day at a time... one day at a time.... I hope this works! I SO hope this works!
Just so frustrating.... I want day 14 to come, and at the same time I want to stretch time as much as possible.... He is doing so well otherwise though... This is so very confusing....
