Luna: vomiting and weakness in her hind legs; very worried!

[Kirsten]

This is the second time today that I took Luna to the vet. She vomited a couple of times tonight (first her food, then liquid with grass), and when she vomited again this morning (clear liquid with a lot of grass), I took her to the vet. I was a bit worried because yesterday, I caught her eating a tiny bit of a ficus leaf (usually the ficus is completely ignored by the cats), and I thought she may be vomiting because of that.

My vet thought it was a stomach bug (her belly was soft, no constipation), and gave her an antibiotic and an anti-inflammant, and she also gave me Hill's i/d food. Back at home, Luna started begging for food, and during the morning hours, I gave her two small portions which she kept down. So far, so good.

Then I noticed something horrible: When I saw her walking, it looked strange, her hind legs look kinda wobbly, as if there was a weakness in her legs, especially the left one. Believe me, I felt like my entire world was falling apart that moment!! :eek: I watched her for a while and noticed that she was still able to jump onto the table and the cabinet without any problems, she was playing, and she's still begging for food. But her walking is definitely NOT normal, so I took her back to the vet.

The vet saw when I meant, she said it's still a mild form of weakness, and she doesn't think it's a stroke, or thrombosis. The reflexes in her legs were strong, so it's obviously no stroke, or herniated disc, the reflexes of her eyes were also okay, her heart sounded healthy, and her gums were pink. My vet thought the weakness may either be a poor blood circulation as a result of the stomach infection, or in fact a mild toxic reaction. She got a shot to boost her metabolism, it's a herbal med that's given to support the body fighting down infects, or poisoning. I hope it helps.

We're back home now, and right now, Luna is crying in front of the kitchen door because she wants me to open it, she wants to eat. Time for her next portion of Hill's i/d, I guess. I seriously doubt that this is really a stomach bug when she's THAT hungry! But whatever it is, it is strange, and I'm really worried!

Please keep my Luna in your thoughts,
Kirsten

[Queen of Poop]

Hoping this is just one of those things and that Miss Luna will be fine. Good that she's so hungry. Hugs for you both. Purrs from Cali and Diego. :love:

[happylabs]

Keeping her in my prayers. Hope it is just a kitty stomach bug.

[moosmom]

Oh Kirsten, I'm so sorry. It's so hard to watch our furkids go through stuff like that. You and Luna will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us posted.

[Kirsten]

Thank you for keeping my girl in your thoughts! You know she means the world to me! :love:

She's really hungry! She just got another portion, and she RAN to her food bowl, with her tail high in the air, and now she's begging for food again is trying to open the sliding door of the kitchen cabinet where the cat food is stored. I really realyy hope this weakness in her legs will go away!

[catmandu]

Poor Luna:(
We are Praying for Our Dear Friend and hope that whatever is bothering one of Our Truly Great Cat Ladies is gone soon.
We wish we could bring Luna something from the King's Buffet. We bet that the Smoked Salmon and Skewered Chicken would make her smile.:love::love:
Please Get Well Little Fraulein Luna!!:love::love:

[Randi]

Kirsten, you must be relieved hearing what the vet said. :) It might be someting entirely different, like she hurt her leg at some point, or arthritis perhaps? Has she been very active before this happened?

It's a good sign that she is hungry, so I hope she'll be OK. Sending lots of positive thoughts anyway. :love:

(((Hugs)))

[Kirsten]

Thanks, Gary and Randi!

Well, I remembered that when she got her shot at the vet's this morning, she fought and for a second, she stood up on that leg. She got the shot into her butt (on the left side), I was thinking that - since she was struggling - the nerve in her left leg may have been affected (I remember that I often had a nerve pain in my leg after butt shots), maybe it's just that. :confused: However, I saw her licking that part a while ago.

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[Cataholic]

Kirsten,
You must be so worried. {{{{HUGS}}}}

Two things came to mind re: wobbling. 1) the shot location and it causing some temporary pain/nerve tingling. 2) the vomiting...maybe she is totally fatiqued by the loss of energy?

Whatever it is, prayers coming to you 3!

