Gizmo is hospitalized

Kelsey

Kelsey

Bit of an update, they upped his potassium even more through out the day yesterday. So when I got to visit him last night his potassium was back in normal range. But his neurological symptoms still remained. Those symptoms should go away within a few hours of potassium being back to normal.. but they didn’t. So that’s concerning.

They did another kidney test, SDMA I believe it was, which detects early kidney issues, and that came back slightly elevated. The other two kidney tests came back normal. They did an X-ray and noticed calcification in his bladder I believe it was. Which would indicate kidney stones but they weren’t shape of stones, it was calcification. so then I told them he’s always been a heavy drinker and when I clean his litter box his urine is huge. Which I didn’t know was abnormal... guess they should be more baseball sized, his is more like the size of a frisbee and a few inches thick too... so now they are leaning more towards kidney issues. Which can go one of two ways, either it can be manageable for a few years or it won’t be manageable.

so next up is an ultrasound.. to check his adrenal glands, kidneys and heart. Also learned he has a level three heart murmur too 😩 I might have to drive him 4 hours away for an ultrasound as where I am in the Okanagan they are booking a week in advance and that’s too long of a wait for him.

if ultrasound comes back normal then next step is CT scan to see if it’s his brain :(

not feeling hopeful at all :(

This is how he holds his head now. I visited him last night for an hour. He didn’t want to be held. He just wanted to den under a shelf or lie in a corner. He didn’t purr once for me. He still is walking stiff legged. He did eat some while I was there but otherwise he slept for about 50 minutes
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Kelsey

Kelsey

Anne123 said:
Not that this will be helping you, but my neighbors cat had something similar. Vet had no clue what was the matter. My neighbor thought he ate a poisoned mouse...? Never got any answer. The vet put him on prednisone and after two weeks I think he was on the mend....

I hope you get some answers soon! :thelambiesarecoming:
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I was worried he ate something poisonous too but they said his symptoms don’t match rat poisoning or antifreeze or anything like that. And if he did find a pill left over from previous people who lived here then it’s too late to fix it, as the damage is done
 
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