Lisa and Angel
Member Since 2023
Angel's been having troubles with recurrent diarrhea for a while. Current bout of diarrhea had been going on for about 2 weeks already. But last wednesday evening, she got sick. Hid away, didn't want to eat unless I brought wet food to her, so weak she laid down to poop in the litter box (diarrhea), lethargic. Gave tolfenamic acid at 22:30, she got a bit better from that and ate well at around mightnight. No fever.
Thursday:
Still sick. Same symptoms as last night, but didn't want to eat at all now. Laid down to poop liquid awful diarrhea, had to bathe her to get her clean. Off we went to the vet. Physical exam all normal besides diarrhea belly. Weight loss from 6kg to 5.5kg.
Diagnosis: bowel infection, prescribed probiotics and given a Cerenia injection and a vitamin injection. Ate after we got home, so shot late (17:30). Slept for a long time, seemed a bit more alert when awake. Ate a bit at 10pm.
Friday:
After midnight, she became very weak. Walked as if drunk, laid down every few feet, pooped/peed laying down. Ate nothing after 3am. Skipped AM shot. Had severe diarrhea with a bit of blood at 5:30am. Went to bed at 7am with the intention of calling the vet back soon. But at 10am she'd perked up. Was alert, purred, screamed for food, ate well, went outside, scratched the cat tree, cuddled. Continued for a while, gave insulin at 2pm. Peed sitting down like normal at 4pm.
Started hiding away again at 5pm, appetite worsened, weakness returned. Pooped at 8pm, bit better but still diarrhea. Had to hold her up or she'd lay down in it again. 9pm, could barely walk, struggled to even stand up, collapsed after a few steps.
Made the call to the emergency vet and off we went. Extensive bloodwork done, nothing awful found. High fever of 40,4 celsius/104,72 fahrenheit. Weight loss from 5.5kg to 5.3kg. Physical exam all normal besides diarrhea belly and fever. Given tolfenamic acid injection, Cerenia injection, subq fluids. Diagnosis: weakness from the bowel infection, gotta get her through it. Antibiotics could worsen it so they're afraid to prescribe them.
Saturday:
Finally got home from vet at 1am. Gave insulin at 4am when her appetite returned a bit. No poops.
Went to bed at 6am, woke up at 9am to check how she was doing. She was not doing well. Hiding again, weak again, no appetite. Glucose 4.8. Checked her temp, hypothermia at 37,4 celsius/99,32 fahrenheit.
Back at vet at 11am. Checked her over again, vitals stil normal aside from the hypothermia. Hypothesised inability to thermoregulate from how sick she is. Option to admit her, however because they're not on site 24/7 means she'd be left alone and unsupervised. Opted to take her home. Got appetite stimulant Mirataz and Royal Canin gastrointestinal dry food.
Ate the RC well when we got home. Temp still too low, so laid down and cuddled her on an electrical blanket. She did not like this at all. Temp reached 38 celsius, let her go, she ambled off to drink/lay down in her regular spot. Slept for a while, woke her up an hour later. Glucose 3.2, didn't want to eat so rubbed honey on her gums. Temp low again, cuddled on blanket again. When warm, appetite returned and she ate again. Let her go off to sleep in her regular spot, hour later glucose at 3.9. Felt visibly crappy again and was cold again. Blanket again. Felt better and ate a bit. Rinse and repeat this about a dozen times. Pooped diarrhea at 1pm. Skipped PM shot because of low numbers + untrustworthy appetite.
Evening time, still not feeling great. Appetite waxes and wanes, so does temp. She's cold > I warm her up > she feels a bit better > she sleeps > she cools off again and feels bad again. Weirdly her glucose is staying low even though we skipped her shot and she ate (high carb) food. Still pretty weak.
Sunday:
Goes outside at midnight and comes in with horrific poopy butt. Can't bathe her because of hypothermia. Try my best to clean her up with wet wipes. Despair at quality of life and how it seems like she's dying even though there's no real reason for her to be this sick. Very cold again and weak, bit dehydrated. Put her in crate with hot water bottle to warm her up. Manage to get her temp up to 38,7 celsius again. She perks up again and drinks for a solid 10 minutes. Eats liquid snack but no dry food. Naps again. Scratches the cat tree a bit. Naps a bit, wakes up still decent. Approached food on her own and ate some dry food, and another liquid snack. Drinking water right now.
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And we arrive at current time (almost 4am sunday my timezone). I am exhausted, emotionally wrung out, and Angel is still sick. For lack of a better option, and barring a miraculous recovery, I guess I'll be calling the vet again tomorrow and maybe asking for antibiotics anyways and possibly to admit her.
