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hello, this is my first time posting. I’m very desperate for help and have seen two vets as well. Hoping for some ideas or thoughts on possibilities of whats going on with my cat.
I got my boy Oscar when he was a few months old. A friend of mine found him outside with a head tilt and caught him. Unfortunately her other cats did not take well to him so I ended up taking him. He is the only animal in my home. He is extremely active even with the head tilt, has an insatiable appetite and very sweet, cuddly.
My friend’s vet informed her the head tilt was most likely from a polyp. Two weeks after I got him, I brought him to the vet was told they did not see a polyp but it was discovered he had lung worm. He was treated, but the head tilt did not go away.
Fast forward about a year with absolutely no complications or issues, oscar is neutered. 4 days after the neutering he begins to vomit and shiver. Still has energy and an appetite. As quickly as it started it ended and he was back to normal. I figured it could of been due to antibiotics or just nerves.
2 weeks later, about 2 weeks ago now, he began to shiver again. A day later he started refusing food, and acting extremely lethargic. I brought him to a different vet the next day. And right away they found the polyp in his middle ear. It was removed the next day. And found he had a ruptured ear drum. Also he developed horner’s syndrome.
It has now been a week, the polyp has been removed, he is still shivering, refusing food, and lethargic. He was on a steroid, given an antibiotic injection, and Cerenia. I’ve been to the vet three times (an amazing vet in my area with the best rating), and she cannot find anything physically wrong with him. His blood work is perfect, he has no reactions to any pain tests and no signs of neurologic issues. We have since stopped the Cerenia due to it making him offer than how off he already was. We have lowered the steroid due to diarrhea it was causing. And we put him on a pain med. since the pain med has started 3 days ago he’s been perfect, eating non stop, playing nonstop.
The vet told me to cut back on the pain med and see how he is, maybe his issues have solved or healed themself. Unfortunately it has been 1 day and he’s back to not eating and lethargic. I dropped a stool sample, to retest for the lung worm.
I am going to call the vet in the morning.
My question is, I was told from the polyp removal he’d heal right off the bat. I have not read any bad side effects of this procedure. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? The next step would be evaluation at the vet for a few days, which the vet knows he will not be a good candidate for considering how nervous he gets.
I feel as if I have missed some things, I hope I covered it all. I’m sorry if this was all over the place. I’m so distraught about how suddenly over night this all happened. I can’t help but shake off the feeling after the neuter things have not been the same. But the vet (who did not do the neuter) claims she didn’t see any issues at the site and again no pain reaction.
If there’s any more questions or things I haven’t clarified I will answer no issue.
Thank you so much for your time,
A concerned cat mama
I got my boy Oscar when he was a few months old. A friend of mine found him outside with a head tilt and caught him. Unfortunately her other cats did not take well to him so I ended up taking him. He is the only animal in my home. He is extremely active even with the head tilt, has an insatiable appetite and very sweet, cuddly.
My friend’s vet informed her the head tilt was most likely from a polyp. Two weeks after I got him, I brought him to the vet was told they did not see a polyp but it was discovered he had lung worm. He was treated, but the head tilt did not go away.
Fast forward about a year with absolutely no complications or issues, oscar is neutered. 4 days after the neutering he begins to vomit and shiver. Still has energy and an appetite. As quickly as it started it ended and he was back to normal. I figured it could of been due to antibiotics or just nerves.
2 weeks later, about 2 weeks ago now, he began to shiver again. A day later he started refusing food, and acting extremely lethargic. I brought him to a different vet the next day. And right away they found the polyp in his middle ear. It was removed the next day. And found he had a ruptured ear drum. Also he developed horner’s syndrome.
It has now been a week, the polyp has been removed, he is still shivering, refusing food, and lethargic. He was on a steroid, given an antibiotic injection, and Cerenia. I’ve been to the vet three times (an amazing vet in my area with the best rating), and she cannot find anything physically wrong with him. His blood work is perfect, he has no reactions to any pain tests and no signs of neurologic issues. We have since stopped the Cerenia due to it making him offer than how off he already was. We have lowered the steroid due to diarrhea it was causing. And we put him on a pain med. since the pain med has started 3 days ago he’s been perfect, eating non stop, playing nonstop.
The vet told me to cut back on the pain med and see how he is, maybe his issues have solved or healed themself. Unfortunately it has been 1 day and he’s back to not eating and lethargic. I dropped a stool sample, to retest for the lung worm.
I am going to call the vet in the morning.
My question is, I was told from the polyp removal he’d heal right off the bat. I have not read any bad side effects of this procedure. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? The next step would be evaluation at the vet for a few days, which the vet knows he will not be a good candidate for considering how nervous he gets.
I feel as if I have missed some things, I hope I covered it all. I’m sorry if this was all over the place. I’m so distraught about how suddenly over night this all happened. I can’t help but shake off the feeling after the neuter things have not been the same. But the vet (who did not do the neuter) claims she didn’t see any issues at the site and again no pain reaction.
If there’s any more questions or things I haven’t clarified I will answer no issue.
Thank you so much for your time,
A concerned cat mama