[Medusa]

Kirsten,
You must be so worried. {{{{HUGS}}}}

Two things came to mind re: wobbling. 1) the shot location and it causing some temporary pain/nerve tingling. 2) the vomiting...maybe she is totally fatiqued by the loss of energy?

Whatever it is, prayers coming to you 3!

This is exactly what I was going to post. My RB Puddy had a vomiting spell and she was so weak from it that her legs wobbled and once she even collapsed. Or it could be soreness from the injection. Either way please know that prayers are going up for you both right now. Keep the faythe. :love:

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Prayers on the way from me for you and your sweet Luna too! :love:

[Kirsten]

Thanks a lot, it's very appreciated!! :love:

Well, I don't think the weakness in her legs is caused by fatigue/exhaustion from the vomiting, she doesn't look tired or exhausted to me. And she hasn't thrown up for 12 hours now. But maybe this was really caused by the injection this morning? Whatever it is, I hope it goes away!!

[phesina]

It might very well be a reaction to the injection there. What a relief that it wasn't a stroke or thrombosis!

Prayers and healing energies and loving wishes are sent that Luna is soon over this and back to her usual sweet self.

{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} and ~~~~~PURRS~~~~~ from Pat and cats

[Kirsten]

Thanks, Pat!! Well, I hope my vet is right about that!

Just saw that you're going through something similar with your Sydney. Best wishes to him!!! (((HUGS)))

[krazyaboutkatz]

Kirsten, I'm so sorry to hear about Luna.:( Whatever is causing this, I hope she'll recover quickly. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent her way.

[TommyCat]

Hi, my nephew just recently had his young cat to the Vet and something similar happened with her leg after the shots. She wasn't feeling well and had difficulty climbing the stairs. Kitty is fine now, so I hope this is all it is with Luna. Hope she feels better soon.

[cassiesmom]

Prayers for Luna!

[Kirsten]

Thanks everyone!

TommyCat, it's interesting that something similar happened to your nephew's cat!

Luna is doing better today. No more vomiting since yesterday morning, and her hind legs don't look so wobbly today. But it seems to me that her left leg is somewhat twisted, I wonder if she hurt herself when she fought against the shot during the first vet visit. :confused:

[phesina]

Thanks, Pat!! Well, I hope my vet is right about that!

Just saw that you're going through something similar with your Sydney. Best wishes to him!!! (((HUGS)))

Thank you, Kirsten, from Sydney and me. He continues to do better! Yes, I understand completely just how scary and heartbreaking it is when your older but previously healthy and active kitty suddenly seems to have had a possible stroke or other disabling, non-curable ailment. (More {{{{{{HUGS}}}}} and ~~~~~PURRS~~~~~ to you and Luna, and Lily too, from us :love:.)

And we are so glad to read that Luna is doing better! We continue to hope and pray that this is just a reaction to the shot and she'll be over that shortly. Also that her leg is not injured, just sore from the injection.

If her leg still appears twisted tomorrow, why don't you call the vet and tell her about it, see what she thinks.

A candle for Luna: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/message.cfm?l=eng&cid=10857778.

[TommyCat]

That's great Luna is feeling better and no more vomiting. I bet they can hurt themselves with fighting the shot. My nephew's cat was extremely stressed and frightened with the Vet. I hope the other leg heals.

[Kirsten]

Thanks a lot for Luna's candle, Pat, it's very appreciated!

Whatever it was that was bugging her, it seems to be better now.

TommyCat, how's your nephew's cat now?

[TommyCat]

Hi Kirsten,
Thank you; my nephew said his cat's leg is back to normal. It was sore for a few days but kept improving each day. I hope it will be the same for Luna. They sure can give us a scare when they're not feeling well.

[Kirsten]

Indeed! She gave me the scare of my life yesterday! My RB Katz had wobbly hind legs the day she died, and all these memories came back yesterday when I saw Luna like that. :eek:

Glad to hear your nephew's kitty is doing better!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Kirsten, I'm so glad to hear that Luna is doing much better and I hope she'll continue to improve.:) I'll continue to keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

[Kirsten]

Thanks! :)

Well, she seems to be okay now. I really think she hurt her leg in some way when she was fighting at the first vet visit. Hope she'll be alright!