If you read all the above, congrats. If ya'll have ANY ideas, please share. Pics of bloodwork results coming up in next post.
Thursday:
Still sick. Same symptoms as last night, but didn't want to eat at all now. Laid down to poop liquid awful diarrhea, had to bathe her to get her clean. Off we went to the vet. Physical exam all normal besides diarrhea belly. Weight loss from 6kg to 5.5kg.
Diagnosis: bowel infection, prescribed probiotics and given a Cerenia injection and a vitamin injection. Ate after we got home, so shot late (17:30). Slept for a long time, seemed a bit more alert when awake. Ate a bit at 10pm.
Friday:
After midnight, she became very weak. Walked as if drunk, laid down every few feet, pooped/peed laying down. Ate nothing after 3am. Skipped AM shot. Had severe diarrhea with a bit of blood at 5:30am. Went to bed at 7am with the intention of calling the vet back soon. But at 10am she'd perked up. Was alert, purred, screamed for food, ate well, went outside, scratched the cat tree, cuddled. Continued for a while, gave insulin at 2pm. Peed sitting down like normal at 4pm.
Started hiding away again at 5pm, appetite worsened, weakness returned. Pooped at 8pm, bit better but still diarrhea. Had to hold her up or she'd lay down in it again. 9pm, could barely walk, struggled to even stand up, collapsed after a few steps.
Made the call to the emergency vet and off we went. Extensive bloodwork done, nothing awful found. High fever of 40,4 celsius/104,72 fahrenheit. Weight loss from 5.5kg to 5.3kg. Physical exam all normal besides diarrhea belly and fever. Given tolfenamic acid injection, Cerenia injection, subq fluids. Diagnosis: weakness from the bowel infection, gotta get her through it. Antibiotics could worsen it so they're afraid to prescribe them.
Saturday:
Finally got home from vet at 1am. Gave insulin at 4am when her appetite returned a bit. No poops.
Went to bed at 6am, woke up at 9am to check how she was doing. She was not doing well. Hiding again, weak again, no appetite. Glucose 4.8. Checked her temp, hypothermia at 37,4 celsius/99,32 fahrenheit.
Back at vet at 11am. Checked her over again, vitals stil normal aside from the hypothermia. Hypothesised inability to thermoregulate from how sick she is. Option to admit her, however because they're not on site 24/7 means she'd be left alone and unsupervised. Opted to take her home. Got appetite stimulant Mirataz and Royal Canin gastrointestinal dry food.
Ate the RC well when we got home. Temp still too low, so laid down and cuddled her on an electrical blanket. She did not like this at all. Temp reached 38 celsius, let her go, she ambled off to drink/lay down in her regular spot. Slept for a while, woke her up an hour later. Glucose 3.2, didn't want to eat so rubbed honey on her gums. Temp low again, cuddled on blanket again. When warm, appetite returned and she ate again. Let her go off to sleep in her regular spot, hour later glucose at 3.9. Felt visibly crappy again and was cold again. Blanket again. Felt better and ate a bit. Rinse and repeat this about a dozen times. Pooped diarrhea at 1pm. Skipped PM shot because of low numbers + untrustworthy appetite.
Evening time, still not feeling great. Appetite waxes and wanes, so does temp. She's cold > I warm her up > she feels a bit better > she sleeps > she cools off again and feels bad again. Weirdly her glucose is staying low even though we skipped her shot and she ate (high carb) food. Still pretty weak.
Sunday:
Goes outside at midnight and comes in with horrific poopy butt. Can't bathe her because of hypothermia. Try my best to clean her up with wet wipes. Despair at quality of life and how it seems like she's dying even though there's no real reason for her to be this sick. Very cold again and weak, bit dehydrated. Put her in crate with hot water bottle to warm her up. Manage to get her temp up to 38,7 celsius again. She perks up again and drinks for a solid 10 minutes. Eats liquid snack but no dry food. Naps again. Scratches the cat tree a bit. Naps a bit, wakes up still decent. Approached food on her own and ate some dry food, and another liquid snack. Drinking water right now.
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And we arrive at current time (almost 4am sunday my timezone). I am exhausted, emotionally wrung out, and Angel is still sick. For lack of a better option, and barring a miraculous recovery, I guess I'll be calling the vet again tomorrow and maybe asking for antibiotics anyways and possibly to admit her.
If you read all the above, congrats. If ya'll have ANY ideas, please share. Pics of bloodwork results coming up in next post.
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But we have another appointment this afternoon to check her over and discuss starting her on antibiotics anyways because she's just not getting (much) better. And I'm collecting 3 days of poo to send off for fecal exam.
