I just read the thread. I hope Luna will get better soon and you will find what she has. Hugs to you.
I just read the thread. I hope Luna will get better soon and you will find what she has. Hugs to you.
The CREW is sending thier prayers and we hope that Luna feels better soon.
Prayers for Luna and Kirsten coming from me and my fur crew, Luna, get well soon and calm down so your momma can get some rest. :p
Hugs Kirsten that this is something curable and will be gone soon. :love:
I am so sorry to hear that. I don't believe it's kidney failure. A kidney failure that would be final doesn't come just like this-not with a meowmie like you who gets regular check-ups for the kits.
And a cat in final kidney failure will NOT kill your carpet and be up all night in an aggressive way. (So you may take that as postive sign although it hardly is).
I hope the poor girl begins to be better. And that you can relax a bit too.
Thank goodness she kept some food down - meds act even more on a kitty (and human) with nothing in the tummy.
I am so sorry you had a bad night! Hopefully dear Luna is on the mend now, and you both will feel better soon! :love:
Kirsten, I'm sorry that you had such a horrible night.:( I'm glad to hear that she's kept some food down and hopefully she'll become her sweet self again soon. Good luck at the vet today.
Bless her heart - and yours! I hope you have much better news for us soon.
Take good care of yourself too!
Hi Kirsten, I'm sorry to hear you spent a terrible night with Luna:(
I hope she's feeling better; please keep the faith!!!
Big hugs.
My prays for Luna. I'm sorry I wasn't able to post my prays sooner.
Melissa
Thank you everyone! I really hope this night will be better! Have to go back to work tomorrow and I do not function without any sleep!
This afternoon, I took her back to the vet's for another check. Her tummy is still soft, her temperature is normal, and her heart sounds fine. She's still under the influence of the meds she got, looks really drugged. We were able to draw blood from her (to check her kidneys, liver, and thyroid) without another sedation. She was such a good girl! Will get the results on Monday, and I'm a bit nervous about the possibility of renal failure.
The situation at home is still the same. A lot of growling and hissing between Luna and Lily; I know from former experiences that it will take a couple of days before things will be back to normal.
I just hope she won't have a relapse. It's now 24 hours ago that she puked the last time, and she seems to be very hungry. She's begging for food all the time and so far, she kept down what she ate.
And she wants to be with mommy all the time. After the vet visit, I fell asleep because I was really tired and miserable after that sleepless night, and she curled up next to me and slept, too.
Kirsten
Here's hoping Luna won't vomit anymore. I know, it's frightening; we just went through this with Binky. After a couple of vet visits it was found that he has IBD, so we have to give him meds, plus feed him small meals more frequently.
It's good that she hasn't had an episode for 24 hours, let's hope it continues.
Hugs and prayers for both of you!:):love::):love:
Aww, poor Luna! I hope you can get her sorted out.
I hope the results will be good and that there will be nothing more to worry about. Luna seems better this evening. Crossing paws that you all have a good night.
Hi Kirsten,
Sending thoughts and prayers for all 3 of you. I know how upsetting it can be.
God Bless....
That goes for me, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonia59
Prayers and positive vibes on the way for precious Luna that it isn't anything serious and that she feels better real soon.
My oldest son's cat went through this years ago and the vet said he had some kind of virus. He was put on medication and was back to himself within a few days. Being indoor only cats, the vet said that my son or his girlfriend could have brought it in if they were touching another cat with the virus.
That's why whenever I pet a cat from outside, I always go straight into the bathroom and wash my hands and then put on some hand sanitizer before I do anything else.
I'm praying that whatever is wrong with Luna, that it could easily be remedied with some medication.
{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} Kirsten as I know how worried you must be.
Kirsten, I am glad to hear that Luna is keeping down some food.... and that she is LOVING her MOM!!! I will light another candle for you both!!!!
Aww, poor Luna! Hope she feels better. Prayers for you both. :love:
Hi Kirsten, I'm so sorry that Luna is feeling so terrible :( but it is encouraging that she has managed to keep down her food and hasn't thrown up for 24 hours. Prayers that she has turned the corner and will get better each day.
