Hi everyone,
I joined today in the hope of receiving some direction and advice for my kitty, Ziggy. MY kitty fell from the sofa ( maybe 2 feet,), a week ago and immediately I noticed him dragging his left leg. I watched him for an hour and noted he was getting worse ao I took him to the vet two hours later. At that point, his other leg had started to falter, as well as his tail. Xrays did not show any broken bones or fractures. This was followed up by a CT scan, which also showed no damage to his spinal cord or disk, nor any internal damage. He then spent the night for observation.
The following evening I took Ziggy home and later that evening noticed he had saturated a pee pad with bloody urine. So I followed up with the vet the next day, who added liquid Orbax, an antibiotic to address the thought of a urinary tract infection.
Now, here we are a week and a day later and Ziggy does not seem better. I have learned to express the urine and it is still bloody, and to top it off, he appears to have an uppper respatory tract infection. He has runny eyes and sounds congested when he breathes and is sneezing.
My vet stated its a wait and see situation, but it is killiing me. Ziggy is on wet food and has eatien and drank water every day but one since this started. He has only had one bowl movement, which was the size of my pinky. I have an appt. for him to see a Vet next week who does accupuncture on animals, but just am very concerned about the blood in the urine.
Please anyone with a history of something similar, please share your insight and story. Do I need to get another opinion. Ziggy has been to one vet and a vet neruologist thus far. They are both telling me, it is a wait and see issue.
Lastly, Ziggy is about 6 years old, I adopted him from a cat shelter 5 years ago and has never exhibited any health issues.
Thanks you all.
Doreen.
I joined today in the hope of receiving some direction and advice for my kitty, Ziggy. MY kitty fell from the sofa ( maybe 2 feet,), a week ago and immediately I noticed him dragging his left leg. I watched him for an hour and noted he was getting worse ao I took him to the vet two hours later. At that point, his other leg had started to falter, as well as his tail. Xrays did not show any broken bones or fractures. This was followed up by a CT scan, which also showed no damage to his spinal cord or disk, nor any internal damage. He then spent the night for observation.
The following evening I took Ziggy home and later that evening noticed he had saturated a pee pad with bloody urine. So I followed up with the vet the next day, who added liquid Orbax, an antibiotic to address the thought of a urinary tract infection.
Now, here we are a week and a day later and Ziggy does not seem better. I have learned to express the urine and it is still bloody, and to top it off, he appears to have an uppper respatory tract infection. He has runny eyes and sounds congested when he breathes and is sneezing.
My vet stated its a wait and see situation, but it is killiing me. Ziggy is on wet food and has eatien and drank water every day but one since this started. He has only had one bowl movement, which was the size of my pinky. I have an appt. for him to see a Vet next week who does accupuncture on animals, but just am very concerned about the blood in the urine.
Please anyone with a history of something similar, please share your insight and story. Do I need to get another opinion. Ziggy has been to one vet and a vet neruologist thus far. They are both telling me, it is a wait and see issue.
Lastly, Ziggy is about 6 years old, I adopted him from a cat shelter 5 years ago and has never exhibited any health issues.
Thanks you all.
Doreen.