Hi Everyone.
It's amazing the wonderful sites and people you find when you are in most need. I'm new to this site, and like many I've read, I found it because I was searching for answers to my fabulous feline's current health problem.
I'll try to keep this short...but I need some help.
Our 5 yr old cat, Thomas, went to the vet 7/14 with a urinary obstruction. They thought we caught it early enough to not cause any permanent damage because he bounced back at the hospital rather quickly, and was eating, drinking, and being generally a good boy while he was there, and his blood levels looked good. We brought him home after 3 days with AB's and instructions to feed c/d wet food. Thomas HATES wet food, but was eating at the hospital, so we said we would give it a try. 3 days later, all he could think about was his grocery store junk food, which we finally gave in and fed him some in combination with the wet, just so he would eat. About 1 1/2 weeks later, he decided he didn't want to eat - anything. He became weak in a span of 36 hours, and could not make it into his litter box - stopped just outside. So back to the vet.
Initial prognosis was not good - Kidney failure (too early to tell if ARF or CRF) - BUN and Creatinine levels were high - but not so high as to suggest PTS. Our vet - bless her heart - insisted we try subcutaneous fluids. So, on 8/3 and 8/4 he received 200 mL at the vet and we started 2.5 mg of Pepcid AC on Thursday at home for nausea. We began every other day subq fluids at home on Thursday as well.
He's a very good patient at home, only vomits immediately after he gets his fluids, and doesn't fight them. He is eating and drinking ok. and has gained back 1 of the 2 lbs he lost.
He has however developed tremors in his head which sometimes extend down his legs. They don't seem to bother him, and only occur right before he is about to sleep, or lay down. They have happened a couple of times when he is walking and they cause him to stumble. He is very clumsy (fell off the arm of the couch - over estimates jumping onto my lap and almost slides off the other side) on top of it all.
We were back at the vet on Tuesday (8/11) and his blood work is all normal (hooray) and we are weaning him off the fluids slowly for the next month. The vet could not see a cause for the tremors but suggested we stop the Pepcid since it coincided with the beginning of the tremors.
It's been 36 hours since his last dose of Pepcid and there has been no decrease in his tremors. The only change is that he is eating a bit less. He did get another dose of fluids (100mL) last night which may be making him queasy.
The vet is hesitant to think that it could be seizures because there is no chemical indications in his blood work.
Has anyone seen this before and can offer a suggestion?
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