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I'm sorry to be posting again (I'm the one who stepped on their cat's tail last night), but I had a question regarding the same cat. My sweet little Stormy is a usually chatty and active 5 year old. On July 3 I fed her her usual breakfast and left her be (there are other cats in the house and they all have to be separated for feeding times). When I checked on her a few moments later, she had thrown up her food. She refused to eat the rest of the day and then didn't eat much the next day on the 4th. This was concerning because she is a food driven cat. So because I worry about my cats, especially when they don't eat, I took her to the ER vet. They did an xray (didn't see anything), and administered some Cerenia. She still didn't improve so I took her to our regular vet, they did another xray (said they saw something small and soft that would pass on its own) and administered fluids and told me to give her mirtazapine. She still didn't improve so she went back on Tuesday where they did the same thing and said whatever they saw the day before was moving along. Well, she happens to have a heart murmur and because I didn't connect the 2, she was never supposed to have subQ fluids and they sent her into fluid overload. She ended up back at the ER vet where they got her stabilized and all the fluid off her lungs, (and also found she had a fever,) and when they started investigating her lack of appetite they didn't really find much. Her blood work was normal and in the ultrasound they saw that the area around her pancreas was a little brighter than normal which would potentially indicate mild pancreatitis. So they were thinking either mild pancreatitis or a virus. They finally got her fever to break with some Meloxicam and she came home after spending 2 nights there. She had a rough time back and was definitely lethargic and out of it for a few days but as I started syringe feeding her, she perked up a bit and started coming around. She was scheduled for an echo about a week and a half later when she developed some conjunctivitis. In the echo they found she has moderate mitral regurgitation. The thing is that it is 3 almost 4 weeks later and while I can get her to eat well with the mirtazapine, she still isn't herself. She is still sleepier than normal and less active. She is usually an incredibly chatty girl who follows me around and will climb all over me to be in my face and she is not really doing these things.
I am bringing her back to the ER vet today after work (we are currently not using our usual because of the fluid overload situation), but I didn't know if anyone had any similar experiences or thoughts. I had a dream she has FIP so now that is stuck in my head and freaking me out.
I am bringing her back to the ER vet today after work (we are currently not using our usual because of the fluid overload situation), but I didn't know if anyone had any similar experiences or thoughts. I had a dream she has FIP so now that is stuck in my head and freaking me out.