Oh my god.. This is not good.. Omg

[Shenanigans]

Apollo was doing great last night. He even stayed up after I went to bed to play.

He woke me up at 3:35 by howling, this real deep gutteral howl. He's haunched over and obviously distressed. There was a decent pile of vomit in the hallway, it seemed like a good bit of hairball, and no big pieces of food. I am in tears, I don't want him to be in so much pain.. He just threw up again a minute ago, mostly liquid, and there was almost an entire treat in his vomit. I haven't given him one of those treats in at least 2 days, so unless he found it somewhere, I don't know why it would be there, honestly.

I watched him go in and out of his litter box twice and I did not hear anything come out. There was only one pile of something in there and it could possibly be from last night, as I cleaned it before I went to bed.

Constipation? God this is a nightmare.. I just got off the phone with the emergency vet, and she couldnt tell me anything for certain because she can't see him right now, obviously.. I've never never never heard him make sounds like this before.. Oh my god.

[Shenanigans]

Just got back from the freaking emergency vet.. I did not have the $200 on hand, so they could do nothing for him. I was in a state of total panic and the lady at the front desk had to wait for me to catchmy breath before I could explain what's going on.

The emergency dr on call told me his breathing is fine, lungs sound fine, and when she palpated a spot on his stomach, he threw up a big pile of clear fluid, and once she tried the same spot again, he didn't throw up again.

Minutes after getting him home, he started howling again, hid under my bed, then stood in front of his litter box twitching, howling, then threw up twice on the area rug in the living room. Now he's laying on the floor, eyes closed, twitching when he breathes. I can't tell if he's trying to sleep or what...

[Meezer_lover]

This is terrible. I'm so sorry you and Apollo are going through this.....especially since he seemed to be doing so well last night.

So did the emergency vet have any words of advice? Theories? What the **** is causing this?

[Darkcat]

My first thought was blockage. He sounds like he's in real trouble.

[Shenanigans]

No, she couldn't tell me anything, since again, her physical exam of him was mostly normal, aside from him being a little dehydrated and throwing up after palpating his mid-abdomen. After everything he ate last nigh and all the water he's been drinking and the 4-5 times hes thrown up today, I am not surprised.

She gave me a bottle of donated antibiotics, told me to give him a quarter of a tablet of a 10mg Pepcid AC, and to give him Benadryl for possible allergic reaction (No way am I giving him that.) I don't even want to give him those donated antibiotics, just in case, you know? The bad news is my vet is CLOSED TODAY. I am going to try to wait until a decent hour to call Dr. Anderson personally.

He laid down in his litter box for a few moments, and started howling. I'm guessing he's constipated now because of the freaking Imodium I gave him, which was less than Dr. Anderson told me to use. The thing that worries me is that he's thrown up so much today, and he doesn't want to go anywhere near his food, so I can't get him to eat any with a tiny bit of the Miralax mixed in.

I gave him the quarter tab of Pepcid a few minutes ago, and he's still laying on the floor twitching when he breathes and he's straining his whole body. I think he's trying to sleep, but can't really get there. If he's just constipated, would he really be acting like this? He seems like he's in a very, very substantial amount of pain.

[Meezer_lover]

Originally Posted by Shenanigans

If he's just constipated, would he really be acting like this? He seems like he's in a very, very substantial amount of pain.

Sounds like it, yes....


Also, found this article on Little Big Cat, which contains lots of good info:

Constipated Cats | Little Big Cat

You may have already read all of this information, I apologize if so.

[laurief]

It could be a urinary blockage, in which case he's in critical, life-threatening condition and needs IMMEDIATE veterinary care to save his life. Or it could be an intestinal blockage, which could also be life-threatening. In either event, he needs to get back to a vet NOW.

Find a vet who is open who will work out a payment plan with you or who will allow you to work off your bill at the clinic. Contact all of your area animal shelters and see if any of them can provide you with veterinary assistance. Just don't allow Apollo to suffer, even if it means having him euthanized. Urinary blockage is agonizingly painful, and I'm sure that intestinal obstruction isn't any picnic, either.

I'm very sorry that you and Apollo are going through this. Do you have any family or friends from whom you can borrow enough to pay the vet bill?

Laurie

[Darkcat]

"Just don't allow Apollo to suffer, even if it means having him euthanized"

Agreed. Don't let him be in agony. it's too awful...and it sounds like he's in agony.

[yingying]

Poor guy... So sorry to hear he suffers so much T_T

My guess is also on constipation. Since he throwed up so much hair ball, could it be the hairball in his stomach making it hard to pee and poop? I think his situation is too bad for the home remedies to do any good at this point. I second laurief's suggestion: can you borrow some money from family or friends?

[MowMow]

DIdn't you say this great woman vet gave you her cell phone number? Give her a call. I bet she'd be willing to work out a payment plan with you!