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Hey everyone,
My cat has had it really rough the past three weeks. He's been in intensive care for what they believe ended up being a sinus infection that went into his brain. Initially it was nine days of hospitalization which included getting him healthy enough for an MRI, finding the infection on the MRI, and then beginning antibiotic treatment. He came home for a few days and wouldn't eat or drink which ended up in him being hospitalized again, and now he's got an E-tube. Overall, he was hospitalized for about 13 days and it's been very hard on him.
I brought him home last night, and this morning found he'd peed on the blankets of the bed. He had also done this once before when he was feeling particularly awful before being readmitted. Prior to this illness, he had NEVER peed anywhere but the litter.
I'm in contact with the vet who said he may just need some more time to adjust, and he is scheduled for a checkup next week. We're feeding him with the etube which he is responding fairly well to. But he's peed on the bed I'm sleeping in with him multiple times (before this illness he NEVER did that), even when he's been put in the litter to see if he needs to go. He's up walking around but does seem distraught.
Tonight my plan is to sleep in the bathroom with him and a litter box (yes, sounds awful), but he just pees on the bed and I don't want him to get it on the couch. Does anyone have any ideas that might help us and him until he readjusts? If he readjusts...
This whole thing has just been terrible and I don't really know what to do. I love him dearly, but I'm getting ready to have a nervous breakdown.
Thanks,
R-kins
My cat has had it really rough the past three weeks. He's been in intensive care for what they believe ended up being a sinus infection that went into his brain. Initially it was nine days of hospitalization which included getting him healthy enough for an MRI, finding the infection on the MRI, and then beginning antibiotic treatment. He came home for a few days and wouldn't eat or drink which ended up in him being hospitalized again, and now he's got an E-tube. Overall, he was hospitalized for about 13 days and it's been very hard on him.
I brought him home last night, and this morning found he'd peed on the blankets of the bed. He had also done this once before when he was feeling particularly awful before being readmitted. Prior to this illness, he had NEVER peed anywhere but the litter.
I'm in contact with the vet who said he may just need some more time to adjust, and he is scheduled for a checkup next week. We're feeding him with the etube which he is responding fairly well to. But he's peed on the bed I'm sleeping in with him multiple times (before this illness he NEVER did that), even when he's been put in the litter to see if he needs to go. He's up walking around but does seem distraught.
Tonight my plan is to sleep in the bathroom with him and a litter box (yes, sounds awful), but he just pees on the bed and I don't want him to get it on the couch. Does anyone have any ideas that might help us and him until he readjusts? If he readjusts...
This whole thing has just been terrible and I don't really know what to do. I love him dearly, but I'm getting ready to have a nervous breakdown.
Thanks,
R-kins