Best wishes to Kylie, get well sooooooooooooonnnnnnnn!
About pills.....awhile back Bo had a respiratory tract infection, so we had to give her an antibiotic pill once a day. Our normally mild mannered well behaved show Manx turned into a little spitting witch when it came to getting pilled! My husband had the bright idea of crushing the pill (putting it between two sheets of waxed paper and mashing it with the back of a spoon) and mixing it in with some meat baby food (Bo's favorite treat!). Voila! she gobbled it down and actually asked for more. You may want to try this trick as well to see if you can get your cat to take medicine without a struggle.