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George is 7 years old, one of 3 cats in our home. A few months ago he started throwing up his food. It was undigested & dry. We had changed food and thought that was the problem so we went back to the previous brand. All cats are free fed. The vomiting continued but was now liquid, mostly bile and the odd time hairballs. That is when we noticed he had been losing a lot of weight. He is a long hair cat & doesn’t like being picked up so it was not immediately obvious. He was 23 pounds and is now 15. We took him to a vet who ruled out all the obvious possible problems like thyroid, kidneys, liver etc. He said his heart rate was very high, low red cell blood count, which could be from not eating. He gave him a B12 shot, mirtazapine and sent us home with a special food, Hills a/d. The next step is scans etc to check for tumours etc. The vet did not seem optimistic. We have him home now and he is not eating anything but a little tuna (maybe 1/2 tsp). He isn’t drinking and we have not seen him use the litter box. He is sitting in another room & when I check on him he isn’t sleeping, just sitting there. What do I do. Should I do the scan (money is tight), how do I know if he is in pain. I am heartbroken.