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Hello everybody!
I will tell you our story. Our 3.5 years old castrated male cat acted weird last week a little. He never had any medical issues in his life before. Everything was OK until last Tuesday/Wednesday, but then he stuck out the penis sometimes and licked it in the last 1-2 days. He ate peed and pood okay, so we thought he should be fine. A day passed and he started vomiting. We became concerned, we noticed something is really swollen at the belly of the cat, close to the rear legs. Plus we realized he did not pee for half a day/day already.
We took him to the vet hospital emergency, where they quickly realized it is urethra blockage. They did tests said everything is fine, kidney is perfect, blood test is fine. After that they catheterized him (when they started a little blood came out), we went home for the night, but he stayed and was admitted to the hospital that night (last Thursday). We talked later with the emergency vet that night again, when they told he seems to be fine, the pee is coming out.
But the next morning, bad news came. The catheter was blocked again, and once again in the morning, so they had no choice but to do an emergency surgery.
Later they explained that during the surgery they had to do a PU as the penis was damaged and blocked, plus they opened and cleaned the bladder. They said it was relatively complicated as the circumstances were not ideal but emergency. (Blocked while performing PU etc.). The surgery was on Friday early afternoon.
Currently the cat is still in hospital with a catheter in, they are reducing the pain medications. He is eating very well, the pee is coming out fine and very clean (it was bloody in the first day post surgery), and he is not in a bad mood. The pee is coming both inside the catheter and next to it too, which is not ideal but not a bad sign either, as shows the urethra should be OK. They say now we have to keep in the catheter for 10 days altogether, to maximize his chances not to be blocked again. Now they say the risk is, if the urethra was damaged the scar tissue can close the urethra, so they want to keep in the catheter for 10 days to let it heal, and after we can hope when they take out the catheter he is fine. If he can pee for 1-2 days without it, then he can come home. (almost 2 week in the hospital). They explained it is like a balancing act, the longer they keep the catheter in the better the urethra is healed, but the higher the chances are for an infection, which should be fine because he is treated with antibiotics.
We are really worried. They say we can only be sure if he is fine after the catheter is out and there is always a chance that its blocked on the first 1-2 days afterwards.
He seems okay in the hospital, we visit him every day, he was even purring for us during the visit. The nurses/vets seem to be really caring for him, watching his every need.
What do you think, what are his chances?
Thank you!
I will tell you our story. Our 3.5 years old castrated male cat acted weird last week a little. He never had any medical issues in his life before. Everything was OK until last Tuesday/Wednesday, but then he stuck out the penis sometimes and licked it in the last 1-2 days. He ate peed and pood okay, so we thought he should be fine. A day passed and he started vomiting. We became concerned, we noticed something is really swollen at the belly of the cat, close to the rear legs. Plus we realized he did not pee for half a day/day already.
We took him to the vet hospital emergency, where they quickly realized it is urethra blockage. They did tests said everything is fine, kidney is perfect, blood test is fine. After that they catheterized him (when they started a little blood came out), we went home for the night, but he stayed and was admitted to the hospital that night (last Thursday). We talked later with the emergency vet that night again, when they told he seems to be fine, the pee is coming out.
But the next morning, bad news came. The catheter was blocked again, and once again in the morning, so they had no choice but to do an emergency surgery.
Later they explained that during the surgery they had to do a PU as the penis was damaged and blocked, plus they opened and cleaned the bladder. They said it was relatively complicated as the circumstances were not ideal but emergency. (Blocked while performing PU etc.). The surgery was on Friday early afternoon.
Currently the cat is still in hospital with a catheter in, they are reducing the pain medications. He is eating very well, the pee is coming out fine and very clean (it was bloody in the first day post surgery), and he is not in a bad mood. The pee is coming both inside the catheter and next to it too, which is not ideal but not a bad sign either, as shows the urethra should be OK. They say now we have to keep in the catheter for 10 days altogether, to maximize his chances not to be blocked again. Now they say the risk is, if the urethra was damaged the scar tissue can close the urethra, so they want to keep in the catheter for 10 days to let it heal, and after we can hope when they take out the catheter he is fine. If he can pee for 1-2 days without it, then he can come home. (almost 2 week in the hospital). They explained it is like a balancing act, the longer they keep the catheter in the better the urethra is healed, but the higher the chances are for an infection, which should be fine because he is treated with antibiotics.
We are really worried. They say we can only be sure if he is fine after the catheter is out and there is always a chance that its blocked on the first 1-2 days afterwards.
He seems okay in the hospital, we visit him every day, he was even purring for us during the visit. The nurses/vets seem to be really caring for him, watching his every need.
What do you think, what are his chances?
Thank you!
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