Im Worried To Death.

[pet mom]

hello all, my boy Mowgli has been in my vet's office for 2 day's.
he was not peeing so I took him in vet said he had a blocked urinary tube.
he is 4 years old and is fixed.
she told me she could not get reg, cath in so used small one she flushed him like 40 times trying to get all the grit out but could not. all his levels were high when he went in.almost all have now went to norm range but not the BUN it was 130 on first day and was same today.
she says she is removing the cath tonight to see if he stays unblocked or if he plugs back up and said she thinks he will ? he has a good stream via the cath,to me it seems like she is rushing due to week end.but maybe im just being a mom..she said if he plugs up again I have the decision to make,
unplug him again, put him down, or have operation that makes urinary tube open more, but she said there is always problems with the operation, such as infections. she does not do the operation but will send me to a vet that does.. so im in tears, praying cant eat..a mess!
I got my boy when he was just a few hr's old, a woman brought him to me said mom took off and dident return.. so this is my baby boy !

 

[IndyJones]

Have you heard of the sex change surgery? I've heard people have some luck with it.

Basicly it involves removing his penis and giving him a vagina.

 

[pet mom]

Have you heard of the sex change surgery? I've heard people have some luck with it.

Basicly it involves removing his penis and giving him a vagina.[/Q
I wish i could talk to ppl who had this done to there kitty.

 

[IndyJones]

I've never had it done I've just read about it. Hopefully someone with experience can reply

 

[orange&white]

I'm sorry to hear that.

I have heard that the ureter surgery has improved with fewer complications than there used to be. I had a male Persian around 1980 whose ureter was too small to pass normal urine and he kept blocking up. I had the surgery done, but he did constantly drip urine 24 hours a day for the rest of his life. Because of that "complication" I can't say I would recommend the surgery, but I have not researched improvements which have been made since then (and that has been decades).

Prayers for your boy to "stay unplugged" without any further necessary intervention.

 

[samanthaddm]

I don't have experience with the surgery. I know of some folks who do. But I've been going through the same thing with one of my cats since February. I came home one day and he was running all over the house squatting trying to pee. We rushed to the vet where he was blocked. She did the cath and got him cleared out. He was on antibiotics, valium, and a urinary acidifier for a couple weeks after that. He never seemed to get a good urine stream out since then, but he was peeing so we knew that was good.

Just 3 weeks ago, I wake up Sunday morning to find him doing the same thing. This time, he was getting out little bloody drops. He wasn't blocked but his bladder was full of crystals. He went on some different meds and we've had to switch to a kidney food. But he seems to be doing good now. Our vet is suggesting him stay on the urinary acidifier to keep the crystals from forming so bad again.

It's definitely a serious problem, but I wonder why your vet is suggesting him be put down. Is this the first time he's blocked?

 

[lavishsqualor]

You ought to look around the site. My cat blocking is one of my biggest nightmares so I read EVERYTHING. There are quite a few folks here whose cats have had successful perineal urethrostomy surgeries. I would defer to Orange&White's knowledge on just about anything but I honestly believe that the surgery has improved drastically since the eighties. If you're able to afford the surgery I would absolutely do it, even if it puts you into debt up to you eyeballs. Of course, that's just me and you may have a completely different take on it.

 

[pet mom]

I've never had it done I've just read about it. Hopefully someone with experience can reply

Thank you honey, ya gave me more info then the vet, I live in the middle off no man's land. so I may go to Wisconsin, it's about a hr drive.

 

[abyeb]

The surgery is called a perineal urethrostomy. It's a fairly simple procedure, and the prognosis is good.

 

[pet mom]

The surgery is called a perineal urethrostomy. It's a fairly simple procedure, and the prognosis is good.

Oh thank you xx's I will study up on this !

 

[pet mom]

I'm sorry to hear that.

I have heard that the ureter surgery has improved with fewer complications than there used to be. I had a male Persian around 1980 whose ureter was too small to pass normal urine and he kept blocking up. I had the surgery done, but he did constantly drip urine 24 hours a day for the rest of his life. Because of that "complication" I can't say I would recommend the surgery, but I have not researched improvements which have been made since then (and that has been decades).

Prayers for your boy to "stay unplugged" without any further necessary intervention.

Thank you soooooooo much !

 

[cat nap]

It's definitely a serious problem, but I wonder why your vet is suggesting him be put down. Is this the first time he's blocked?

I'm also wondering the same thing as samanthaddm mentioned in their post?

As lavishsqualor mentioned there are many threads on here, with successful PU surgery stories, and there are also blogs on the web, which describe their cat's PU recovery. I just read one last night, and it did have complications from strictures, but the cat was fully okay, after six months.

I would definitely ask about the meds that samanthaddm had her cat on, the valium, antibiotics, and urine acidifier, as well as any meds that can relax and open the urinary tract.
I'm thinking that your Vet is trying to flush out all the crystals, and mucus, and then is seeing if any more are forming.
You mentioned that your Vet said that if he plugs up again, that she can unplug him.

Sending you mega vibes for Mowgli, that he does okay.

 

[lalagimp]

We drove an hour away from Maryland to Virginia so get him to a surgeon after we'd left him in the ER for two days during his last blockage. I thought when he blocked a third time I may have to put him down and boyfriend says we'll figure it out and pay for it, because his chances were better to get the surgery than to block and block again and risk his health each time say if no one were around. His regular vet was no help. Emergency room said they'd have to call in a specialist and charge us exorbitantly. One hospital said they don't do it but know a guy, only that it's far. I told them I'd travel to Virginia if they'd tell me who it was. We took him to see the surgeon 3 times. 1 for surgery and then two check ups.
He's not incontinent. He had accidents after his first catheterization when he blocked in December but only for the first 12 hours. Surgery even still isn't a cure all. There is an opportunity for stricture when the urethra may have scarring and narrow again. We understood this and said even if we only get a few more months out of him, for the $2400 it would still be worth it cause he's an amazing cat.

 

[samanthaddm]

Strat, that's him in my profile pic, was on Clavamox (the first blockage), the valium to relax his urinary tract, and Ammonil, that's the urine acidifier. I'd have to go find the meds he was on this last time, but it was a different antibiotic, they added a pain med, and Prazosin in conjunction with the valium to relax the urinary tract. The kidney food seems to be doing a lot of good too. He's not a big wet food eater, so we've got kidney dry and whatever he'll eat of a can of kidney wet.

 

[maggiedemi]

It seems like so many of our male cats on this site get blocked. I was lucky, I caught it in time, and my male cat just needed antibiotics and a change in diet. I have to make sure he gets enough wet food, at least one whole small can, or a can and a half. And I literally have to measure his dry food. Somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 cup, never any more than that. I've changed him to Urinary dry food, so maybe he can have a bit more than that, I'll have to see. But the regular dry foods I have to measure.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Thank you honey, ya gave me more info then the vet, I live in the middle off no man's land. so I may go to Wisconsin, it's about a hr drive.

Take that drive. The procedure is FAR more advanced these days, and while there are occasional issues, by NO means are they "always" there. I did quite a bit of reading on it not long ago, doing research for a friend. Her cat had the surgery and is fine. Even if there were minor leakage, there are cat diapers that would take care of that, and he'd be happy and healthy, and those chances are FAR less these days.

 

[IndyJones]

Lol cat diapers! Can't imagine how that would work for #2 sorry off topic I know.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I know, it does seem funny, but we have more than one cat here wearing them, and doing very well!

 

[cat nap]

pet mom ...How is your Mowgli doing?

 

[lavishsqualor]

I've been wondering too.

Please update us!