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My boy has had chronic blockage for some time and he recently got his third strike and is going for his pre-op exam for his PU surgery tomorrow. And not a moment too soon. This morning I caught him laying on his side attempting to urinate. He was, but it was coming out in spurts. He doesn't seem in too much pain, no meowing or growling (knock on wood) but he's not done that before and it concerns me. I'm desperate for him to hold on long enough to get this done. The vets performing the surgery are supposedly excellent so that's a worry gone, but I don't know how long I will have to wait to do the surgery. Does anyone have any experience with PU surgeries? I have heard good things but would like to talk to someone whos cat had this surgery done.
 

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I am glad its been caught in time. I don't have any experience with the PU surgery but I'd like to ask, were you feeding any dry food even Rx? Hopefully he'll be doing well soon.
 
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No dry food. He gets get wet only with water mixed in and we keep an eye on the ash content. He is on Clavamox and painkillers that I can't remember the name of. I just want this procedure as quickly as possible and am terrified that the surgery won't be scheduled in time.
 

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No dry food is very good. As long as he can pass urine and he is eating he should be alright until surgery time. If he can't pass urine, the vet should keep him on a catheter until surgery time.
 
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He is passing urine, albeit slowly and in spurts, but they end up to be normal size pees. No hissing or anything but it terrifies me that he peed while laying down. He also is esting fine, but is constipated as well. The woman at the vet's office that I called said in his situation it is normal as his focus is on urination.
 
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Well, they had to do a few more before him, but the vet says he has no crystals. I have been researching and it says that it could also be bladder inflammation. She passed a catheder no problem and is x-raying him. I am waiting on her to call me back now.
 

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Does he have kidney stones? Have you seen www.CatInfo.org? Dr. Pierson wrote it and she also does phone consultations. Might want to look into that?
 
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Heard back from her. He apparently has a UTI. She also did an x-Ray on him and says he has oxalate crystals, which can be prevented with a strict diet change. He will be kept there until Monday when we will go pick him up. I called a few minutes ago and he is still not peeing on his own, but he is on the UTI meds as of yesterday afternoon so I would think it will clear up soon.
 
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@DearAmbellina   Glad to hear its treatable, I was wondering though, if he is kept on the diet and the infection clears, will he still need the surgery? I've heard some cats had issues with scarring of the uretha and issues like that. Are they giving him anti-spasmotics? It might help with the discomfort and everything.
 
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The vet said if she could pass the catheter no problem then there is no reason he will need the surgery and She said it passed like butter. The food is more of a preventative thing for oxalate crystals so they need to get rid of what he has as well as the infection. I am not sure about the anti-smasmodics.
 

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I am glad to hear that, as its quite an extensive surgery. The anti-spasmotics are if he was completely blocked or partially blocked, after being blocked they help to ease the bladder from having spasms. 
 
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Baxter is home! And doing amazingly. He's got his old personality back and is on a prescription diet. He's evebn using his fountain which we've had for years and never used. I feel loads better and so does he
 

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@DearAmbellina   Great news. I was wondering if the rx diet was canned or dry? Canned would be better for him, to help keep the bladder flushed.
 
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