Friday, July 15, 2022

Internashinul Cat of Misteree

 

So yeah, dat are me, da Internashinul Cat of Misteree. Ok, maybe not internashinul. Or even nashinul since I has not been outta Texas (YET). But I are a Cat of Misteree™. As in whatefur are going on wif me - it are a Misteree. Yesterday momma waited for my test results. And da vet called around 5:30 to say dat da results wuz gonna be delayed since there had been an outage at da lab. Thanks again ERCOT. 

Anyways, yesterday I wuz doing pretty good - eating and not throwing up and not having any litterbox problems. But den around 5 in da morning, I let out a loud MEOW and beat a hasty retreat to da Plastic Throne, and well, Montezuma had his revenge as ya will. A guy just can't catch a break.


Da vet called today - and well, da results are a bit confusing. My fecal sample wuz clear - no parasites here. Which momma and da vet both kinda figgered, but it are important to check. My pees were "crystal-clean" - always a good thing when ya has had urinary blockages before. And my bloods are PAWSOME. Speshully for a nine year old. Kidney, liver, you name it, everything wuz normal. So da chances of it being some kinda metabolic disease causing my problems (kidney disease, liver disease, diabetes, etc.) are pretty much nil. Except for my eosinophils - which were high. Which could just mean dat I have inflammayshun in my gut - which, well, DUH. I coulda told ya that. 

So what are the vet (and da momma thinkin)? Maybe some kinda IBD flair-up or potentially a food sensitivity. So momma are keeping a food diary for me and I went back to da vet for a corticosteroid injeckshun to try to tamp down da inflammayshun in my gut. I are still not eating today, but momma are hopin dat'll change once da steroid starts kickin in. And hopefully Montezuma won't exact any more revenge, if ya know what I mean.

28 comments:

  1. Geez, Travis, you really are a mystery. Hope that injection will take hold and help you a whole lot. POTP to you, pawyers coming your way also.

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  2. It is very strange! I hope all is good soon! Purrs.

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  3. Poor Travis, that is not nice. I hope the shot helps and can get your problems sorted. Good news on your results though.

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    1. Yeah, it wuz nice to hear something wuz perfect, MOL.

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  4. Hari OM
    Aw heck, misteree illnesses are not fun at all - for anyone involved. Will keep up the POTP fur ya. Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx

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  5. Well Travis, International Man of Mystery, I am sending super BIG purrs that another mystery will occur and you get your appetite back!!!! Sending purrs to ya.
    Purrs, Julie

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  6. We sure hope you start feeling better soon!

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  7. Hope they figure out what it is...

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  8. Travis we hope the Vet and the Momma find some way to help you feel better. Our Oscar (RIP but that was from ckd) had chronic diarrhea , but he didn;t throw up and he ate quite well, just that when he used the litterbox the smell could peel paint off the walls. We just hope the steroid shots help ! Purrayers and {OTP !

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    1. Fank you. And yeah, dat smell can really knock ya out.

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  9. We hope they can figure out what's going on and get you well quickly. We're glad that all your tests came back good.

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  10. I am glad your test results were good. I will keep you in my prayers. XO

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  11. Travis, it sounds like an IBD thing. Hopefully the vet and your momma will be able to figure it out.

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    1. Yeah, I'm just hoping we can get it under control.

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  12. I sure hope they figure out the problem soon but your test results are sure good. Hey, my eosinophils were way high awhile back and my Internal Med Vet put me on Pantoprazole for 2 months. Last check up there were normal again. Hugs to you sweet Travis.

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  13. Sending tons of POTP your way, Travis!!!
    xoxo,
    Rosy, Sunny & Jakey

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  14. Oh Travis!! I am so sorry to read this!! Ugh, I hate when the tests come back with no clear answers. I know too well what your Mama is going through. I'm praying maybe it was just a passing (no pun intended) "bug" (could be literally if you ate one!) and that you will be fine. I saw some later posts saying you ARE feeling better so I'm praying that's the case. Sending healing purrs and prayers regardless! xoxo

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    1. Yeah, so far I am doing ok. The steroid shot seems to have helped.

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