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My cat has been having bowel issues since Friday. Since Saturday, his appetite has decreased. He's my first pet and I freaked, so I took him to an emergency clinic last night. They did xrays and couldn't see anything wrong except for a lot of gas in the colon. Unfortunately, the vet noticed a spot close to the heart that looked like either fat or a tumor. The radiologist had already gone home for the day, so we had to wait until this afternoon when they faxed it to my regular vet's office. My regular vet is a discount type place and runs mainly off of volunteers, to the point where they don't even have someone available to answer the phones. So when I showed up for the report, they just gave it to me and sent me on my way. When I got home and read it, I was equally confused and devastated. These are some snippets from the report.
"Conclusion: 1. Cardiomegaly, differentials include cardiomyopathy and congenital cardiac disease. 2. Widening of the cranial mediastinum on the ventrodorsal projection and soft tissue opacity superimposed dorsal to the sternum, have differentials to include branchial cyst, other mediastinal mass, and lymphadenopathy. 3. Bilaterally small kidneys. 4. Radiographic evidence of constipation is not identified"
I have an appointment in the afternoon tomorrow with a new vet to help interpret these results, but I know that it's not looking good. I'm pretty devastated and don't understand how he could have this. Before the bowel issues, he seemed like a perfectly happy and healthy 2 year old cat. To top it off, he still hasn't had a bowel movement since Friday, and he's still not eating or drinking much. Otherwise he's acting pretty normal, but I'm still worrying like crazy. I hope that they can figure out what's wrong tomorrow and give me hope that he has a future even with the cardiomegaly..
"Conclusion: 1. Cardiomegaly, differentials include cardiomyopathy and congenital cardiac disease. 2. Widening of the cranial mediastinum on the ventrodorsal projection and soft tissue opacity superimposed dorsal to the sternum, have differentials to include branchial cyst, other mediastinal mass, and lymphadenopathy. 3. Bilaterally small kidneys. 4. Radiographic evidence of constipation is not identified"
I have an appointment in the afternoon tomorrow with a new vet to help interpret these results, but I know that it's not looking good. I'm pretty devastated and don't understand how he could have this. Before the bowel issues, he seemed like a perfectly happy and healthy 2 year old cat. To top it off, he still hasn't had a bowel movement since Friday, and he's still not eating or drinking much. Otherwise he's acting pretty normal, but I'm still worrying like crazy. I hope that they can figure out what's wrong tomorrow and give me hope that he has a future even with the cardiomegaly..