My cat, Ms. Nu, is having trouble with "wasting"- she weighs about
5.13 oz now and while she does eat her appetite is getting worse. She
has dark stools- sometimes is constipated and it comes out in balls.
She is on tapezole and on norvasc (we are afraid the norvasc may be
helping her blood pressure but making her lethargic and not hungry)-
one ultrasound showed some enlarged lymphnodes but they did not jump
to lymphoma. She is about 16 years old. Her pupils are always really
large and she seems restless. At night she howls. She sleeps soundly
but seems a bit twitchy in her head. One vet mentioned brain disease
but except for the not wanting to eat much and some bad teeth that
make hard food slip out of her mouth, I cant say she circles, gets
stuck in corners, etc so I am hoping its not that at all. She does
sit and look "out of it" often, but responds to stroking and petting.
She purs when her chin is scratched and while she has some kidney
disease its not as bad as I thought- shes drinks a lot of water. One
vet said that her last "crash" where she almost died may have been
pancreatitis and we just did not know it. So that is a thought too,
not sure if pred is ok for pancratic kitties. I will get her blood
test results from last month but wanted to ask your opinion...I dont
want to put her through a lot of testing- one vet visit made them
suspect was the cause of either a mini stroke or a hypertension
episode where her retinas detached and now are reattached but scarred
and she lost some sight. The traveling vet is suggesting
prednisolone..but reminded me that if we decide to do more testing its
a bad idea...I dont know what to do...she is so frail and I know
getting a biopsy is something I dont want to do - I know thats a
personal choice- if you have any insight or advice about the pred or
anything else, I would so appreciate it. So much is going on in my
house with my animals I am so confused. Simone
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