Hello!
I am losing my mind over stressing & worrying about my cat.
Back in February, my 8 year old cat went in for a dental cleaning. Upon placing the tube down her throat, a yellowish mucus was coming up the tube, so the vet stopped the procedure. My cats bloodwork came back normal, and her x-rays showed a tiny abnormality. The vet prescribed her antibiotics assuming she had bronchitis (she had been coughing prior, which I thought was hair balls. & would drool the yellow mucus when sleeping). Antibiotics did nothing so she was put on steroids. The roids did indeed help, so she was diagnosed with cat asthma. The vet told me if she drools or coughs that I needed to bring her back in for an asthma treatment. Well a couple weeks later, she started drooling again. I tried to get a hold of my vet, but she was always too busy to talk to me herself, so the receptionist told me to bring her back in. All the vet said was that my cat was most likely nauseous and gave her a cerenia injection. Well, that made her so much worse. Her drooling became constant where before it was only while she was sleeping. It turned a milky white color and had a horrible odor. It is so bad that its all crusted around her mouth and on her tail & legs from the drool. She isn't eating & drinking as much as normal. I tried to talk to my vet again, but she was too busy still. So I brought her in again, and now they believe she has stomatitis. What concerns me, is that my vet didn't seem to make the connection that when my cat was given the cerenia injection is when she got worse. It just seems every time I take my cat in, its a whole new problem & not at all related to the last issue. & everytime I try to talk to my vet, she's too busy & I have to pay to take my cat in just to talk to the vet one the phone while sitting in my car (Coronavirus procedures).
I am concerned about how she isn't making connections from the drooling being a symptom of asthma in the beginning, to it only being due to nauseous (even though my cat never throw up), to her being much worse after the cerenia injection, to stomatitis now. I don't want them pulling all my cats teeth out because they think it's stomatitis and it end up being something else.
I would gladly take her to a different vet, but not being able to talk face to face with a new vet to explain everything going on and her history doesn't seem any better.
I don't know what to do to make my cat better, I don't think I trust my vet, but my cat needs help!
She is also FIV+
Basically I just need reassurance that the vet knows what she is doing & that what she is doing makes sense. I am just so worried about my cat that I can't sleep at night.
I am losing my mind over stressing & worrying about my cat.
Back in February, my 8 year old cat went in for a dental cleaning. Upon placing the tube down her throat, a yellowish mucus was coming up the tube, so the vet stopped the procedure. My cats bloodwork came back normal, and her x-rays showed a tiny abnormality. The vet prescribed her antibiotics assuming she had bronchitis (she had been coughing prior, which I thought was hair balls. & would drool the yellow mucus when sleeping). Antibiotics did nothing so she was put on steroids. The roids did indeed help, so she was diagnosed with cat asthma. The vet told me if she drools or coughs that I needed to bring her back in for an asthma treatment. Well a couple weeks later, she started drooling again. I tried to get a hold of my vet, but she was always too busy to talk to me herself, so the receptionist told me to bring her back in. All the vet said was that my cat was most likely nauseous and gave her a cerenia injection. Well, that made her so much worse. Her drooling became constant where before it was only while she was sleeping. It turned a milky white color and had a horrible odor. It is so bad that its all crusted around her mouth and on her tail & legs from the drool. She isn't eating & drinking as much as normal. I tried to talk to my vet again, but she was too busy still. So I brought her in again, and now they believe she has stomatitis. What concerns me, is that my vet didn't seem to make the connection that when my cat was given the cerenia injection is when she got worse. It just seems every time I take my cat in, its a whole new problem & not at all related to the last issue. & everytime I try to talk to my vet, she's too busy & I have to pay to take my cat in just to talk to the vet one the phone while sitting in my car (Coronavirus procedures).
I am concerned about how she isn't making connections from the drooling being a symptom of asthma in the beginning, to it only being due to nauseous (even though my cat never throw up), to her being much worse after the cerenia injection, to stomatitis now. I don't want them pulling all my cats teeth out because they think it's stomatitis and it end up being something else.
I would gladly take her to a different vet, but not being able to talk face to face with a new vet to explain everything going on and her history doesn't seem any better.
I don't know what to do to make my cat better, I don't think I trust my vet, but my cat needs help!
She is also FIV+
Basically I just need reassurance that the vet knows what she is doing & that what she is doing makes sense. I am just so worried about my cat that I can't sleep at night.