My cat Sneakers had a similar thing a few years ago. She vomitted everywhere for a day and I raced her into the vet. She was hypothermic at that point. They did every test under the sun (xrays, ultrasound, bloodwork, urinalysis) including exploratory surgery to look inside her bladder! They never did find out what it was but they put her on IV fluids and ran antibiotics through the iv lines for a few days and she just got better and better. We have no idea what happened and neither do the vets. That was 4 or 5 years ago and she is still in good health.
I'm praying that Luna is dealing with something similar that will pass. I wonder if she wouldn't do well with some antibiotics though if she doesn't get better in a few days.
I hope Luna is 100% very soon. Sounds like you are doing everything possible for her. What a great meowmie! :love:
Sometimes people baffle me (well most of the time,truth be told!) Why would anyone tell someone to expect the worse when a furkid is ill? How does this help at all? I'm pretty sure they don't have a vets degree?:rolleyes::mad: No qualified vet would even guess what was wrong without examining the patient. Your "friend" should keep their two-bit opinions to themselves and be supportive and wishing you and Luna the best. Oi vey!
Alll fingers and paws crossed in California that this is just a passing icky.
xxxooo
Claudia, Calvin & Hobbes
Oh Kirsten, I'm just seeing this now and can't tell you how sorry I am to hear about Luna. Many prayers are being prayed that the problem isn't serious and your vet can get things cleared up and back to normal very soon. I'm sending Luna very gentle get well lovies :love: :love: :love: :love:
Poor Lily must be quite confused and a bit frightened with all that has happened in recent days. Could I ask you to give her some comforting lovies from me?
Many [[[[[HUGS]]]]] are being sent for you!
Try not to worry and please keep us updated?
Continued prayers on the way!
Just a brief update: Unfortunately, she started puking again this morning, now every couple of minutes. :( :( :( She's eating a lot of grass. The weird thing is, she's begging for food, seems to be very hungry. BTW, she did not poop since this started.
Wonder if it's outrageous to call my vet this morning at 7:30 am. Her office hours start at 9. But I would like to bring her in and leave her at the vet's office while I'm at work. Cannot leave her alone at home in this state!
She's loving and purring and always wants to be with me, but I just have to go back to work today, even though I'm feeling ill myself.
Think I will call my vet now. :o
Edit: Just talked to her. Will bring her to her office now where she has to stay the day. More tests will be done (xray etc.). I'm so worried! :(
Kirsten
So sorry to hear beautiful Luna is sick:(
Sending Prayers and Vibes Luna and your way
I'm sorry to hear this. I rather would go with the virus theory- it just doesn't sound like renal failure.
Hope they can help her at the vet's.
Paws crossed for both of you.
Poor little girl, I do hope that your vet can get to the bottom of this soon. It's so stressful for you, Kirsten. We want Luna to feel better now! :love:
It's strange indeed that she looks hungry. Could it be that she ate something she should not have? I hope the vet finds something. You did the best by bringing her to the vet for the day.
Keeping fingers crossed.
I haven't been on PT for 3 days, so I just saw this thread about poor Luna..
Oh no Kirsten, I sure hope your vet finds the cause of all this trouble AS SOON AS POSSIBLE !!! You must be so scared.....:( . I will keep her in my prayers, she MUST get better!!
HUGS:love::love::love:
((((HUGS))))) Get better soon Luna! :love:
Thank you very much for all the get well wishes! (((HUGS)))
She's home now, still in her carrier because she's dizzy, but she seems to be well.
The xray shot showed that she was extremely constipated (even though she pooped every day), her colon was full of dried stool. It was so full that the contrast dye remained in her stomach (guess the same happened to her food, until it took the wrong way to come out again). But no blockage or tumor has been found, and all her organs looked fine. The ultrasound didn't show anything either.
