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Hi - I will ask you to please be kind when responding to me, I love my kitty and am doing the very best I can to care for him. Here's my first question: About a year ago my 9 year old kitty started vomiting all of the time. During the tests that were performed while we tried to figure out why this was happening, the vet discovered that he had kidney stones and a single stone in his bladder. At the time I was told that this could not be the cause of the vomiting, and as that was a more immediate concern, the kidney stones got pushed to the back of my mind. (we never did figure out why he was vomiting, eventually it just got better to the point that it only happens occasionally) Now we are a year later, and kitty is having new medical problems. He is having labored breathing. I, of course, took him to the vet, who did new x-rays. The cause of the labored breathing was determined to be Chylothorax, and I was told he would have just a few days left to live. I was also told, as a side note, that he had kidney stones and one stone in his bladder. Here we are almost three weeks later, and kitty is doing great! So as I consider the possibility that he could actually survive this death sentence, I have come back to those kidney stones. No one has ever said anything to me about them needing to be treated, or removed, or anything else. Both times they were mentioned to me, I had more pressing matters on my mind, but now I am wondering about them. Does anyone know if it is okay to NOT treat kidney stones in a cat? Should I be asking that the vet review this condition, or is it okay to just let it stay in the background?
Again, I ask that you please be kind, and helpful. And if you know anything about Chylothorax, please see my other post under that title.
Thank you!
Again, I ask that you please be kind, and helpful. And if you know anything about Chylothorax, please see my other post under that title.
Thank you!