Hi, everyone. I've been browsing this forum for the past month since my cat was diagnosed with IBD after trials and tribulations. I appreciate this community and was hoping I could get some insight on my situation.
My cat, Peanut, started having trouble exactly one month ago. There came a point where she started vomiting every single thing she ate and could not keep a single kibble down. After hospitalization at the vet, a week of every test under the sun, (barium study, x-rays, blood work, etc.) they found there was a hairball stuck in her esophagus. They removed that with an endoscope but didn't go down any further.
Problems persisted. The vomiting persisted and she was still unable to hold anything down, so we went to the 24 hour ER where she had another endoscopy, a biopsy and was diagnosed with IBD. That was about two and a half weeks ago.
She was put on prednisolone, cerenia, entyce, clinicare, rebound, and fortiflora, not to mention a slew of other meds that she's been off because she wasn't eating and they were only aggravating her more.
She's been doing better: eating, drinking, pooping and peeing, until the other day when I tried to syringe feed her some of the clinicare. That was Saturday. (I believe.) Today is Monday. We have a follow-up appointment at the vet tomorrow and I'm so scared that this will be the last one.
I'm not trying to be selfish by keeping her alive. What hurts the most is that her personality is still so bright and loving and that she has an appetite, we just can't seem to get the IBD under control enough for her to eat regularly.
My cat, Peanut, started having trouble exactly one month ago. There came a point where she started vomiting every single thing she ate and could not keep a single kibble down. After hospitalization at the vet, a week of every test under the sun, (barium study, x-rays, blood work, etc.) they found there was a hairball stuck in her esophagus. They removed that with an endoscope but didn't go down any further.
Problems persisted. The vomiting persisted and she was still unable to hold anything down, so we went to the 24 hour ER where she had another endoscopy, a biopsy and was diagnosed with IBD. That was about two and a half weeks ago.
She was put on prednisolone, cerenia, entyce, clinicare, rebound, and fortiflora, not to mention a slew of other meds that she's been off because she wasn't eating and they were only aggravating her more.
She's been doing better: eating, drinking, pooping and peeing, until the other day when I tried to syringe feed her some of the clinicare. That was Saturday. (I believe.) Today is Monday. We have a follow-up appointment at the vet tomorrow and I'm so scared that this will be the last one.
I'm not trying to be selfish by keeping her alive. What hurts the most is that her personality is still so bright and loving and that she has an appetite, we just can't seem to get the IBD under control enough for her to eat regularly.