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I am hoping someone can reply soon--my daughter is driving home from a weekend away and got a call--their 14 year old cat, who has been doing well on chemo for either cancer or IBS (same drug, so no tests) for two years, and doing really well, suddenly began yowling, and lay down and pooped, then voided. His feces were normal looking.Then he cried again, moved again, again lay down and repeated the process--again well-formed, normal looking poops. He has yowled some but otherwise just seems a bit out of it. Granddaughter is freaking out, and money is tight for weekend vet, so she's asked if I'd research what might be going on--he does have arthritis in his hips, but is this maybe a part of a dying process? Anyone have a similar experience or suggestions? She is trying to figure out how best to help the cat and the children cope. She'd rather wait until office hours than take him in and be told he's just too weak to go to his litter box (which is upstairs but has not been a problem ever before.) And the lying rather than squatting seems strange to me.
I am going to leave this up in case it helps someone else. She got home and realized he looked really bad. Cold, listless, and starting to breathe rapidly. Her husband (who he loves best) has taken him to the vet. The children have said goodbye in case he does not come back. We really feel blessed he has gotten (she reminded me it's three) extra years. He was skin and bones and thought to be dying then, and they were all at our home, where I was hosting a prayer retreat. Call it what you like, our whole team (21 prayer ministers) laid hands on him and prayed for him, and he started to put on weight from then and has been happy until just a couple of hours ago. If it's something else, I will post again, but we think we've said goodbye to a really good old boy, and that will be hard for a while, especially for the children, who haven't known life without him. Cats carry a special grace. This one is a very large tabby named Brewer (after the Milwaukee ones).
I am going to leave this up in case it helps someone else. She got home and realized he looked really bad. Cold, listless, and starting to breathe rapidly. Her husband (who he loves best) has taken him to the vet. The children have said goodbye in case he does not come back. We really feel blessed he has gotten (she reminded me it's three) extra years. He was skin and bones and thought to be dying then, and they were all at our home, where I was hosting a prayer retreat. Call it what you like, our whole team (21 prayer ministers) laid hands on him and prayed for him, and he started to put on weight from then and has been happy until just a couple of hours ago. If it's something else, I will post again, but we think we've said goodbye to a really good old boy, and that will be hard for a while, especially for the children, who haven't known life without him. Cats carry a special grace. This one is a very large tabby named Brewer (after the Milwaukee ones).
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