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Fornica -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 6:43:48 AM)

How's your pussy today, Crissy?



xxblushesxx -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 7:53:18 AM)

*snerk*

Ok, we just got home. The good news is she doesn't have hepatic lipidosis. The vet ran her blood right there at the office, and gave me a copy of the results. ('cause I'm a geek.) Her ALP levels are fine. But her ALT (liver) and TBIL (biliruben) are off. (I think by quite a lot but I haven't looked this stuff up yet.) He gave her a shot of a "concoction" he uses for situations like this; it has prednisone, amoxycillin, and a few other things. I had him give her some sub q fluids. He gave (and prescribed for) her some denamarin (which is supposed to help with liver issues) and some mirtazapine as an appetite stimulant.

I noticed on the way home she was perked up. When we got home, I called HM, and while I was speaking with him, she went upstairs. I noticed a little bit later and went to see what she was up to. She came out of the office (where the cats' food is) licking her lips like cats do after they eat. I'm positive she ate. (because that's exactly what she does after she has eaten.)

The vet says if we can get her eating (even if it's Krispy Cream donuts-have I mentioned I love him?) then we will be making progress, and that we will test her again in about a month. If she doesn't eat, then we'll do an ultrasound and possibly a biopsy to figure out what is going on. The news, of course, is not good. But it could have been worse. Right now we just don't know exactly what it is, but the vet was very pleased it was not hepatic lipidosis. (as were we) I'm not polly anna-ish about this, (although it may sound that way) and I know that something is quite wrong. I'm just glad that (for right now at least) the news is not as bad as I had prepared myself for. Hopefully tonight she'll be up on the counter trying to steal the dinner I fix for the dogs and all of the cats. : )



GreedyTop -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 8:05:24 AM)

YAY for the not totally horrible news!!

*love and hugs all around*



xxblushesxx -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 8:17:08 AM)

Ok, yeah, that sounds kinda funny when you put it that way. [:-][&:]



GreedyTop -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 8:29:01 AM)

sorry... *kiss*

(jeez, I've been trying to figure out how to clarify what I meant, but it all comes out sounding worse! I hope you know that I meant it in a totally positive way...)



xxblushesxx -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 9:03:43 AM)

*lol* yes, I totally got you the first time. And it was exactly perfect. [:)]



GreedyTop -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 9:04:26 AM)

love ya, darlin!!



ProlificNeeds -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 9:28:27 AM)

~FR~ (Sorry if I missed parts of the thread, I kind of skimmed!)
Having had multiple cats over the course of the last 20 years, we've faced our share of cat illnesses, and while they hide their pains, they also are very smart about what they need.
If they have a fever they seek a cooler spot to lay, if their stomach is upset they look for bland roughage or avoid food until it passes.
Only when you get to serious illness do their instincts fail to cope, such as in the case of disease, or high fever, or serious dehydration (which leaves them very disoriented).

I had to force feed my old boy once, canned catfood watered down into a syringe(no needle obviously) and injected in dribbles into the side of his mouth . Dehydration can be treated with an infusion of mineral water from the vet if it gets serious enough.
Items to try, anything that SMELLS strongly, my cats are always easily enticed by chicken soup broth (careful this can be too salty if it's store stuff) plain yogurt, sometimes even a bit of raw pumpkin (no spices). Once they are off food for a certain length of time it gets harder and harder to get them back on (at least in my experience). If you can get them to accept little drips and drabs a few times a day though if they can eat, they will, if they still won't, there's something causing them pain or discomfort from eating still.

You can also ask for an x-ray (if one was not done) My old boy here tends to get a fluidic mass in his chest that can make eating very hard sometimes, it often drains on it's own after a couple days and we have never discovered what it is, but def check for anything pressing on her esophogus internally that makes her reluctant.

Hope she gets better soon!



kalikshama -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 10:24:14 AM)

quote:

The vet says if we can get her eating (even if it's Krispy Cream donuts-have I mentioned I love him?) then we will be making progress, and that we will test her again in about a month.


My cats loved when I added a bit of Chicken & Rice jarred baby food to their dry food.

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Duskypearls -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 10:44:04 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: xxblushesxx

*snerk*

Ok, we just got home. The good news is she doesn't have hepatic lipidosis. The vet ran her blood right there at the office, and gave me a copy of the results. ('cause I'm a geek.) Her ALP levels are fine. But her ALT (liver) and TBIL (biliruben) are off. (I think by quite a lot but I haven't looked this stuff up yet.) He gave her a shot of a "concoction" he uses for situations like this; it has prednisone, amoxycillin, and a few other things. I had him give her some sub q fluids. He gave (and prescribed for) her some denamarin (which is supposed to help with liver issues) and some mirtazapine as an appetite stimulant.

I noticed on the way home she was perked up. When we got home, I called HM, and while I was speaking with him, she went upstairs. I noticed a little bit later and went to see what she was up to. She came out of the office (where the cats' food is) licking her lips like cats do after they eat. I'm positive she ate. (because that's exactly what she does after she has eaten.)

The vet says if we can get her eating (even if it's Krispy Cream donuts-have I mentioned I love him?) then we will be making progress, and that we will test her again in about a month. If she doesn't eat, then we'll do an ultrasound and possibly a biopsy to figure out what is going on. The news, of course, is not good. But it could have been worse. Right now we just don't know exactly what it is, but the vet was very pleased it was not hepatic lipidosis. (as were we) I'm not polly anna-ish about this, (although it may sound that way) and I know that something is quite wrong. I'm just glad that (for right now at least) the news is not as bad as I had prepared myself for. Hopefully tonight she'll be up on the counter trying to steal the dinner I fix for the dogs and all of the cats. : )


OMG, Blush, I am SO happy for you both. You've been on my mind/heart all morning, and I couldn't wait to get back on here to see what you had to say.

Bully for you. Give him ANYTHING (almost!) he wants to eat.

Yippee! Now, all we have to do is find out why his liver numbers are high.

Give me his ALT and TBIL number results, and the range within which they fell.



xxblushesxx -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 1:47:07 PM)

Thank you everyone, for your advice and kind words. They are appreciated.

Dusky, her ALT is +549. And her TBIL is +2.2. The Alt should be between 20 and 100 U/L, and the TBIL should be between 0.1 and 0.6.



tazzygirl -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 2:18:58 PM)

~smooches

I am glad you had good news.

She came home... what better news is there than that!



xxblushesxx -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 2:26:10 PM)

The other good news is she's back to her old self. Bossy, eating everything in sight, meowing for everything she wants. (normal) (for her)



ProlificNeeds -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 7:08:06 PM)

Happy to hear she's back up to her old shinanigans! There's nothing more pleasing than to see your pet back to normal, I think sometimes the routines of our pets help give us day to day normalacy.



tazzygirl -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 7:12:31 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: xxblushesxx

The other good news is she's back to her old self. Bossy, eating everything in sight, meowing for everything she wants. (normal) (for her)


She wanted special attention. And she got it. Perhaps not in the form she wanted. [8D]



dovie -> RE: Cats Hide Their Pain (1/23/2012 7:14:08 PM)

Thanks for the update, Gabe and I were thinking about her today. Glad she's on the mend.

dovie



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