cat updatery
Nov. 13th, 2008 03:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eimarraFinally heard back from the vet on the blood work for Cloud. Diagnosis: pancreatitis, some inflammatory bowel. Not sure which is secondary to the other, but no further complications, such as auto-immune problems. Going to go with low-dose steroids once a day (prednisone) and B12 injections 2-3 times a week (which I can do myself, as it's in the same place as the subcutaneous fluid injections I've been doing). The diet he's currently on is the next best thing to a prescription hypoallergenic diet, so we'll stick with that for the time being. And we'll see what happens.
The vet said that the primary goals are to make sure he's eating and drinking, to stop the vomiting, and to make him more comfortable. I'm a little concerned that weight regain isn't even on the table as a goal -- the vet says we can just hope to stop further loss -- as this tells me, once again, that this isn't something he's really expected to recover from. Indeed, the vet mentioned a feeding tube as an option if there are further problems in the diet.
For now, though, there's hope. I'll pick up the prescriptions a bit later, after the 7yo gets home from school. Further updates if anything changes.
The vet said that the primary goals are to make sure he's eating and drinking, to stop the vomiting, and to make him more comfortable. I'm a little concerned that weight regain isn't even on the table as a goal -- the vet says we can just hope to stop further loss -- as this tells me, once again, that this isn't something he's really expected to recover from. Indeed, the vet mentioned a feeding tube as an option if there are further problems in the diet.
For now, though, there's hope. I'll pick up the prescriptions a bit later, after the 7yo gets home from school. Further updates if anything changes.
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Date: 2008-11-14 05:41 am (UTC)