pinkish discharge

my 5 year old, unspayed kitty has a pink discharge, vet said pyrometra. maybe? surgery is tomorrow! anoyone have any info of the pink liqiud, risks of surgery, other signs?? i'm very scared for my baby.

At least you are doing the right thing getting her in for surgery quickly. Good luck for her.

I think that is one of the signs of pyometra, as it is an infection of the womb. It is good you are getting her treated so quickly, it can be fatal. It is also one of the reasons why cats should be spayed, along with cancer. The surgery should be a simple spay operation, as it takes out the source of the infection. Good luck.

Originally Posted by kelch23

my 5 year old, unspayed kitty has a pink discharge, vet said pyrometra. maybe? surgery is tomorrow! anoyone have any info of the pink liqiud, risks of surgery, other signs?? i'm very scared for my baby.

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You are doing the best thing you can do, one sign of pyometra can be this kind of discharge.

Best wishes to your kitty to do well, and please post a followup as to how she does?

This is definitely a symptom of pyometra. It is a very serious condition.

There is a significant risk of complications because pyometra means that her uterus is completely infected and swollen and full of pus. This makes the surgery very difficult. If this pus has a chance to leak into the rest of her abdomen then it is an extremely bad situation.

But even though there is a possibility of complications from surgery, there is no other choice. Pyometra is fatal if untreated.

If the surgery is complication free, then your cat will probably be fine. If there are complications or if the infection has a chance to get into her bloodstream, then things become less certain.

I'd love to tell you that you have no reason to be scared but in reality you are facing a very serious medical situation and there are no guarantees. But it's far from hopeless so you should keep a positive outlook and hope for the best. More likely than not, your cat will be okay.

Hopefully you have taken a lesson from this experience and from now on you will always have your cats spayed early in life. The saddest thing about pyometra is that it is 100% preventable just by having your cat spayed.

Originally Posted by booktigger

The surgery should be a simple spay operation

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Yes and no. Functionally the surgery is the same as a spay because it is the removal of the uterus and ovaries, but a pyometra surgery is anything but simple. If the uterus tears or ruptures during surgery, it will leak toxic pus and bacteria into the abdominal cavity and if this happens, it is likely to be fatal. It is very common for a healthy uterus to tear during surgery, especially if the cat has had multiple heat cycles. Keeping a uterus that is swollen and full of infection from tearing is even more difficult, and you have to take into account that a cat with pyometra has had many heat cycles and therefore would probably have a pretty friable uterus even if she did not have pyometra. Plus a cat with pyometra is already very sick and surgery is always riskier for a sick patient as opposed to a healthy patient.

So not surprisingly, it is infinitely better to have the cat spayed while her uterus is healthy rather than waiting until pyometra sets in.

I would hope the fact that this is an open (draining) pyometra will be better than a closed one, that perhaps the uterus will not be that full with discharge.

At any rate, the best thing is the surgery and hopefully she will come through just fine.

If it will reassure you in any way, I once took a girl in to be spayed and found her leaking discharge as we waited for the tech to come in. She had a pyometra that I was totally unaware of her having She came through her surgery just fine.

thank you for your info and support. its nice to know that someone has experienced this. thanks again, i am praying everything urns out ok!