PT Prayers for Pyka, please. Post - op update #16, #18

[Catty1]

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=128622

Most of the information is in that thread.

Mom FINALLY asked her vet about getting a second opinion, and the vet was OVERJOYED that she had finally asked!

It seems Pyka, the larger of two lilac-point Oriental Shorthairs that my mom has(they are brothers), might have hyperesthesia.

He has had fits of scratching, frantic grooming, and his scratching gave his ear a hematoma that required surgery. There were stents in it to drain it...and though the vet thought the ear would not fill up again, it has had to be drained at least twice.

Pyka has been on Clavamox, Zythromax and Prednisone. His ear still swells(he has his collar on), and he is so congested - you can hear the stuff in his sinuses. And when he sneezes, stuff with blood and sometimes just blood comes out.

Tomorrow he goes to a specialist and hopefully we can find out what is wrong with the poor guy. Mom has been up three times a night with him...taking him to his box, feeding him, or comforting him.

His appetite is good, and he does go to the litter box on his own.

Just really sniffly and not well.

I really hope the specialist can decide something. Pyka is getting a CT scan, we know that.

Of course, only after Mom's hairdresser mentioned food allergies (mostly corn) and the vet gave Mom some good quality food did she really start thinking of changing over. Daughter doesn't know anything unless OTHER people tell Mom the same thing! Isn't it usually the other way around?

Thanks...if it is not a tumour (God forbid), then I hope THIS vet will try some antihistamine to control some symptoms.

Poor guy. And his littermate has NEVER had any problems like this!

Thank you for your prayers.