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My 10 yr old male cat (Java) has been really struggling these past couple months. About 2 months ago he contracted Calicivirus, and we began the long road to recovery. He recovered, completely, no symptoms for just over a month. 3 days ago however we woke up to throw up, and a hairball. Normal, we thought, and headed to work. When we returned we were greeted with about 7 new piles of vomit. We immediately called out vet and set up an appointment. At that time he was drinking water, and eating but would throw it up, and continue vomiting uncontrollably. he stopped eating after that. He continued to vomit until it was either clear or foam. Our vet checked him out and saw nothing to explain his symptoms. He isnt dehydrated, no fever and no visible oral issues. We had just had blood work and xrays done from the calicivirus so the vet decided to wait 3 days to run those tests again and prescribed us some anti inflammatory meds as well as an appetite stimulant and some antibiotics. 3 days in he is no longer vomiting (not much to vomit aside from the handful of treats he will eat), refuses food, drinks but very little and began sneezing? Long, wet sneezing fits. Is it possible for the calicivirus to come back? or have any after shocks so to speak? We got him through that virus by syringe feeding him baby foods and pedialyte. This time is different. Force feeding doesnt work since he just vomits it back up. Though ive had some luck getting some pedialyte to stay down. Also his prior xray showed his liver was significantly smaller than usual. Further imaging was needed (ultrasound) but way out of our budget, so we havent been able to schedule that yet. What would cause shrinking of the liver?