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On August 9th my wife woke up and my cat was acting really strange. He was crying and dragging himself across the floor on his side. I called the vet right away and we brought him in. His bladder was as hard as a rock, and the vet said he had some type of blockage going on. So we admitted him and the vet gave him a catheter. We picked him up on the Monday and the doctor gave us some pills to give him Clavamox 62.5mg and put him on c/d cat food.
We got him home, and he really didn't seem to be much different.. was still meowing, and now he was hiding under our bed all day (which he doesnt do)
Tuesday morning I woke up, and checked his litterbox, still no pee, and he was still meowing and hiding. So I called the vet again and brought him in right away. the vet kept him over night (gave him another catheter ) and the next day told us he was doing well so we brought him home assuming everything was good.
We got him home and he still wasnt himself, but we said "maybe we just need to wait" thinking the pills just hadnt kicked in yet.
Remember through all of this Oscar still hasnt had a "good" pee, just little dribbles.
Friday I couldnt bear to see him in pain anymore, so I called the vet again... he sent me to his partner because he was booked up.. I took him to the other vet and as soon as I got him there, Oscar peed the most pee I've seen him pee in 2 weeks, I was very happy to see this, as was the vet. She then took him to the back room to try to squeeze more pee out of him to give him some relief, she did, and he seemed so happy. She gave me more pills Diazepam 5mg and Phenoxybenzamine 5mg. I got oscar home and he was a new cat. He was running around, playing, boxing with me, all normal behaviors for Oscar. Saturday the vet wanted me to bring him in again for a follow-up. She was very happy with him.
It's now Monday, and Oscar is terrible. He's hiding again, still can't pee, is meowing and now he's throwing up as well, liquid mostly.
My wife and I love our cat very much, he got us through 4 terrible miscarriages and it would really suck to see him die. I'm tired of bringing him to the vet as it seems as though they are just providing temporary relief (a few hours) I need to know if there is something else I can do? We've spent $800 on the cat in the past 2 weeks, and although we love him very much, I'm a youth pastor who doesnt make enough money to keep dropping this kind of money on a cat.
Am I just being impatient?? maybe the drugs arent kicking in yet? In the past day or so, I've come to grips with the fact that my cat could die (I'm jumping to the worst case scenario) I need to know if he is going to, or if there is something else I can do???
We got him home, and he really didn't seem to be much different.. was still meowing, and now he was hiding under our bed all day (which he doesnt do)
Tuesday morning I woke up, and checked his litterbox, still no pee, and he was still meowing and hiding. So I called the vet again and brought him in right away. the vet kept him over night (gave him another catheter ) and the next day told us he was doing well so we brought him home assuming everything was good.
We got him home and he still wasnt himself, but we said "maybe we just need to wait" thinking the pills just hadnt kicked in yet.
Remember through all of this Oscar still hasnt had a "good" pee, just little dribbles.
Friday I couldnt bear to see him in pain anymore, so I called the vet again... he sent me to his partner because he was booked up.. I took him to the other vet and as soon as I got him there, Oscar peed the most pee I've seen him pee in 2 weeks, I was very happy to see this, as was the vet. She then took him to the back room to try to squeeze more pee out of him to give him some relief, she did, and he seemed so happy. She gave me more pills Diazepam 5mg and Phenoxybenzamine 5mg. I got oscar home and he was a new cat. He was running around, playing, boxing with me, all normal behaviors for Oscar. Saturday the vet wanted me to bring him in again for a follow-up. She was very happy with him.
It's now Monday, and Oscar is terrible. He's hiding again, still can't pee, is meowing and now he's throwing up as well, liquid mostly.
My wife and I love our cat very much, he got us through 4 terrible miscarriages and it would really suck to see him die. I'm tired of bringing him to the vet as it seems as though they are just providing temporary relief (a few hours) I need to know if there is something else I can do? We've spent $800 on the cat in the past 2 weeks, and although we love him very much, I'm a youth pastor who doesnt make enough money to keep dropping this kind of money on a cat.
Am I just being impatient?? maybe the drugs arent kicking in yet? In the past day or so, I've come to grips with the fact that my cat could die (I'm jumping to the worst case scenario) I need to know if he is going to, or if there is something else I can do???