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Apologies in advance…. This is long, but I’m desperate.
About 3 weeks ago, we noticed our 12 year old cat, Loki, acting very lethargic and moving around slowly. Took him to the urgent care vet and they tested his urine, then diagnosed him with a UTI. They did a full body xray and found no blockage, so they sent us home with clavamox and orsion. For a few days, he seemed to be getting better, but then lethargic again. Took him back to the urgent care vet and they did blood tests- everything normal except for elevated liver values, so they sent us home with supplements. Our home vet suspected pancreatitis, so she prescribed cerenia and mirtizapine.
A week later things had still not improved, and he was starting to eat less, so we took him to an ER that had an internal medicine specialist and they redid blood tests, urinalysis, and did an ultrasound. They found nothing out of the ordinary except his white blood cell count had risen, and an outside lab confirmed it was increased neutrophils, confirming there was inflammation somewhere in his body. His pancreas and intestines were mildly inflamed, but nothing serious. They suggested we stop all meds and see how he does. This was last Wednesday.
He hasn’t gotten better. He’s hardly moving around and lays on the same spot on the couch. He’ll walk a few steps and then stop and lay down again. He’s still eating very slowly, and mostly lick food off my hands. He uses the litter box once a day- that’s all he seems to have the energy for. The ER vet suggested this might be something neurological, but MRIs are terrible expensive, and we don’t want to put him through more invasive tests. He’s also not showing any neurological signs other than lethargy and mobility. We do have pet insurance.
Our family vet prescribed us onsior to get through the weekend, but it doesn’t seem to have helped. We’re taking him to her tomorrow to do chest X-rays, since that’s the only thing we haven’t tried. I’m heartbroken and feel powerless, and don’t know what to do. His quality of life is poor right now, but I hate even thinking of saying goodbye without knowing what’s wrong.
About 3 weeks ago, we noticed our 12 year old cat, Loki, acting very lethargic and moving around slowly. Took him to the urgent care vet and they tested his urine, then diagnosed him with a UTI. They did a full body xray and found no blockage, so they sent us home with clavamox and orsion. For a few days, he seemed to be getting better, but then lethargic again. Took him back to the urgent care vet and they did blood tests- everything normal except for elevated liver values, so they sent us home with supplements. Our home vet suspected pancreatitis, so she prescribed cerenia and mirtizapine.
A week later things had still not improved, and he was starting to eat less, so we took him to an ER that had an internal medicine specialist and they redid blood tests, urinalysis, and did an ultrasound. They found nothing out of the ordinary except his white blood cell count had risen, and an outside lab confirmed it was increased neutrophils, confirming there was inflammation somewhere in his body. His pancreas and intestines were mildly inflamed, but nothing serious. They suggested we stop all meds and see how he does. This was last Wednesday.
He hasn’t gotten better. He’s hardly moving around and lays on the same spot on the couch. He’ll walk a few steps and then stop and lay down again. He’s still eating very slowly, and mostly lick food off my hands. He uses the litter box once a day- that’s all he seems to have the energy for. The ER vet suggested this might be something neurological, but MRIs are terrible expensive, and we don’t want to put him through more invasive tests. He’s also not showing any neurological signs other than lethargy and mobility. We do have pet insurance.
Our family vet prescribed us onsior to get through the weekend, but it doesn’t seem to have helped. We’re taking him to her tomorrow to do chest X-rays, since that’s the only thing we haven’t tried. I’m heartbroken and feel powerless, and don’t know what to do. His quality of life is poor right now, but I hate even thinking of saying goodbye without knowing what’s wrong.
