Lily going to have bladder surgery on Tuesday (Update: Back home from surgery! #20)
Those who are on Facebook may already know that Lily and I have been through some really rough weeks! I've posted before here on PT that she was having an episode of spraying in February when she suddenly started spraying like a male. This, however, improved after a while and aside from occasial spraying incidents which I thought were behavioral, she seems to be fine.
Then, by the mid of August, she took a turn to the worse. At the vet's, she got a treatment for bladder infection, but there was no improvement. At that point, I thought it might be a jealousy issue because the first spots she was spraying were the places were Luna loved to be. After a while, she sprayed everything in "my" room (the place were I'm sleeping, resting and where my computer table is). She was spraying walls, furniture, curtains, heaters, my bed, even the kitty bed - the situation was quickly getting out of control. After a while, she started spraying outside this room also: more furniture, doors, the dvd player, the stereo, my router ... my entire place is a mess now! Also, her behavior has totally changed over the past weeks: my formerly relaxed, confident kitty appeared to be unhappy, nervous, even in pain.
Of course more vet visits were in order; last Monday, I insisted on an ultrasound. My vet did so, and we saw something in her bladder that looked like a stone. I was almost relieved! Next, we took an x-ray shot - and no stone was to be seen! Her urine was checked for crystals - nothing. No hemoglobin, but a few leucocytes.
My vet suggested pain meds to find out if that would change her behavior. Started this week and noticed a change, she seems to be more relaxed and I haven't seen her spraying over the past few days; instead, she started wetting her kitty bed at night, where she was sleeping which I thought was most alarming.
Today, I saw her going to the litterbox twice, without peeing. Thinking of a urethra blockage, I brought her back to the vet this afternoon. Another ultrasound was made, and we saw that "thing" again. It's inside her bladder, it can't be moved, and it doesn't cast a shadow like stones do. So, it may be a tumor. :( Whatever it is, this thing needs to be taken care of, and I hope it can be removed (Besides, she's not blocked, she peed when we came home from the vet).
Surgery is scheduled for Tuesday morning, and I really hope she'll be fine! Apart from the recent issues, Lily has always been healthy, she's in a good condition, so I hope she will soon recover from this. And I sure hope it's no cancer! At this point, I'm almost glad that there's something that can be done.
The vet bills ... oh my! Needless to say, considering that I'm on disability pension, this entire thing will ruin me financially. But it's for my girl ... :love:
I really, really hope she'll cope well with the surgery and will feel better when she recovered. And - the most important thing - that it's no cancer!
