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I have a 12 year old spayed female indoor cat, she's the only cat in our house. She had her annual well as visit and everything was fine. She had a couple bouts of vomiting, but it was mostly liquid, and it was more of a regurgitation.
Two weeks ago she had another occurrence and she looked like she didn't feel well, along with stomach rumbling so I made an appointment with her vet. They gave her fluids and anti-nausea injection and ran a thyroid test and gave her a gastro sensitive food and Fortiflora probiotic A couple days later she had another small regurg so back we went to the vet. The thyroid test was normal, but they re-ran her blood work along with a pancreatitis test and xray. The pancreatitis test came back positive but the vet noticed abnormalities on her x-ray, so he sent her info to a different hospital and we scheduled an ultrasound.
That doctor went over with me what she saw. I don't remember all of the technical terms, but there are some issues with her small intestines, something like stuff didn't flow through them as they normally should. She also saw enlarged lymph nodes in her stomach area and additional tissue. She told me it is likely what caused the pancreatitis, and the stomach/intestines are the main problem. She said it is either inflammatory bowel disease or small grade (if I have that term correctly) intestinal lymphoma. She explained to know for sure up front, she would need a scope and biopsies done. Or I could start her on a steroid and I'd she had a relapse or didn't do better, we'd know it's most likely lymphoma.
Her main vet called and said they got a quote from the specialty hospital (different one than where she went for the ultrasound) where the scope would be done if I wanted to do that, and it was $5000! I unfortunately don't have that money, so we started her on prednisolone on Wednesday. She seems to be more herself than when I first had to bring her in a couple weeks ago. But she still feels thinner to me, she doesn't clean very often, and she doesn't play much. She wouldn't play much before, but she had her moments oef running around and batting a toy -not really now. She also acts so hungry even after I feed her. The vet has me giving her smaller portions every couple of hours (during the week when I am at work I use an automatic feeder) so as not to irritate her stomach with a larger amount at once. I feel bad that she feels so hungry even when being fed every couple of hours. I know steroids can do this, but this was even before she started them.
I wondered if anyone has been through this, or has any advice. I am wondering if CBD oil for pets is something to consider. I also read about B12 shots, I am not sure if that would help with the hunger issue. I am going to follow up with her vet as well. It scares me to know she doesn't feel well and could be in pain, and not feel like I can heal her, though I'm trying the best I can. I also dread the thought of losing her, although I know it is eventual. I just didn't think it would be something I'd be thinking of this soon in her life. She's been pretty healthy otherwise. Thanks in advance.
Two weeks ago she had another occurrence and she looked like she didn't feel well, along with stomach rumbling so I made an appointment with her vet. They gave her fluids and anti-nausea injection and ran a thyroid test and gave her a gastro sensitive food and Fortiflora probiotic A couple days later she had another small regurg so back we went to the vet. The thyroid test was normal, but they re-ran her blood work along with a pancreatitis test and xray. The pancreatitis test came back positive but the vet noticed abnormalities on her x-ray, so he sent her info to a different hospital and we scheduled an ultrasound.
That doctor went over with me what she saw. I don't remember all of the technical terms, but there are some issues with her small intestines, something like stuff didn't flow through them as they normally should. She also saw enlarged lymph nodes in her stomach area and additional tissue. She told me it is likely what caused the pancreatitis, and the stomach/intestines are the main problem. She said it is either inflammatory bowel disease or small grade (if I have that term correctly) intestinal lymphoma. She explained to know for sure up front, she would need a scope and biopsies done. Or I could start her on a steroid and I'd she had a relapse or didn't do better, we'd know it's most likely lymphoma.
Her main vet called and said they got a quote from the specialty hospital (different one than where she went for the ultrasound) where the scope would be done if I wanted to do that, and it was $5000! I unfortunately don't have that money, so we started her on prednisolone on Wednesday. She seems to be more herself than when I first had to bring her in a couple weeks ago. But she still feels thinner to me, she doesn't clean very often, and she doesn't play much. She wouldn't play much before, but she had her moments oef running around and batting a toy -not really now. She also acts so hungry even after I feed her. The vet has me giving her smaller portions every couple of hours (during the week when I am at work I use an automatic feeder) so as not to irritate her stomach with a larger amount at once. I feel bad that she feels so hungry even when being fed every couple of hours. I know steroids can do this, but this was even before she started them.
I wondered if anyone has been through this, or has any advice. I am wondering if CBD oil for pets is something to consider. I also read about B12 shots, I am not sure if that would help with the hunger issue. I am going to follow up with her vet as well. It scares me to know she doesn't feel well and could be in pain, and not feel like I can heal her, though I'm trying the best I can. I also dread the thought of losing her, although I know it is eventual. I just didn't think it would be something I'd be thinking of this soon in her life. She's been pretty healthy otherwise. Thanks in advance.