Karen, I'm so sorry that your Mom is having to go through all of this stress. I hope that Stevie won't need the operation but if he does please be sure that the vet knows what he's doing. I paid a little more and had Storm operated on by a board certified surgeon because he had scar tissue that caused his blockage the second time and they couldn't even get a catheter in him.

I've heard of horror stories where the cat has been catheterized so many times that a lot of scar tissue forms and then it's more difficult to do the operation and sometimes the scar tissue grows back and causes them to become blocked again. Also in some cases the cat becomes incontinent because their bladder has been stretched out too much but this usually occurs in older cats.

I'm sorry that I missed your phone call this evening. I tried to call you back and left messages on both your cell phone and home phone. I feed all of my cats Royal Canin Urinary S/O and this helps both struvite and calcium oxalate crystals. I feed Storm and Sunny both wet and dry and mix a little bit of water with it for even more moisture. The others are getting only dry right now because they do better on it.

I hope that everything goes well and please don't hesitate to call me if you have any other questions. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent Stevie's way. Please take care. (((HUGS)))