Latest Update 12-9-09 Storm's Been Diagnosed & Sunny's Biopsy Results

[krazyaboutkatz]

Well I spoke too soon about Storm. He threw up his dinner this morning and even though today was the first day that he wasn't supposed to receive pred, he threw up before the time that I would've given it to him which is 8am. Now both he and Sunny will be going to see my regular vet today at 2:30pm. I'm glad that she's able to squeeze me in today.

I asked about giving him his pred and about feeding him and I was told not to give him his pred and not to feed him. He's been bugging me all morning for food. He may need to have an ultrasound done to see what's going on. Please send some good vibes his way too. I just want all of my cats to stay happy and healthy.

[Pinot's Mom]

Prayers for both Sunny and Storm, poor babies! Keep us posted!

[gini]

Goodness Tracey, you have your hands full don't you? I hope both of your babies will soon be on the mend.

[Randi]

As Gini said, you do have your hands full! I'm so sorry that Storm and Sunny are sick, but glad you could get a vet appointment today. Hopefully the vet will find a solution for the both of them.

Fister and I are sending lots of purrs and positive vibes that all goes well and they'll be back home soon feeling a lot better!

Hugs to you, also!

[katladyd]

Prayers are going out for both you and your dear kitties! I know how bad it feels when they are not well. I hope both rebound very quickly.

[Moesha]

Oh dear. You must be going out of your mind. This has been such an ordeal with Storm. I do hope something can be figured out and that Sunny will be feeling better soon also. Will be waiting to hear the update when you get back.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Well I just got home and I was pretty much right about Sunny. He has lost one of his lower molars and he may still have some of the roots left which may be causing an infection. His teeth don't look good so my vet suggested that he get his teeth cleaned. She does surgeries on Mondays and she was able to work him in tomorrow so I'll be fasting him tonight after midnight and I'll be dropping him off tomorrow between 7-8am.

My vet said she might have to pull some teeth and maybe even do a biopsy like she did for Storm. He'll most likely be on pain meds and antibiotics when he gets home. They took blood today and he was such a good boy and just sat there very still. Please send some prayers and positive thoughts his way.

My vet wants to do a few blood tests on Storm but he has to be fasted for 12 hours so I'll also be bringing him back tomorrow with Sunny and dropping him off for the day. I think she'll also do an abdominal ultrasound because she didn't have time to do one today. She wants me to start giving him 5mg of pepcid at night and to continue with the 5mg of pred in the morning. Tonight I'm supposed to give him both the pepcid and pred together. Since he's fasting I won't be giving him his pred in the morning.

She also talked about possibly doing an ultrascopic exploratory surgery in the future where you don't open him up but you use an instrument to go inside of him to explore his intestinal tract. He would have to be off of the pred for a while though and then he'd be vomiting all the time. I don't know if I want to put him through this or not. She mentioned the possibility of cancer which I don't even want to think about. If he does have some terrible disease, I just want him to be able to be comfortable for as long as possible and have some good quality of life. Please send some prayers and positive thoughts his way. Thanks.