NoahsMommy
08-01-2003, 01:37 AM
(Here's a link to what's been going on with Micah and our new approach: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31149 )
I'm apart of a yahoo group for cat owners with cats that have IBD. I asked about the surgery Micah's vet wants to do. Here are the two repsonses I've gotten so far:
Kelly
> Sinbad had the exploratory surgery done too. I am sure the
incision
> was fairly large, and the surgery is VERY invasive. We almost lost
> him after it, as he refused to eat and got a slight infection. He
> lost 2 lbs the week he was at the veterinary hospital! I don't
> believe we would do it again, when it was only diagnostic and
didn't
> fix any problems. But on the other hand it was good to get a
> positive diagnosis too. best wishes, donna & sinbad.
AND...
Ditto for Roman! The incision was very big, and the surgery was VERY thorough and invasive. They looked into EVERYTHING, even passed an object into the intestines to see if there was any blockage. It took her quite a while to recover from that! She too, like Sinbad, lost over two pounds and also refused to eat. They had to put in a feeding tube, which she coughed up immediately, so they had to put another one in (this requires she be put to sleep for it). After a couple of weeks, she threw up a hairball and the tube came out again. I tried to get her to eat, after 2 days of not eating one bite, it was back to the vet for another tube.
Unfortanately, my vet was out that day, and the other vet was clueless about what my vet wanted and just observed her, and so she had to spend the night. When my vet came back he was p---ed! So she went for four days straight without one bit of food in her, because then they couldn't put anything in the tube until she was over the anesthesia and stuff. Then she actually was sicker after having the second tube put in. I swear it was like having a dead cat for a few days; it was sooo depressing.
She was vomitting again so much that I could only feed her about 3 mL of food a time for the first day or two, and when I'd pick her up to do that, she was so cold and rigid. But they had put her on Zantac to settle her stomach, and that actually made it
worse. I really thought thas was the end of it. But when I took her off the Zantac (I took her off, figured the results - she stopped vomitting everytime I fed her, THEN I told the vet and he okayed it!) then she recovered. Now she is doing very very very well! Wouldn't even know she's sick... but it's only been about 3 weeks. Only time will tell, I guess!
OK, this scares the crap out of me!! Two pounds? Micah only wieghs barely six pounds!!! :eek: :eek: I don't know what to do. :(
I'm asking the homeopathic vet on Monday if he feels Micah will need this. The only draw back of not doing it is having lymphoma going undetected. :(
I'm apart of a yahoo group for cat owners with cats that have IBD. I asked about the surgery Micah's vet wants to do. Here are the two repsonses I've gotten so far:
Kelly
> Sinbad had the exploratory surgery done too. I am sure the
incision
> was fairly large, and the surgery is VERY invasive. We almost lost
> him after it, as he refused to eat and got a slight infection. He
> lost 2 lbs the week he was at the veterinary hospital! I don't
> believe we would do it again, when it was only diagnostic and
didn't
> fix any problems. But on the other hand it was good to get a
> positive diagnosis too. best wishes, donna & sinbad.
AND...
Ditto for Roman! The incision was very big, and the surgery was VERY thorough and invasive. They looked into EVERYTHING, even passed an object into the intestines to see if there was any blockage. It took her quite a while to recover from that! She too, like Sinbad, lost over two pounds and also refused to eat. They had to put in a feeding tube, which she coughed up immediately, so they had to put another one in (this requires she be put to sleep for it). After a couple of weeks, she threw up a hairball and the tube came out again. I tried to get her to eat, after 2 days of not eating one bite, it was back to the vet for another tube.
Unfortanately, my vet was out that day, and the other vet was clueless about what my vet wanted and just observed her, and so she had to spend the night. When my vet came back he was p---ed! So she went for four days straight without one bit of food in her, because then they couldn't put anything in the tube until she was over the anesthesia and stuff. Then she actually was sicker after having the second tube put in. I swear it was like having a dead cat for a few days; it was sooo depressing.
She was vomitting again so much that I could only feed her about 3 mL of food a time for the first day or two, and when I'd pick her up to do that, she was so cold and rigid. But they had put her on Zantac to settle her stomach, and that actually made it
worse. I really thought thas was the end of it. But when I took her off the Zantac (I took her off, figured the results - she stopped vomitting everytime I fed her, THEN I told the vet and he okayed it!) then she recovered. Now she is doing very very very well! Wouldn't even know she's sick... but it's only been about 3 weeks. Only time will tell, I guess!
OK, this scares the crap out of me!! Two pounds? Micah only wieghs barely six pounds!!! :eek: :eek: I don't know what to do. :(
I'm asking the homeopathic vet on Monday if he feels Micah will need this. The only draw back of not doing it is having lymphoma going undetected. :(