I'll try the short version: Mikey has a 3 year history of vomiting/bloody diarrhea. Three different vets all say IBD. He's 16 and has responded extremely well to injections of prednisolone once every 3-6 months. Except for now. He had an injection in early July, but still continued to vomit daily. In the past month, he has had x-rays, bloodwork (showed some elevated enzymes indicating pancreatitis, but he doesn't have any of the clinical signs). He was put on flagyl and pepcid, which maybe helped. He was still vomiting 4-5 times a week and it was dark brown with tinges of blood. The vets are aware.
Last week he was given another prednislone injection. The vomiting stopped for 6 days. We really thought we were out of the woods. It's once a day and a very small amount. But still dark brown. Vet suggested changing to a hypo-allergenic diet slowly (cat is on i/d diet now). Then the next step will be a sonogram. Endoscopy was mentioned, but because of the cat's age, they want to try less invasive first. They have a board certified vet who only does ultrasounds come into the office once a week.
If I didn't see the vomit, I would NEVER know this kitty was sick. He eats like he always did, plays, purrs, head butts us, normal bowel movements, everything else seems fine.
I just hate this, b/c it's not black and white.
Last week he was given another prednislone injection. The vomiting stopped for 6 days. We really thought we were out of the woods. It's once a day and a very small amount. But still dark brown. Vet suggested changing to a hypo-allergenic diet slowly (cat is on i/d diet now). Then the next step will be a sonogram. Endoscopy was mentioned, but because of the cat's age, they want to try less invasive first. They have a board certified vet who only does ultrasounds come into the office once a week.
If I didn't see the vomit, I would NEVER know this kitty was sick. He eats like he always did, plays, purrs, head butts us, normal bowel movements, everything else seems fine.
I just hate this, b/c it's not black and white.