My Experience With Blockages and PU Surgery

tunatoonster said:

Hello everyone! I'm new to this site. Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. They have definitely helped guide me through my little guys PU surgery. I'm glad to read that despite all the obstacles, everyone's kitty is back to good health. My 6 yr old cat Tuna had PU surgery 2 days ago after 4 blockages and catheters in 1 week. He was released to me after 24 hrs. He peed a decent amount the night he came home. But I didn't notice him pee the nex day I took him back to vet last night at 4am. Surgeon was able to get him to pee by pushing on his bladder and told me Tuna was fine and bladder was pretty empty which means he's been urinating. Its 8pm now and I he hast urinated anymore. His new pee hole has a white mucousy film covering it now. Is this normal? Also he seems bloated and gasy. His poop leaks out from time to time. Has anyone else experienced this with their kitty? I do not know what to expect with this surgery and I don't know what normal healing is supposed to look like. This has been such an emotionally and physically draining week. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

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molldee said:

Just to update, it's been more than 18 months since my baby (well he's 6 now lol) Buddha got his PU surgery. He had four previous blockages so my vet decided the surgery was the best idea. I've been only feeding him wet food, part prescription and part high quality. He's been crystal free ever since! He pees softballs though, so cleaning the litter box every day three times a day is important. He's shown no signs of distress when peeing but he does tilt to the side a little bit lol. I think that's because it's still a little awkward for him.

But I just wanted to give comfort and courage to everyone with this situation! Make sure to only feed wet food with warm water mixed in, and you're golden! (And get water fountains and spread them throughout your home). Also make sure to give your cat lots of love especially right after the surgery. Buddha was always a clingy cat, but became inseparable to me right after the surgery. I think he was still afraid of the time at the vet and wanted mommy with him at all times!

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elise1030 said:

 
Hi, I'm moving into this post as my cat theodore has just had the PU surgery. I'm terrified of the recovery stage. Right after we brought him home, he decided to go potty and he screamed bloody murder and started shaking really bad. We called the vet straight away who said that he might have tried to poop and it hurt. Stitches are still intact and he's not bleeding. We returned to the vet and he gave us some Cat-Lax as well as some meloxicam for the pain. The meloxicam worked fast and now the cat is much more relaxed and happy.

I have already taken a photo of the surgery site and I will share if people here want to see what it looks like

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elise1030 said:

I just wanted to share a couple of pics of Theodore. He is doing remarkably well coming back to his cheeky self. I wanted to show the wound site and one of him being cheeky!

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elise1030 said:

 
That's just blood around the edges, hard to see in the photo but in person its clean and not swollen. We were told not to clean or touch it at all.

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tunatoonster said:

Hello everyone! I'm new to this site. Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. They have definitely helped guide me through my little guys PU surgery. I'm glad to read that despite all the obstacles, everyone's kitty is back to good health. My 6 yr old cat Tuna had PU surgery 2 days ago after 4 blockages and catheters in 1 week. He was released to me after 24 hrs. He peed a decent amount the night he came home. But I didn't notice him pee the nex day I took him back to vet last night at 4am. Surgeon was able to get him to pee by pushing on his bladder and told me Tuna was fine and bladder was pretty empty which means he's been urinating. Its 8pm now and I he hast urinated anymore. His new pee hole has a white mucousy film covering it now. Is this normal? Also he seems bloated and gasy. His poop leaks out from time to time. Has anyone else experienced this with their kitty? I do not know what to expect with this surgery and I don't know what normal healing is supposed to look like. This has been such an emotionally and physically draining week. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

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elise1030 said:

 
Hi, I'm moving into this post as my cat theodore has just had the PU surgery. I'm terrified of the recovery stage. Right after we brought him home, he decided to go potty and he screamed bloody murder and started shaking really bad. We called the vet straight away who said that he might have tried to poop and it hurt. Stitches are still intact and he's not bleeding. We returned to the vet and he gave us some Cat-Lax as well as some meloxicam for the pain. The meloxicam worked fast and now the cat is much more relaxed and happy.

I have already taken a photo of the surgery site and I will share if people here want to see what it looks like

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elise1030 said:

 
Quick update! Theodore is doing wonderfully awesome! He gets his stitches out in 2 days time. He is back to his goofy old self, trying to run around the house and chasing mice(they're coming into the house because it's near winter here

), playing with his best friend, getting underfoot and just generally being annoying in a lovable way he always was before he got sick. I am so, so glad we insisted on giving him this surgery! One thing we have noticed is that having multiple dishes of water around the house really has helped to increase his water intake. I guess he doesn't like walking too far to get a drink hehe!

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elise1030 said:

Another update, post 5 days after stitches were removed: He's been doing okay though I'm concerned he is still constipated( we have some cat-lax) and he still has visible blood in his urine. I'm wondering if this is normal for a time after such a traumatic surgery. Do some cats recover faster than others? The vet thinks it's normal and maybe I'm just pushing my panic button too quickly, but I am concerned.

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Gusmom said:

I need advice! Gus returned home after p.u. Surgery yesterday. At first he was very lovey and all seemed well. This morning he is not drinking, refusing to eat. When do i call the vet? Very worried. Thank you.

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msoard said:

I have a cat that also just had this surgery. He seems his normal self except he is not eating and sometimes but not regularly drinking. He was at the Vets office since last Monday, 6/9. We brought him home yesterday, 6/18. He stayed so long because when they got in there to do the surgery they discovered that his urethra was torn in two places. Probably from another vet repeatedly trying to Cath him. He was healing fine and the vet went from a "50/50" chance to a "cautiously optimistic" chance. He was released into our care but isn't technically discharged yet. This was done on a trial basis to see if he would eat being at home. As of now, if he has eaten, it isn't much. He was in our laps and purring and happy last night. We put him in a spare bathroom with his cone on over night. I let him out this morning and took off the cone for a little bit before I had to go to work. Then put him back up. I have tried all different sorts of food, including lunch meat. Our other cat who is his brother and they had lived together for over 7 years, is growling and hissing at him so that can't be helping. I am ready to try baby food and egg whites. I just want to get his appetite back. I think that if he would start to eat and drink again, then he would continue to get better. I know that when they would force him at the vet he would get mad and eat a little. Any suggestions?

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