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As much as I want her to see the specialist, they are booked until the beginning of next month. Neither she nor I can keep going like this. This is my 3rd cat and my vet bills from all of their serious medical conditions are well into the 5 figure range. This issue alone has already been close to $2000. I'm not sure what other alternative I'm going to have but to let her go.Thank you, missmindy. I am so glad to hear you have made an appointment with an Internist Specialist. You won't regret it, and it will save money you that would have other wise paid a vet for their guess/hypothesis. I only wish I had gone to my highly respected internist vet specialist that I went to several weeks ago immediately* when last Nov my boy started coughing out of the blue, still had constipation, not eating much, and sleeping more.
By the time I took him to the specialist he was near death, hanging on by a thread, and yet even in this grave condition my vet kept saying it was "Heartworms". I knew it had to be something much worse, and it was, he was* dying, when I got the diagnosis from the Specialist; he was eaten up with cancer.
I mentioned that his ongoing constipation problem had been going on for several years, and I took him at least 3 times a year, beginning in 2014, to various vets in my area and always first mentioned it/constipation, and his overall malaise, but it was seemingly never taken seriously. One vet keep insisting my cat take antacids regularly, and that, having acid build-up in his gut, was what was causing "acid reflect" that was probably the culprit to his constipation making him not seem well and nauseous. It frankly never made sense to me. It seemed like odd, 'cool aid' logic to me. My cat had acid reflect..? No. Had I taken my sweet boy to a vet Internist Specialist then*, I very well may have him still with me today, in addition, to saving thousands of dollars while trying to get to the heart of exactly what was wrong with him. Too late now.
Please keep us posted.