squeem3
Member Since 2009
Update to http://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=38765
Emma saw the vet today.The vet didn't recognize me from when I brought Squishy in but that's ok. Emma behaved herself. She didn't hiss or growl like Squishy did. Unlike Leroy who was climbing over everything and even on Dr. B, Emma mostly just sat in her carrier. She surprisingly let the vet exam her. I can barely clip her claws without her putting up a fight :roll: Heart and lungs sound good. Abdominal palpation showed a sensitive painful area around the stomach. Might explain why Emma has been meatloafing and not eating much. An x ray was done and didn't show anything other than poop and bone fragments in the stomach. The vet was surprised about the bone fragments and I told her that it was from the raw nuggets, though the last time Emma had a full raw nugget was Friday. Vet isn't a fan of raw food but said it was ok if I was feeding it. The stomach was kind of full which concerns the vet. She said that a stomach is emptied of food within 90 minutes :?: Emma had a small snack 3 hours prior to the appt. Vet thinks Emma may have a partial blockage that is causing pain but yet still allowing some food to pass through. Vet gave Emma Subq fluids and a shot of Cerenia to help with any nausea. And she took blood and urine for a workup. Tomorrow Emma has to go back for an ultrasound which will hopefully show anything the x ray may have missed.
Emma had a good appetite when she got home. She was able to eat a raw nugget (had been picking at canned since Saturday) and some Prowl.... and Leroy's leftover nugget and almost all of his Prowl :razz:
I think Leroy missed Emma for the few hours we were gone. I found him sleeping on the self-warming cushion. I bought it for him but he never sleeps on it :roll: so Emma claimed it for herself. After dinner, Leroy kept following Emma around... from a safe distance so he doesn't get whacked :lol: He either found all the vet smells on Emma interesting or he missed her so much that didn't want to let her out of his sight now that she was home ;-)
I hope the blockage thing, if it is that, isn't anything too serious nailbite_smile I sent Dr. B an email giving him a heads up on Emma. He's in the office tomorrow so maybe he'll have time to look over Emma's ultrasound results and stuff and give his opinion.0p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p- <--- Leroy says hi :lol:
Emma saw the vet today.The vet didn't recognize me from when I brought Squishy in but that's ok. Emma behaved herself. She didn't hiss or growl like Squishy did. Unlike Leroy who was climbing over everything and even on Dr. B, Emma mostly just sat in her carrier. She surprisingly let the vet exam her. I can barely clip her claws without her putting up a fight :roll: Heart and lungs sound good. Abdominal palpation showed a sensitive painful area around the stomach. Might explain why Emma has been meatloafing and not eating much. An x ray was done and didn't show anything other than poop and bone fragments in the stomach. The vet was surprised about the bone fragments and I told her that it was from the raw nuggets, though the last time Emma had a full raw nugget was Friday. Vet isn't a fan of raw food but said it was ok if I was feeding it. The stomach was kind of full which concerns the vet. She said that a stomach is emptied of food within 90 minutes :?: Emma had a small snack 3 hours prior to the appt. Vet thinks Emma may have a partial blockage that is causing pain but yet still allowing some food to pass through. Vet gave Emma Subq fluids and a shot of Cerenia to help with any nausea. And she took blood and urine for a workup. Tomorrow Emma has to go back for an ultrasound which will hopefully show anything the x ray may have missed.
Emma had a good appetite when she got home. She was able to eat a raw nugget (had been picking at canned since Saturday) and some Prowl.... and Leroy's leftover nugget and almost all of his Prowl :razz:
I think Leroy missed Emma for the few hours we were gone. I found him sleeping on the self-warming cushion. I bought it for him but he never sleeps on it :roll: so Emma claimed it for herself. After dinner, Leroy kept following Emma around... from a safe distance so he doesn't get whacked :lol: He either found all the vet smells on Emma interesting or he missed her so much that didn't want to let her out of his sight now that she was home ;-)
I hope the blockage thing, if it is that, isn't anything too serious nailbite_smile I sent Dr. B an email giving him a heads up on Emma. He's in the office tomorrow so maybe he'll have time to look over Emma's ultrasound results and stuff and give his opinion.0p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p- <--- Leroy says hi :lol:
The vet said that the ultrasound wand thingy was held over Emma stomach for a good 2 minutes and there was zero movement which is abnormal. She also said that the stomach walls were thickened which indicates inflammation. And that the painful spot she found yesterday was no longer painful. So maybe Emma had something in her stomach that irritated it and later worked its way out. I haven't seen anything unusual in the litter box, though. Emma has liquid metoclopramide to take for the next few days to help increase the peristaltic movement. It must be working because Emma was actually interested in playing half an hour after she had a dose :thumbup 
They were both running around this morning after breakfast. Leory was literally bouncing off the walls since he has so much energy stored up from not being able to play with Emma for the past few days.
