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Hi! First time poster, here! I’m needing some advice…sorry for the long post, it’s been a long two weeks. So last Monday, 11-15-21, i noticed my 3 year old kitty Murphy was frequently in and out of his litter box and not producing urine. I rushed him to our small town vet and they kept him overnight with fluids and a catheter. This vet didn’t run any tests, but said they thought it was crystals because his bladder was big and hard. They sent him home the next day (catheter still in place) and told me to keep him in the bathroom and monitor his urine output. He was producing urine, but it was difficult to keep track of the amounts because the catheter had no bag attached so he was just dribbling urine everywhere. On Wednesday afternoon i took him BACK to the vet and had the catheter removed. He was sent home with Hills Science Diet dry C/D food and amoxicillin, no pain meds or muscle relaxers. On Thursday, he was peeing in his litter box very small amounts (dime size) about every 20 minutes. On Friday, he began throwing up immediately after eating and peeing blood on our carpet. He was still eating and drinking, so i monitored him through the night and he seemed to be doing better. On Saturday, he wasn’t able to urinate at all, so i took him to the nearest animal hospital about an hour away. They placed another catheter, ran urine and blood tests and X-rays, and kept him until Tuesday. They said he was blocked due to stress, probably from the first catheter being placed and removed without any pain medication/muscle relaxers and it being painful for him to urinate, and they didn’t find any stones or crystals. They sent him home with my mom (I was out of state) and he seemed to be doing well. They gave him amoxicillin and gabapentin. He stayed with my mom from Tuesday to Friday (yesterday) and he was eating, drinking, playing, and going to the bathroom perfectly fine. I picked him up yesterday evening when I got back to town. He did use the litter box at my moms house right before i picked him up around 4:30 pm. He has not peed or pooped since then. It’s now 1:30 pm Saturday and I’m getting concerned, but I’m thinking maybe he’s just still adjusting to being back home? The medicine makes him sleepy, and he is still eating and drinking regularly and he has been acting normal. Again, sorry for the long post!!! I just don’t want to traumatize him with another vet visit if I’m overreacting.