She got an enema (clyster), and according to my vet, it's been a lot of poop that came out. In the end, the contrast medium came out, which is a good sign, because it has now easily passed her intestines (as soon as they were emptied). Another xray shot showed that she's completely empty now.
My vet thinks that this full, constipated colon might have been the cause of the vomiting. But of course we still have to wait for the results of the blood test.
Anyway, I hope she will soon recover and be back to her old self. I had really no idea that she had these problems with her digestion! :o The vet recommened for her to lose weight, and to change her diet (which will be complicated because she needs to eat the struvite crystal diet, and that makes her obese :rolleyes: ).
Again, thanks a lot for keeping my Luna in your thoughts and prayers!! It means a lot to me to know that she is loved by so many! :love:
Kirsten
Kirsten, I'm so sorry to hear Luna started puking again, both you and her must be exhausted. :( It's a relief that she can stay at the vets all day and I hope they'll find out what causing this and treat her for it.
Hugs and positive thoughts from me and Fister. :)
Thank you for the update!! Thank God it's nothing serious, I'm still praying the blood test comes OK.
Big hugs for you and please give Luna a kiss from me:love:
Kirsten, I'm glad to hear that Luna is home now and that the vet was able to help her. When I was reading that she was still vomiting this morning, I was going to say that maybe she's constipated. My RB Pepper became very sick one time and it was also due to being constipated. He was also very overweight. Later I noticed that he had a relapse so I brought him in and he had to have another enema. He was then put on Lactulose which he got daily and this solved his problem. If this continues to happen to Luna, you should ask your vet about possibly adding this to Luna's diet. I hope that her bloodwork will come back fine. She's still in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care. (((HUGS)))
I'm so glad to hear that Luna is home and doing better. When I read your post about "no poop", I thought about a blockage or constipation too. Glad to hear that it was the lesser of the two evils. Here's hoping she continues to do well! :)
Kirsten, I'm sure she'll be feeling much better now; you can imagine how awful that was for her. Prayers the bloodwork will be normal (of course it will) and Luna will be back to herself shortly. :love:
Thank goodness, Kirsten - this might be all it is!
Is there a wet struvite crystal food that you could mix with some warm water to help keep Luna regular?
Or - a diet/fibre dry food you could mix half and half with her crystal dry food?
My own vet is overjoyed that both my cats will eat the no-grain dry food - apparently it keeps the cat's urine at the right pH so they don't develop crystals. But ask your vet about that.
The great thing too is that on the no-grain food, my boys are leaner and more energetic - and they eat less of the food!
Here are some links that with info you can mention to your vet:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...5040119AAU2sZm
Very good info here on what to look for on a cat food label:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Five-Cat-F...e-UTD&id=27939
Very good info here too:
http://www.greenlittlecat.com/?p=56
There are more sites if you Google "cat food and struvite crystals". All the sites I looked at mentioned high protein as preventing the struvite crystals. The crystals themselves are diet-related, say some.
Hugs to poor Luna! Hope she and Mommy are better and getting some rest!:love:
I'm so glad that Luna was able to pass her stool. I hope that was the reason for her throwing up. My prays are with you.
Melissa
Ok, my RB Puddy had a blocked colon, too, filled w/feces and my vet kept pressing on her abdomen to help to get it all out. She finally went in for surgery but not for that and he cleaned her all out while she was in there. After that, he told me to sprinkle Forti Flora, a probiotic, onto her food and she never had that problem again. I'm so glad that your vet was able to figure everything out and, hopefully, Luna will be herself in no time. :love: I hope you get some rest now. (((HUGS)))
Poor Luna! She was so full of poop that the food had nowhere to go. Do you have the oily hairball medicine over there? That's basically a mild laxative.
We are glad that at least you know whats bothering Little Luna,
and that theres a solution where she can get back to normal.
And please dont blame yourself Kirsten, as Cats never tell you you where it hurts , and constipation is the last thing people expect thier Cats to have.
:eek::eek:
We are so relieved that Pretty Luna will be well SOON!!!
:love::love::love::love::love::love: