BRODIE is HOME -> (AGAIN) Still Needs Your Prayers!

[christa]

Maybe it's just going to take Brodie a little time to get his system back in order.

I hope you're right Lori. Initially the vet asked that I give the new food 6 weeks to see if it would make a difference. So I guess that's what I'm going to try to do.

6 weeks . . . let's hope we can make it 6 weeks with minimal vomiting . . .

[christa]

Taking Brodie back to the vet today at 4:05. Not sure what's going to happen, if they'll want to keep him again or what.

I'm just numb from all of this. I've cried my eyes out . . . I'm just at a loss for words.

Please keep praying for my little man.

[Catty1]

Oh sweetie!

Maybe is IS something as straightforward as what Callie had...and just in case, contact IMOM in case some surgery is indicated, it can be pricey!

www.imom.org

Hugs and prayers for your beautiful baby!

He knows he is sooo loved and that will make a huge difference in his recovery!

hugs
Catty1

[Donnaj4962]

Awwww, I am so sorry to hear that Brodie is still having trouble with keeping his food down. Poor little guy.... and poor Meowmie! I know that you are just heartsick about this. I will keep Brodie in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep up posted after the vet visit. Lots of warm wishes coming your way.

[Lizzie]

Sick with worry though I am about my Ted, I'm in tears over Brodie. The vomiting sound too extreme for allergies, but then I'm not a DVM. Can you take him to a specialist center? Are you thinking of an ultra-sound? The barium could have flowed past an obstruction since Brodie eats sometimes and doesn't throw up, and he poops. An obstruction can move around and cause blockage and irritation sometimes, and then move away into a less obstructive position. Obstructions don't show up well on x-rays, as others have posted, that's why they can become dire emergencies. In your position, I'd go to a specialist or demand an ultra-sound. Actually, an ultra-sound will probably mean they will need to call in a specialist or you take Brodie to one. One of my vets is good at reading them, the other says he is not, but they still encouraged me to pay for a radiologist in attendance.

We are all rooting for Brodie, he HAS to get better.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Hugs for you and your meowmie little Brodie

[christa]

Brodie is home. Seems to be doing better. They gave him another round of fluids. She wants him to stay on the food for at least 3 weeks - to give it a chance to see a change - if there will be one. She also wants for us to change their water source. Right now we buy jugs of drinking water in plastic gallon jugs. We're going to start using water from the filter in the kitchen.

She also asked me if we had Asian Ladybugs in our house and if he ate them. Of course he eats them, he eats everything . . . She said that some cats are more sensitive to the toxins that they release and she said that she has seen cats that vomit profusely from eating them. Just another possibility.

I got a few cans of wet d/d and he has actually kept that down! I am VERY happy about that! Poor guy was probably starving!

Please keep praying for him. He still has a ways to go. I just hope that he continues to improve.

[momcat]

Oh Christa, I wish I knew what to say or do to make all of this go away. My heart is breaking for both you and Brodie. If only your vet could give you a definitive answer as to EXACTLY what's wrong. Is there any possibility of taking him to another vet for a second opinion? (((HUGS))) to you and, of course, prayres continue for Brodie. Please keep us updated?

[christa]

Is there any possibility of taking him to another vet for a second opinion?

We considered having a 2nd opinion but decided against it.

We have already spent so much money. Taking him to another vet would just require their own testing & so forth. It would basically just double what we've already paid for possibly the same diagnosis. We're not in a financial situation that we can have every vet & specialist in the city look at him and every test known to man run on him. We're doing what we can right now with what we have.

I trust our vet. I do believe that she has his best interest at heart.

I think it's a good sign that although he's been so sick, he's remained very active & playful. Just please keep praying that he continue to improve.

[rg_girlca]

Poor sweet Brodie. That's a good sign though Christa that he is still active and playing and that he has been able to keep the wet food down.

I will definitely keep Brodie in my prayers that he continues to do well and BIG ((((((HUGS)))))) for you Christa.

[orangemm]

Just now caught up with this thread and I am going to pray for sweet Brodie. Poor lil guy, what an awful time he's had (and you, too, meowmie!). It's so disheartening to progress for a day or two, then have a rude awakening and another setback.

Come on, Brodie, leave the bugs ALONE!

Hugs to you both! (((((hugs)))))

[smokey the elder]

Poor little guy! I hope the new food does the trick.