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Hello, I will try and make this breif and give as much info as I can. Thao was diagnosed last year with Asthma and Hyperthryoidism. He was always a bigger cat (maine coone) we did check him for heartworms and heart failure at the time of diagnosis for asthma and since he has been on his asthma meds (flovent) the asthma attacks have stopped. He used to chew his arm before we diagnosed him with hyperthyroidism, the chewing stopped after we started his meds for a while. At this time, his kidney levels were slightly elevated, but dr said we needed to recheck them after the hyerthyroidism got under control. I failed him here, as life got caught up and I simply forgot about this. Flash forward around 4 months later (Thao is 10 12 March 7th), Thao's mother died Nov 2nd (11) from a flipped lung that caused a heart attack (need to udpate my previous post on her as we thought it was an asthma attack). 2 weeks later I noticed Thao had broke his toe so we took him in and was put on anitbiotics and ended up having his toe removed. He stayed in the other room a lot, i assumed related to pain and just dealing with his toe. He had diarreha after surgery so he was given some probiotics (he has recieved these before) and I did notice his poo went back to solid, but he strained when I saw him the 1 time (about a week ago), didn't think much of it as he just had the meds figured it was from liquid to solid, it wasn't hard figured I continue to watch it. Well I did not notice him using the bathroom (I have 4 cats) and it didn't cross my mind as I have a 2 yr old and work full time, I don't always catch them using the bathroom. He has ALWAYS had a great appitite (a little too good), I had switched them to the Pea and Rabbit formula Septish (maybe august) last year as that seemed to be the best fit for my whole household, as we are running into some stomach issues. One of my cats recently got diagnosed with diabetes so they started getting canned cat food the middle of November. When I bought can canned food, the vet had recommended Fancy Feast, I looked at the ingredients and forgetting Thao may have kidney issues, I picked up fish, as it didn't have poultury which Thao is super sensitive to (gives him diarreha). I did not think that the phosporus level and his kidneys. So here we are 3 nights ago, Thao didn't finish his canned cat food, first time ever. They get 1/4 of a can twice a day each, I sit with them to make sure they all get their seperate amounts and Thao doesnt run the other ones off to get their food. So very weird he didn't finish his food. I woke up the next morning to him throwing up, he tried 3 times, I have never even seen a hair ball from this cat so very weird. I scheduled a dr appt. When we got in we noticed he has bruising on his eye and his belly and the base of his tail is all mild red. Dr. thought it was liver related, failure/cancer or an autoimmune that just started. She drew blood gave him vit k and gave him steriods, thinking liver related. I brought him home and since he has gone down hill. He has showed less interest in his food (can hardly get him to eat) but I do see him drinking. My house stays very much the same all the time, I do not introduce new foods/plants/chemicals. I am the only one in the house who takes meds and it is very rare, and no time recently, I am not concerned that he could have swallowed a pill. Nothing makes sense why he has declined so quick. His symptoms are very similar to stage 3/4 kidney failure. I dont have the actual numbers but vet said; liver looked good, kidney showed issues, platelette count wasnt low enough for his bleeding so she had them rerun those as they were low but not low enough to cause what we were seeing. He may also have a start of diabetes, but was hard to say if it was stress related when they drew blood and she wanted to retest that. I am at a loss.... he has declined so rapidly. Does anyone have any advice? I hate my dr gave him steroids now, as I have read that isn't good for kidneys..... I think this coming out of the blue made her think it wouldnt be this, since he hasn't been around toxins....