[TommyCat]

Hi Kirsten,
That's great news about Luna's leg. It does seem like she hurt it when she was trying to get away from the Vet doing the shot. I hope she continues to do well.

[Kirsten]

Thanks! :) She seems to be back to normal now, what a relief!! :love:
She really scared me on Saturday!

Kirsten

[Anikaca77]

How is Luna doing? I hope she is back to normal now. That must have been so scary I couldn't image. My prays are with you and Luna.

Melissa

[Kirsten]

It's been scary indeed!! :eek:

But she's more or less back to normal now. A couple of days ago, I got the impression that there was some weakness again in her legs, but that was during a period of humidity, so maybe she was "just" a bit dizzy. She was also sleeping more than usual when it was that hot. It has cooled off now, and Luna shows her normal behavior.

Thanks for asking! :)

Kirsten

[GingaShadoWolf]

This is the second time today that I took Luna to the vet. She vomited a couple of times tonight (first her food, then liquid with grass), and when she vomited again this morning (clear liquid with a lot of grass), I took her to the vet. I was a bit worried because yesterday, I caught her eating a tiny bit of a ficus leaf (usually the ficus is completely ignored by the cats), and I thought she may be vomiting because of that.

My vet thought it was a stomach bug (her belly was soft, no constipation), and gave her an antibiotic and an anti-inflammant, and she also gave me Hill's i/d food. Back at home, Luna started begging for food, and during the morning hours, I gave her two small portions which she kept down. So far, so good.

Then I noticed something horrible: When I saw her walking, it looked strange, her hind legs look kinda wobbly, as if there was a weakness in her legs, especially the left one. Believe me, I felt like my entire world was falling apart that moment!! :eek: I watched her for a while and noticed that she was still able to jump onto the table and the cabinet without any problems, she was playing, and she's still begging for food. But her walking is definitely NOT normal, so I took her back to the vet.

The vet saw when I meant, she said it's still a mild form of weakness, and she doesn't think it's a stroke, or thrombosis. The reflexes in her legs were strong, so it's obviously no stroke, or herniated disc, the reflexes of her eyes were also okay, her heart sounded healthy, and her gums were pink. My vet thought the weakness may either be a poor blood circulation as a result of the stomach infection, or in fact a mild toxic reaction. She got a shot to boost her metabolism, it's a herbal med that's given to support the body fighting down infects, or poisoning. I hope it helps.

We're back home now, and right now, Luna is crying in front of the kitchen door because she wants me to open it, she wants to eat. Time for her next portion of Hill's i/d, I guess. I seriously doubt that this is really a stomach bug when she's THAT hungry! But whatever it is, it is strange, and I'm really worried!

Please keep my Luna in your thoughts,
Kirsten

Sadly this also happened to my cat a week ago, only my cat won't eat or drink much. My cat Kitty was vomiting a yellow foamy bile consistently. In one day alone she vommeted twenty times, it scared me. I took her to the soon after that. My cat ended up going to the vet twice and was given IV fluids, a few different injections, a large amount of lab work, x-rays (that were also sent to a radiologist), and she had to stay at the vet on the first day I brought her in and the second day I brought her in. The first day she was brought home I was told she would get better, but sadly she got worse. I brought her back the next day and the vet did all the same things. Her two x-ray from day one and two were night and day from each other. The x-ray showed a few problems the first was she was fully backed up, the second her stomach was expanded and misshapen with nothing in it, and the last thing was her small intestines were balling up on themselves. I was sent home with some medication. It seemed like it worked, but after a few days she got so much worse. I'm scared for her. I hope Luna gets better.

[cats4ever]

Does Kitty eat things like strings or toys? Even if there's the slightest suspicion of a foreign body, tell your vet immediately. Her symptoms could point to an intestinal blockage. She might need exploratory surgery.
Good luck!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I'm sorry to hear about Luna. Prayers on the way for you both . :love: