Prayer needed for emily please!

My dear Emily is still gagging and seems to be more frequent now. Per my previous posts I had taken her to my regular vet who suggested the next step would be an ultrasound. I want to do all I can for her but financially I am close to tapped out as I have already spent over 5K with prior medical bills which resulted in a diagnosis of IBS.

I am taking her for an ultrasound tomorrow (soonest I could get her in).  I spoke with one of the vets at the facility that will be doing the ultrasound and her fear is the IBS has progressed into cancer which has spread.  She is not eating and I have been syringe feeding her.  I have tried all of the canned food she loves but she will not eat it on her own.  I have been monitoring her as best I can but have really not seen her drink much.  I am not sure if I did the scruff test right but when I pulled it up it did go back quickly so?

My heart is breaking ---

Is she vomiting or anything like that? Has she been tested for asthma? I'm fairly new here so I don't know her whole history but I have a similar case study on my site that had this issue and she did have IBD (IBS is easy treatable with diet change, IBD is much more serious). Gagging is not really a symptom of IBD, it sounds more like it either could be acid reflux or an esophageal problem. Any breathing problems with this also?

Have you tried applying for Care Credit? It's very important you get that ultrasound, I'm still looking at all the conditions it could be and without knowing what it is, it could be dangerous.

HI FinnLacey - - sorry I meant IBD (I always say IBS in error).  She is on a grain free diet.  I have CareCredit.  She is making a wheezing sound - it started out as sporatically but now it is pretty steady. No mouth breathing however no discharge from her eyes or throat. I have been giving her antacids but they don't seem to be help her at all.

 I agree that I have to get her the ultrasound - its the only thing I can do for her at this point. and I will not put her to sleep knowing that it could have been something treatable.  Of course if she gets better I would take her to the local Pet Hospital (that is who is doing the Ultrasound).

for Emily.  You mentioned in one of your other posts that she was also a bit nasally.  Do you think all of this could be allergy related, as StephanieTX mentioned, or asthma, as Finnlacey mentioned above?  That would explain now why she isn't eating...if she is stuffed up and cannot smell her food.  Has your Vet explored that avenue?  It doesn't explain the gas in her intestines, but, certainly, the change in her food earlier might explain that.   It could be two entirely unrelated things going on. 

Didn't you say they did a blood test and it was normal.  To me, that's a good sign that it's not cancer, because if it were, wouldn't her WBC count be high?    I've never dealt with that, but seems like I have read that WBC goes abnormally high when cancer is on the rampage.

LOL, everyone does that. I just automatically correct them because people get used to using the IBS term and it's confusing to some. So I am leaning towards asthma in my thinking at this point and I do not think that you should wait. If she's wheezing, this can be serious. If she gets a respiratory infection (which it could be that as well), then you're in even worse as far as money is concerned, she'll need to be hospitalized so it's in both of your best interest to have her seen now. Did this vet even suggest asthma? Here's a video of a kitty having an asthma attack: http://ibdkitties.net/felineasthma.html. If for some reason you can't see it, update your media player.

Oh boy I have a little more hope tonight so thank you. I looked at the video but she seems to be gagging more that the respitory distress the cat in the video is in :/ I had thought the same about the bloodwork myself over the weekend as sadly I lost to my father cancer and I remember his white blood being high.

If I could figure out how to upload a video from this phone I would post it

If I could figure out how to upload a video from this phone I would post it

She took a small bite of canned food but then turned away.

Prayers For Emily! 

I will keep her in my thoughts! I hope everything turns out well for you and Emily!

Thank you everyone. You information, prayers mean a lot.

Well the Vet is wonderful. She spent over an hour talking to me. I showed her the video. She said it could be a few things but it is diffently coming from the back of her throat. So she is sedating her and going to check things out.

That's great! Better than the others who were not listening. I'm glad you found this one. Please keep us posted! I knew something was wrong in her throat, this is not normal.

Well it's either a sinus infection or allergies or a combo. She has inflammation of the cartilage where the nasal passage meets her throat. She had some stringy mucus but not a ton. So she got a shot of long acting antibiotic (dexamethasone), subcont fluids, instructions for baby Benadryl & appetite stimulant. She came home and about 2 hours later was eating!!! Vet recommended a humidifier also to keep her throat n such moist. I had already been doing. So you guys were right on about the allergies and sinus issue so thank you so much and thank you for your prayers as well.

This is wonderful news! This is treatable and already she's eating which is the best thing ever!!!! I'm so happy! I think this vet is a keeper!

Yay!    I'm so happy for you and Emily

I wanted to give an update on Emily. She seems to be doing better (eating and drinking). Per the vets orders I began the baby Benadryl yesterday morning. I got one dose in her and when I came home from work last night her one eye was a little runny. I gave her the pm does of Benadryl which she fought like heck and promptly threw up. I have determined she does not like cherry flavoring so I left a message for the vet to get a pill form. She still sounds nasally but she no longer gags when she purrs.

So glad Emily is doing better.  Most drugs can be compounded into different flavors, like tuna/chicken.  Benadryl is a human drug, which means you can take the prescription from your vet to any (human) pharmacy that does compounding.