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I'm hoping someone here can help me make sense of something. I am running into brick walls trying to find answers.
Briefly: Two weeks ago, I came home from work and my cat was very itchy (9 year old male). He was fine otherwise. The itch got worse as the hours passed and I finally took him to the vet because the itch was making him frantic. The vet gave him a shot of prednisone and a shot of Acepromazine. He said the Acepromazine would calm him and help him sleep until the prednisone starts to work. I asked the vet if there are any side effects that I should be aware of and he said no. He said the cat will hopefully sleep.
I got Tino home and he was very sedated and I had to help him get up from the floor and he was dazed. I figured the Ace took effect and I watched him stagger around the house for hours trying to overcome the sedated feeling.
The next morning he still seemed dazed and staggered some but not as bad as the night before. He then had a seizure, I took him back to the vet and the vet checked his blood and said he was fine. I took him home, he slept all of that Saturday on and off, he seemed fine except for periodic episodes that seemed like he was in a trance. I asked the vet about it and he said he never heard of that but that the cat seems fine. By Sunday morning (12/10), the trances were getting worse and more seizures occurred, he declined at that point and was unable to urinate and was losing the use of his rear legs. He was miserable and it seemed he was just getting worse. I took him to the vet and the vet said he didn't know what was wrong. I said I think it's a reaction to the Acepromazine and he said he didn't think so. But he still had no answers. Tino was suffering and very frightened by this sudden decline and I thought the best thing for him was to put him to sleep and give him peace.
After two weeks, I went back yesterday to speak with the vet to ask for some answers. At least an educated opinion. Something. I'm grieving and I can't put closure on this because I don't know if I made the right decision or if Tino could have recovered because the vet was offering me nothing to go on. And in the meantime the cat was suffering. I LOVED my cat and I'm heartbroken.
Anyway, the vet said yesterday that I made the right decision because Tino would have continued to have these problems. He said the itch was a sign that this was to come because the itch is related to a problem in the Central Nervous System. I research the web and I can't find anything that says that. I also know that during the 10 minute conversation with the vet, he did not look me in the eyes once. Not once. Then he said, "well he wasn't a well cat, he had the problems with the bladder stones and was on the special diet. Well, he had bladder stones over 4 years ago and has been fine ever since. The stones were removed and the special diet is working fine. His kidneys are fine and systemically he is fine so I don't understand such a comment. Then he said "just put it out of your mind now". I think he was trying to convince me that Tino was a sick cat and it's best that he is dead now. But Tino was a happy and healthy cat and he developed an itch that could very well be from the heat in the house. It is amazing to me how this man went from saying he's fine to "well he was sick cat". Needless to say I do not trust him anymore and I will not take my other cat to him ever again.
Sorry for the drawn out story, some of you probably already read about this on here, sorry to be repeated it. But my question at this point is, does anyone know of or has anyone heard of a Central Nervous Condition that would cause these sudden seizures and that would relate to an itch in some way. I mean, an itch that started instantly one afternoon and in less that 48 hours, the cat got so sick that he was becoming paralyzed? I just can't find anything on this. My other cat (Tino's sister biologically) had a bad reaction once to a sedative and almost died but the vet at that time was right on top of things and he gave her something to reverse the effect. So why shouldn't I believe that the same happened to Tino but he didn't get the same help?
I'm being tortured by my decisions because I can not possibly know what the right decision would have been. Not without a real diagnosis or even a suspected diagnosis. He just seems to be making stuff up.
Thanks for listening and for any info anyone can provide.
Karen
Briefly: Two weeks ago, I came home from work and my cat was very itchy (9 year old male). He was fine otherwise. The itch got worse as the hours passed and I finally took him to the vet because the itch was making him frantic. The vet gave him a shot of prednisone and a shot of Acepromazine. He said the Acepromazine would calm him and help him sleep until the prednisone starts to work. I asked the vet if there are any side effects that I should be aware of and he said no. He said the cat will hopefully sleep.
I got Tino home and he was very sedated and I had to help him get up from the floor and he was dazed. I figured the Ace took effect and I watched him stagger around the house for hours trying to overcome the sedated feeling.
The next morning he still seemed dazed and staggered some but not as bad as the night before. He then had a seizure, I took him back to the vet and the vet checked his blood and said he was fine. I took him home, he slept all of that Saturday on and off, he seemed fine except for periodic episodes that seemed like he was in a trance. I asked the vet about it and he said he never heard of that but that the cat seems fine. By Sunday morning (12/10), the trances were getting worse and more seizures occurred, he declined at that point and was unable to urinate and was losing the use of his rear legs. He was miserable and it seemed he was just getting worse. I took him to the vet and the vet said he didn't know what was wrong. I said I think it's a reaction to the Acepromazine and he said he didn't think so. But he still had no answers. Tino was suffering and very frightened by this sudden decline and I thought the best thing for him was to put him to sleep and give him peace.
After two weeks, I went back yesterday to speak with the vet to ask for some answers. At least an educated opinion. Something. I'm grieving and I can't put closure on this because I don't know if I made the right decision or if Tino could have recovered because the vet was offering me nothing to go on. And in the meantime the cat was suffering. I LOVED my cat and I'm heartbroken.
Anyway, the vet said yesterday that I made the right decision because Tino would have continued to have these problems. He said the itch was a sign that this was to come because the itch is related to a problem in the Central Nervous System. I research the web and I can't find anything that says that. I also know that during the 10 minute conversation with the vet, he did not look me in the eyes once. Not once. Then he said, "well he wasn't a well cat, he had the problems with the bladder stones and was on the special diet. Well, he had bladder stones over 4 years ago and has been fine ever since. The stones were removed and the special diet is working fine. His kidneys are fine and systemically he is fine so I don't understand such a comment. Then he said "just put it out of your mind now". I think he was trying to convince me that Tino was a sick cat and it's best that he is dead now. But Tino was a happy and healthy cat and he developed an itch that could very well be from the heat in the house. It is amazing to me how this man went from saying he's fine to "well he was sick cat". Needless to say I do not trust him anymore and I will not take my other cat to him ever again.
Sorry for the drawn out story, some of you probably already read about this on here, sorry to be repeated it. But my question at this point is, does anyone know of or has anyone heard of a Central Nervous Condition that would cause these sudden seizures and that would relate to an itch in some way. I mean, an itch that started instantly one afternoon and in less that 48 hours, the cat got so sick that he was becoming paralyzed? I just can't find anything on this. My other cat (Tino's sister biologically) had a bad reaction once to a sedative and almost died but the vet at that time was right on top of things and he gave her something to reverse the effect. So why shouldn't I believe that the same happened to Tino but he didn't get the same help?
I'm being tortured by my decisions because I can not possibly know what the right decision would have been. Not without a real diagnosis or even a suspected diagnosis. He just seems to be making stuff up.
Thanks for listening and for any info anyone can provide.
Karen