Hi everyone,
I posted here a couple of months ago about my 10 year old girl having a big lack of appetite. We spent the money on all the tests and unfortunately she had pretty advanced cancer. We kept her comfy for a couple of weeks before we had to put her to sleep.
Last Wednesday I noticed my 14 year old boy wasn’t begging for his wet food dinner as normal. I didn’t give him any more but noticed he was eating some wet food that had been sitting out for a bit (this could be a cause of his tummy troubles). He also threw up that night sometime while I was at work but my sister has been staying with us and she saw it. The next morning he still didn’t beg for his wet food. I opened a fresh can anyway and he didn’t come over. Very strange as my boy is usually waiting around for his breakfast and dinner. I put him near the food and he ate a little bit before turning away. I called the vet and they initially made him an appointment for Monday (today). Well, Thursday was the same but he ate even less. Friday morning he woke me up by vomiting in my bedroom so I called the vet and they got me in for a drop off appointment and they could check on him between appointments.
The vet took a urine sample, did some blood work, and did an x ray. She said aside from dehydration his physical exam was great and the x ray came back good as well. She gave him an anti nausea injection and sent me home with more anti nausea pills. She wanted me to give him the pills Saturday and Sunday but then stop on Monday to see how he’s doing.
Saturday the vet called to say that his blood work was fabulous! The only thing she noticed was that his urine was inappropriately dilute and she said this could be the very early onset of kidney disease. She doesn’t think it’s related to the current situation at all but wants to do another urine sample in a few months.
Anyway, he seemed to be doing better over the weekend. He was being more social, hanging out with us in the living room more, and even playing with my sister’s cat a little bit. His appetite still wasn’t normal but that’s to be expected. I know when I get sick it takes me a couple of days to feel normal again.
Today was the day that I didn’t give him an anti nausea pill and by this evening he’s acting withdrawn and lethargic again. He only takes a couple of bites of food. The vet said that if this happens the next move would be ultrasound which of course when we did that for my other cat it was $700.
I guess I’m kind of venting and ranting more than anything but I’m also wondering if anyone has any idea what could be wrong with my boy. He’s 14 and I’ve had him since he was a kitten. We’ve grown up together and I’m a wreck seeing him obviously uncomfortable and trying to figure out how I’m going to pay for all of this. I’ve always said I’d just figure it out when expenses came up because I never wanted that to be a factor in my fur baby’s care but we just spent almost 2k on our other kitty just a couple of months ago and my boy’s initial round of tests was $500.
For our other kitty she had to be syringe fed because she wasn’t eating. She was on gabapentin for pain and anxiety and it’s just heartbreaking when your kitty is not the same anymore. She had lost all her sass. I don’t know that I can handle that again with my boy so soon. I really need him to be okay but I just feel like he may not be.
I posted here a couple of months ago about my 10 year old girl having a big lack of appetite. We spent the money on all the tests and unfortunately she had pretty advanced cancer. We kept her comfy for a couple of weeks before we had to put her to sleep.
Last Wednesday I noticed my 14 year old boy wasn’t begging for his wet food dinner as normal. I didn’t give him any more but noticed he was eating some wet food that had been sitting out for a bit (this could be a cause of his tummy troubles). He also threw up that night sometime while I was at work but my sister has been staying with us and she saw it. The next morning he still didn’t beg for his wet food. I opened a fresh can anyway and he didn’t come over. Very strange as my boy is usually waiting around for his breakfast and dinner. I put him near the food and he ate a little bit before turning away. I called the vet and they initially made him an appointment for Monday (today). Well, Thursday was the same but he ate even less. Friday morning he woke me up by vomiting in my bedroom so I called the vet and they got me in for a drop off appointment and they could check on him between appointments.
The vet took a urine sample, did some blood work, and did an x ray. She said aside from dehydration his physical exam was great and the x ray came back good as well. She gave him an anti nausea injection and sent me home with more anti nausea pills. She wanted me to give him the pills Saturday and Sunday but then stop on Monday to see how he’s doing.
Saturday the vet called to say that his blood work was fabulous! The only thing she noticed was that his urine was inappropriately dilute and she said this could be the very early onset of kidney disease. She doesn’t think it’s related to the current situation at all but wants to do another urine sample in a few months.
Anyway, he seemed to be doing better over the weekend. He was being more social, hanging out with us in the living room more, and even playing with my sister’s cat a little bit. His appetite still wasn’t normal but that’s to be expected. I know when I get sick it takes me a couple of days to feel normal again.
Today was the day that I didn’t give him an anti nausea pill and by this evening he’s acting withdrawn and lethargic again. He only takes a couple of bites of food. The vet said that if this happens the next move would be ultrasound which of course when we did that for my other cat it was $700.
I guess I’m kind of venting and ranting more than anything but I’m also wondering if anyone has any idea what could be wrong with my boy. He’s 14 and I’ve had him since he was a kitten. We’ve grown up together and I’m a wreck seeing him obviously uncomfortable and trying to figure out how I’m going to pay for all of this. I’ve always said I’d just figure it out when expenses came up because I never wanted that to be a factor in my fur baby’s care but we just spent almost 2k on our other kitty just a couple of months ago and my boy’s initial round of tests was $500.
For our other kitty she had to be syringe fed because she wasn’t eating. She was on gabapentin for pain and anxiety and it’s just heartbreaking when your kitty is not the same anymore. She had lost all her sass. I don’t know that I can handle that again with my boy so soon. I really need him to be okay but I just feel like he may not be.