young lioness
07-02-2007, 03:46 PM
I'm so upset right now.
This morning when I got up I discovered that our cat had thrown up blood twice overnight.
We took her in to the vet this morning (we didn't have an appointment, but we were able to see the vet after a long wait) and she said that it could be a number of things, from as simple as an upset stomach (we recently switched her food and her stomach could be upset from that), to a tumor, to kidney problems, etc. Or she could have swallowed something. I was using some pins yesterday and now I'm so worried that maybe she found one on the floor and swallowed it. I feel like I'm the worst cat mom ever.
The vet gave her a shot to try to reduce the vomiting, injected liquids to rehydrate her, and took blood for bloodwork to see if that will tell us what could be wrong. She had us take her home and wanted us to have her fast for 18 hours and then try giving her boiled chicken to eat.
In the past two hours she has spit up (nothing in her stomach to really throw up) blood three more times!! :( She is acting perfectly happy and normal, but it can't be fun to keep throwing up blood.
I called the vet just now and they offered us the option of waiting for an appointment tomorrow or bringing her in to stay the night there on IV fluids and to have x-rays to see if she swallowed something foreign or if she has a tumor. I'm waiting for DH to get home so we can decide together.
Please think good thoughts for her. She is our baby and I hate that this is happening to her.
This morning when I got up I discovered that our cat had thrown up blood twice overnight.
We took her in to the vet this morning (we didn't have an appointment, but we were able to see the vet after a long wait) and she said that it could be a number of things, from as simple as an upset stomach (we recently switched her food and her stomach could be upset from that), to a tumor, to kidney problems, etc. Or she could have swallowed something. I was using some pins yesterday and now I'm so worried that maybe she found one on the floor and swallowed it. I feel like I'm the worst cat mom ever.
The vet gave her a shot to try to reduce the vomiting, injected liquids to rehydrate her, and took blood for bloodwork to see if that will tell us what could be wrong. She had us take her home and wanted us to have her fast for 18 hours and then try giving her boiled chicken to eat.
In the past two hours she has spit up (nothing in her stomach to really throw up) blood three more times!! :( She is acting perfectly happy and normal, but it can't be fun to keep throwing up blood.
I called the vet just now and they offered us the option of waiting for an appointment tomorrow or bringing her in to stay the night there on IV fluids and to have x-rays to see if she swallowed something foreign or if she has a tumor. I'm waiting for DH to get home so we can decide together.
Please think good thoughts for her. She is our baby and I hate that this is happening to her.