There are some chylothorax kitties here. One of them, Bassett had surgery and all went very well for another year but then she passed away.

But there is also Catsnclay's Lucky who lives with this condition for quite some time.

You could PM Catsnclay or search for Chylothorax on the board. I am sure there is a lot of information available.

The pilling is a special thing. There is a kind of pill injection thing that you can get at the vet's. Some people here manage very well with it. With my Tigris it didn't work. Pilling Tigris is an act for 2 persons. I out the pill in some liver pate, my husband coaxes Tigris between his knees (he has garden gloves on ), I put the liver pate plus pill on the thin end of a long icecream spoon, my husband opens Tigris' mouth, I shove the pate in, he closes the mouth and waits until the Tigris boy has swallowed.

Sounds cruel but you get exercise in getting it in quickly and decided and Tigris basically loved the taste. After some days he did not dart away afterwards but just was happy again when it was over.

All the best for you and Hobbes.