Phoebe is my 8-year old orange tabby and she has CRF and asthma/allergies.
The CRF is manged with daily subQs, Famotidine, Norvasc, Benazepril. and the asthma/allergies aremanged with an inhaler, Flovent, Albuterol and Atopica. She has been doing very well for a couple of years now.
About a month ago, her appetite started deteriorating and a couple of weeks ago, she was just not acting right, so I took her in for bloodwork, U/A. The results were actually pretty good - in 3 months, her creatinine had gone from 2.5 to 2.7 (range 0.8-2.4) and BUN frm 23 to 22 (range 16-36) - all other values within range. We added Cyproheptadine (appetite stimulant) and Metoclopromide (anti nausea) to her med list and she did better as far as eating but was drugged out and acting funny - staring at the walls -sitting in corner facing the wall, sleeping under my bed. She was responsive and would come right out when I called her, but still... things she had never done before and I could tell she didn't feel well.
Took her off the Cypro Tuesday and she continued to eat fairly well til yesterday and she just became less and less interested - had to coax her, etc.. Then last night - just a few licks. And this, from a cat who a month ago got so excited at mealtime, she would stand on her hind legs and bring the bowl down with her paws.
So I took her into the vet this AM and she said the symptoms do not correlate with the bloodwork - her kidneys are "ok" so it must be something else.
They ended up doing an ultrasound and xrays and she said the intestines are thickened significantly and something about the bile ducts leading away from the gallbladder. She mentioned Triad Disease, which is the combo of IBD, Pancreatitis and Cholangeal Hepatitis.
The only was of for sure knowing, is to do exploratory surgery and do biopsies.
Sooooooo........... she is having surgery this afternoon.
My poor little girl!!
Any thoughts, prayers, well wishes for my little orange girl would be greatly appreciated!!
The CRF is manged with daily subQs, Famotidine, Norvasc, Benazepril. and the asthma/allergies aremanged with an inhaler, Flovent, Albuterol and Atopica. She has been doing very well for a couple of years now.
About a month ago, her appetite started deteriorating and a couple of weeks ago, she was just not acting right, so I took her in for bloodwork, U/A. The results were actually pretty good - in 3 months, her creatinine had gone from 2.5 to 2.7 (range 0.8-2.4) and BUN frm 23 to 22 (range 16-36) - all other values within range. We added Cyproheptadine (appetite stimulant) and Metoclopromide (anti nausea) to her med list and she did better as far as eating but was drugged out and acting funny - staring at the walls -sitting in corner facing the wall, sleeping under my bed. She was responsive and would come right out when I called her, but still... things she had never done before and I could tell she didn't feel well.
Took her off the Cypro Tuesday and she continued to eat fairly well til yesterday and she just became less and less interested - had to coax her, etc.. Then last night - just a few licks. And this, from a cat who a month ago got so excited at mealtime, she would stand on her hind legs and bring the bowl down with her paws.
So I took her into the vet this AM and she said the symptoms do not correlate with the bloodwork - her kidneys are "ok" so it must be something else.
They ended up doing an ultrasound and xrays and she said the intestines are thickened significantly and something about the bile ducts leading away from the gallbladder. She mentioned Triad Disease, which is the combo of IBD, Pancreatitis and Cholangeal Hepatitis.
The only was of for sure knowing, is to do exploratory surgery and do biopsies.
Sooooooo........... she is having surgery this afternoon.
Any thoughts, prayers, well wishes for my little orange girl would be greatly appreciated!!
