This has been an awful week after seeing two different vets. after being in the hospital for weeks having surgery I returned home and my cat had no interest in food. My dad was taking care of him and noticed about 5 days before I came home he didn’t want to eat any dry food and just certain wet food.
i took him to the vet and his liver levels were crazy high. They did an X-ray and he had some fluid in his lungs as well.
They suggested syringe feeding recovery food, some sub fluid, nausea med and appetite meds. We also sent a sample of the king fluid away for testing but no results yet.
he was letting me force feed him for a couple days but since we came home from the vet he’s being deteriorating. We gave him som gabapentin and although it made him a bit groggy he felt better. I decided he was fighting too much with the force feeding and we should put a tube in. I had to go to a different cat clinic to do the procedure and they wanted to do another x ray to check on the fluid in the lungs.
there was more fluid and they decided not to do the tube. There was also evidence of the liver swollen, spleen swollen, biliary mucocoele obstruction (these were his highest levels in his blood work, normal bilirubin is up to 5.2 he has 111).
I initially wanted to treat the suspected fatty liver disease, but now there are a host of problems and the vet suggested I consider euthanasia.
I took my poor boy home and promised if I were to ever put him down it would be at home in his bed looking out into the backyard he loves.
He really got me through my health issues and has been in my life for 11 years through so much. He really is the coolest and most lovable dude so this breaks my heart.
does anyone have any experience with liver issues and fluid in the lungs?
I want to give him a peaceful end, he is currently still giving me cuddles all night although I know he’s in pain so I don’t want to prolong it to a point where he’s suffering. What pain medicine have people used for end of care life? He doesn’t deserve to be in pain or fear he is too much of a good boy.
i took him to the vet and his liver levels were crazy high. They did an X-ray and he had some fluid in his lungs as well.
They suggested syringe feeding recovery food, some sub fluid, nausea med and appetite meds. We also sent a sample of the king fluid away for testing but no results yet.
he was letting me force feed him for a couple days but since we came home from the vet he’s being deteriorating. We gave him som gabapentin and although it made him a bit groggy he felt better. I decided he was fighting too much with the force feeding and we should put a tube in. I had to go to a different cat clinic to do the procedure and they wanted to do another x ray to check on the fluid in the lungs.
there was more fluid and they decided not to do the tube. There was also evidence of the liver swollen, spleen swollen, biliary mucocoele obstruction (these were his highest levels in his blood work, normal bilirubin is up to 5.2 he has 111).
I initially wanted to treat the suspected fatty liver disease, but now there are a host of problems and the vet suggested I consider euthanasia.
I took my poor boy home and promised if I were to ever put him down it would be at home in his bed looking out into the backyard he loves.
He really got me through my health issues and has been in my life for 11 years through so much. He really is the coolest and most lovable dude so this breaks my heart.
does anyone have any experience with liver issues and fluid in the lungs?
I want to give him a peaceful end, he is currently still giving me cuddles all night although I know he’s in pain so I don’t want to prolong it to a point where he’s suffering. What pain medicine have people used for end of care life? He doesn’t deserve to be in pain or fear he is too much of a good boy.