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Time for a quick Cosmos update. Sorry for taking so long, it's crunch time at work so my life has been 98% that. Cosmos is doing very well. He's the most playful on a daily basis than he's been in months. <3 He had a recheck with the specialist last week and she said his bottom looked perfect...

The saga continues, lol. Cosmos had a prolapse on Tuesday night, but it went back in with some dextrose. He prolapsed again last night and I wasn't able to get it to go back in, so I took him to the hospital. The vet was able to get the tissue to go back inside via dextrose w/o having to sedate...

Thank you Gizzieblue and Fionasmom. Gizzieblue, I got your message. I just haven't had a chance to respond since my life has been taken over with working overtime at my job and Cosmos's issues. I will get back to you though. I just got a call from the hospital. Cosmos is ready to come home...

Aaaaaand back to the hospital we go. Cosmos had another prolapse through his purse string. Sugar water didn't help and I learned from last week that if it doesn't work the first two times, trying for four hours wont make it work either. So this time we're going back to the people who can...

I caved and offered him some pork in desperation. After looking at it for a bit, Cosmos picked it up, growled at his sister, and carried the chunk away to eat on the other side of the room. I continued giving him more chunks and he ended up eating 50g of it, the most he's eaten in one sitting...

Cosmos is not doing well on this food trial. Each day he's been gradually eating less and less food. He's used to eating multiple proteins with each meal and has already tired of rabbit. Today he's only eaten 86g of food despite a full days worth being 152g. I've tried offering rabbit chunks...

Cosmos's appointment with the internal medicine specialist was excellent! She's the first vet I've ever spoken to who supports raw food, is glad he's on S Boulardii and human probiotics, and approves of the Animal Biome anti E Coli supplement I ordered. She said Cosmos's CBC results from the...

Another day, another update. Cosmos prolapsed again and I took him to the hospital he was referred to. I'm glad we went there since the surgeon came in to see him (he was being treated by the general ER doctor) and got to see the prolapse for herself. She told me that there's no need for him to...

The results of the feline leukemia blood test came back tonight. The doctor called and said everything was normal. He then gave me a horrible scare. The vet said the results say Cosmos's red blood cell count is dangerously low and that it means his bone marrow isn't producing new blood. He...

Thank you Gizzieblue. It's so infuriating for the vets to just write off the C Perf simply because Cosmos's symptoms aren't the same as every other cat and dog they've seen with a clostridium over growth while at the same time scratching their head from not finding some other source of the...

Yeah, I dont blame him either. He was tired of being there and having his bottom messed with. I do have the Gabapentin. I'll give him some an hour or two before his Thursday appointment w/ the surgeon. No poop so far since he's been home. He didn't poop while at the vets either. Early this...

Thanks for the support MrsGreenJeans and FionasMom! <3 All of this has been exhausting for both Cosmos and myself. I'm going to tell the surgeon all of what's been happening and will ask her to please think outside the box for this case. Both this and his weird one side of one section small...

I spoke to the referral person at the surgical hospital. They've booked Cosmos for an initial consultation on Thursday afternoon. They also told me Gabapentin can be used to help with stress/anxiety before vet visits, so I'll ask about that when I pick him up in an hour.

I spoke to the vet this morning. He said the next step at this point would be surgery. He isn't worried about the prolapse itself since it's still very small and short. The vet just says it's exhausting that this keeps happening and doesn't want to keep putting Cosmos through all of this. He's...

I got an update from the vet. The Preparation H didn't work, so they're going to have to sedate him and do another purse string suture. They're keeping him over night since its already almost 10pm and the procedure hasn't been started yet. Fingers crossed this upcoming week of sutures goes well...

Ooooh, thank you MrsGreenJeans. I'll look online and see if I can find that one too. After a string of wonderful days, Cosmos is back at the vets for a prolapse that didn't want to go back in. I spent four hours trying cold water, cold water mixed with sugar, cold compress with sugar and...

I've got more great news this morning! Cosmos pooped and there wasn't any prolapse at all! <3 <3 <3 There was fresh blood on his bottom though. It seems like the tapioca starch in the Jarrow S Boulardii was probably contributing to the inflammation, as ever since I switched to Renew the...

Cosmos had a normal, soft poop. There was a small prolapse but it went back on its own a few minutes after I brought him into the bathroom. I guess that will continue to happen until the inflammation heals. As long as it goes back on its own, we should be okay. I've ordered from Preparation H...

Cosmos is doing very well now. He hasn't pooped yet so I dont know if he'll prolapse again. But he was chasing his sister this morning and playing for the first time since the initial prolapse happened. <3 His bottom looks like its back to normal. Fingers crossed it stays that way after he...

I 100% am exhausted. I wish I could take a nap, but I have to work. At least my job is still letting folks work from home. Licking the Preparation H is my concern as well. Rofl, I wish there was a little pair of pants I could put on him to keep Cosmos from licking the Prep H. :flail: If he ends...