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Update: Kitty is home and doing well (as well as to be expected, at least). As is protocol for this kind of major abdominal surgery, they placed a feeding tube in his esophagus that we are getting used to working with. It's common for cats who go through this to have very little appetite, hence...

Update: Kitty made it through surgery today! Early in the day they heard a slight intermittent heart murmur that caused them to strongly recommend an echocardiogram to ensure that they wouldn't be overloading his heart with the amount of fluid flushing they'd be doing. Turned out to be nothing...

Thanks for that link! Really helpful. The tube sounds daunting but seems like just another thing we'll get used to for a bit and then it'll be over. To clarify: his right kidney is the one that's always had a ureter stone partially obstructing it. In ultrasounds from 2015/16, that right kidney...

So this has gotten more complicated! We dropped him off today for surgery to get those stones removed from his urethra (either pushed into the bladder and then removed via cystotomy or perineal urethrostomy if they won't move) and upon performing an ultrasound on his kidneys, the surgeon &...

That's definitely something we're considering. We'll discuss with the surgeon and see what she thinks.

Update: Our local vet has run the x-ray by a surgeon he often refers clients to for surgery. Although the initial recommendation was to 'wait and see,' given that kitty is able to urinate freely right now, it was concluded that it makes more sense to proactively take care of what they're now...

Thank you for following this! This site is an amazing support group. It is indeed SO puzzling.

Update: No change in his condition. I take a sample every day, and his urine continues to be 'normal' as far as I can tell (no frank blood, no difficulty eliminating, no straining). If he's still got stones in his urethra, he certainly seems to be unaffected by them right now. I still find that...

Ha, yes, he peed in his carrier too. Big barky/growly dog came in the waiting room and that did it. He's not currently straining, thankfully. Just took a sample and it was a steady stream. Hoping that continues.

Makes sense. When he was at the vet, his bladder was always empty because he would pee whenever he got frightened— so he has no issues completely clearing his bladder. In fact, it was a problem because it made cystocentisis very difficult on an empty bladder! I suppose that's what's giving my...

Yes! I remember coming across that article when we were going through this a few years ago. I've been following most of those best practices. Also knew to look out for a vet claiming to diagnose a UTI with a non-sterile sample. My current vet insisted on cystocentesis so I know we're in good...

He seems pretty okay and the blood in urine has cleared up for the most part. He's acting normally and does not seem to be experiencing any pain. The vet is concerned that the spots on the x-ray may not actually be stones, and so he wants us to check again after the infection has cleared up...

Anybody ever have a male cat with stones already in the urethra that *didn't* block subsequently? I have a 9-year-old tabby who had CaOx bladder stones 3 years ago that were surgically removed. So far so good until he started acting up again this month. Took him to the vet, got an x-ray; bladder...

Hi all, I've posted here years ago about my male cat, Soosh, who had bladder stones back in 2014 and had them removed via cystotomy (two, actually, since the first surgeon missed a couple and a month later they caused a blockage that was resolved through catheterizatoin). He's been clean and...

I'll ask. He's going in for surgery to remove them today. All seem to opine that it's extremely unlikely that they regenerated. That is, they weren't cleared out in the first surgery.