Storm Had To Go To The Vet-Storm's Been Diagnosed Latest Update 11-19-09

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks Chris and 5cats. Storm was able to eat a little bit of food last night before I went to bed and then he settled in for the night. I thought that everything would then be fine. He woke me up this morning a little before 6am and he was vomiting more liquid. He had also vomited up the food that he ate some time during the night.

I called Adobe but this time they don't have any open appointments so I have to go in as an urgent care case. Maybe an ultrasound will show more of what's going on with my big blue. I just want some kind of answers. I'm also going to ask about buying some more Cerenia to keep on hand because this saved me from another vet visit the last time. Please continue to send some positive vibes his way. Thanks.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Well I lucked out and I was able to get an appt. at 8:30am. I arrived a little after 8am and someone had cancelled their 8:30am appt. so Storm and I were able to be seen much quicker than I thought we would.

Storm weighs only 12.8lbs so he's still underweight but his temp. is normal. The vet felt some thickening in his intestional walls so he diagnosed him with IBD. He said he could also do an ultrasound but he'd still tell me to give him pred to see if this will help him. I decided against the ultrasound for now unless he's still having problems.

I have plenty of pred pills left over from my RB Starr so I'll be using these. I give Storm 10mg of pred in the morning for the next 3 days and then I start giving him 5mg on the 4th day. I have to e-mail this vet on the 4th day to let him know how Storm is doing and we'll go from there. He said it'll take about 1week before we know if the pred will help him or not.

He also mentioned about changing his diet to a novel protein like Venison and green pea. I told him that he's on a grain free diet and he said that he doesn't believe in that. He also doesn't like any of the Hills products which is interesting coming from a vet. Most of them swear by Hills. I have to continue to feed Pearl a grain free diet or she'll break out again so if I have to change Storm's diet then so be it. The others will continue to eat their Innova Evo. He also said that his PLI test came back normal so that's good. That's all for now.

[Prairie Purrs]

Poor Storm! I hope the pred helps him feel better. And I'm glad his PLI test was normal. Lots of healing thoughts (and purrs from my kitties) are headed his way.

[Killearn Kitties]

I'm sorry that Storm is still having such problems, and I really hope that the pred helps him.
Daisy sends extra-special purrs his way!

[Randi]

Tracey, I'm so sorry to hear Storm is sick. I really hope the new diet and the medicine will help him get better.

I'm sending lots of good thoughts to Storm - from Fister too.

[Anikaca77]

Prays coming.

[Moesha]

Oh dear. Poor you and Storm. I have a soft spot in my heart for those gray boys, go figure! I sure hope he gets feeling better soon.

[columbine]

He also mentioned about changing his diet to a novel protein like Venison and green pea. I told him that he's on a grain free diet and he said that he doesn't believe in that.

That's confusing. "Doesn't believe in" a grain-free diet? Anyway, the venison & green pea, duck & green pea, etc. foods are grain-free anyway. Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance is a pretty easy brand to find, and there are chicken and salmon versions too.

Love, Columbine

[krazyaboutkatz]

That's confusing. "Doesn't believe in" a grain-free diet? Anyway, the venison & green pea, duck & green pea, etc. foods are grain-free anyway. Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance is a pretty easy brand to find, and there are chicken and salmon versions too.

Love, Columbine

I guess I should've asked him what brand of food he likes. I personally don't like Hills either but I do like grain free diets. My regular vet suggested Innova Evo to me. It's also helped Storm's urinary problems so I'd hate to change his diet drastically and then upset this.

Innova Evo also makes canned food in 95% Venison and Duck so I may try this for Storm because he needs to eat a lot of canned food. I don't want to make any changes just yet though because I want to make sure that the pred is going to help him first.

He was very hungry tonight and ate well. I hope that he'll have a nice peaceful night and that he'll be able to keep his food down. I also hope that he won't try to wake me up because he's hungry. Thanks again everyone for all of your concerns and well wishes.