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Hi guys. You may remember me posting about my beloved boy Rambo who sadly passed away 3 months ago today. His diagnosis of mast cell cancer in his spleen and mouth came as such a shock as he had zero symptoms and the cells were only found in his blood after a routine pre op blood test before a dental extraction. He died after being put under for tests to see how bad the cancer was - the cancer wasn't as bad as the vet thought but an hour before I was due to bring him home, my boy took a sudden cardiac arrest and died. It was the most heartbreaking and soul destroying moment of my life.
Today, my post is about his sister, Nibbler. She was from the same litter as him and will be 15 next week. So she has been doing as well as she can be since losing her brother but over the last month, we had noticed she had been puking a few times. Sometimes 2/3 times a week, sometimes just once a week etc and sometimes with hairballs, sometimes just food, sometimes just bile and sometimes a mix. We took her to the vet on the first week and she ran her blood work and felt her tummy and said she had perfect bloods but that she winced a bit when the vet touched her tummy so gave her an antibiotic and anti-inflammtory shot. These seemed to help and she was back to her normal self and only puked once more but a tiny amount and the vet wasn't worried about it. She ended up puking again the following week and from then til now we have been to the vet about 4 or 5 times with her, I have lost count. Latest being today and yesterday. After the first shot of antibiotics/anti-inflammatories - they tried her on different probiotics which didn't really stop the puking that much. It used to be that she would only puke on an empty stomach and feeding her smaller, more frequent meals seemed to help but not every time. Vet still said it was a case of upset tummy/mild inflammation and/or hairball trouble.
For the last 2 days, I noticed she wasn't herself. She was hiding, wouldn't eat unless we put her to her bowl and even then it would only be a nibble or two, she wasn't peeing much and hadnt pooped in two days so we called the vet and it was a different vet to her usual one and he said she was dehydrated but not bad enough to be admitted for fluids so he gave me mitrazpine (sp?) and she was wolfing into food all day and all night and seemed like her normal self, pretty much. She woke me up during the night for food for the first time in a week and slept beside me and my husband. Now it is about 20 hours since her hunger medicine from the vet and she last ate today at around 10am and hasn't ate anything since despite having food out and even some of her favourite treats. Maybe she is still processing all the food from yesterday but me being me, I am worried she is going back to the not eating stage she has been in for the last 2 days before that medicine. She hasn't puked since Sunday and it was a lot that night.
She isn't lively or playful except for moments here and there but she was last night. I am worried that the pill isn't enough to get her back to normal permanently? Vet saw her again today and said her hydration was better now and he said she was over the worst but if she doesn't eat then bring her back for tests which is what I am worried we will have to do
All day every day I am checking on her, comparing how she is from day to day. In fact, she is all I think about. Its exactly what I was like when Rambo had cancer. Its draining but you can't help but worry. I try and get support from my husband and mum but they don't understand. I do suffer from severe life long anxiety problems and I do agree my experience with Rambo will be impacting me a lot but I also know when my cat isn't acting like my cat and right now she isn't but I just feel like I can't do right for doing wrong. My husband says the vet will be sick of seeing me and that I need to trust them that she is ok. I do trust the vet but they don't see what she is like at home. They don't know her 'norm', if you know what I mean?
Sorry for the novel I haven't been sleeping well for days over worry about Nibbler and everything else in life. Could just do with a friendly ear and advice
Thanks and I hope you and your furbabies are all keeping well xx
Today, my post is about his sister, Nibbler. She was from the same litter as him and will be 15 next week. So she has been doing as well as she can be since losing her brother but over the last month, we had noticed she had been puking a few times. Sometimes 2/3 times a week, sometimes just once a week etc and sometimes with hairballs, sometimes just food, sometimes just bile and sometimes a mix. We took her to the vet on the first week and she ran her blood work and felt her tummy and said she had perfect bloods but that she winced a bit when the vet touched her tummy so gave her an antibiotic and anti-inflammtory shot. These seemed to help and she was back to her normal self and only puked once more but a tiny amount and the vet wasn't worried about it. She ended up puking again the following week and from then til now we have been to the vet about 4 or 5 times with her, I have lost count. Latest being today and yesterday. After the first shot of antibiotics/anti-inflammatories - they tried her on different probiotics which didn't really stop the puking that much. It used to be that she would only puke on an empty stomach and feeding her smaller, more frequent meals seemed to help but not every time. Vet still said it was a case of upset tummy/mild inflammation and/or hairball trouble.
For the last 2 days, I noticed she wasn't herself. She was hiding, wouldn't eat unless we put her to her bowl and even then it would only be a nibble or two, she wasn't peeing much and hadnt pooped in two days so we called the vet and it was a different vet to her usual one and he said she was dehydrated but not bad enough to be admitted for fluids so he gave me mitrazpine (sp?) and she was wolfing into food all day and all night and seemed like her normal self, pretty much. She woke me up during the night for food for the first time in a week and slept beside me and my husband. Now it is about 20 hours since her hunger medicine from the vet and she last ate today at around 10am and hasn't ate anything since despite having food out and even some of her favourite treats. Maybe she is still processing all the food from yesterday but me being me, I am worried she is going back to the not eating stage she has been in for the last 2 days before that medicine. She hasn't puked since Sunday and it was a lot that night.
She isn't lively or playful except for moments here and there but she was last night. I am worried that the pill isn't enough to get her back to normal permanently? Vet saw her again today and said her hydration was better now and he said she was over the worst but if she doesn't eat then bring her back for tests which is what I am worried we will have to do
All day every day I am checking on her, comparing how she is from day to day. In fact, she is all I think about. Its exactly what I was like when Rambo had cancer. Its draining but you can't help but worry. I try and get support from my husband and mum but they don't understand. I do suffer from severe life long anxiety problems and I do agree my experience with Rambo will be impacting me a lot but I also know when my cat isn't acting like my cat and right now she isn't but I just feel like I can't do right for doing wrong. My husband says the vet will be sick of seeing me and that I need to trust them that she is ok. I do trust the vet but they don't see what she is like at home. They don't know her 'norm', if you know what I mean?
Sorry for the novel I haven't been sleeping well for days over worry about Nibbler and everything else in life. Could just do with a friendly ear and advice
Thanks and I hope you and your furbabies are all keeping well xx