and breathe

[the_siobhan]

Thank you for all the well-wishes everybody.

I am leaving shortly to go get Lord Brock and bring him home. Turns out he has Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which can lead to pancreatitis if not treated. No wonder he didn't feel like eating.

(I think a few people on my friends-list knows what that feels like.)

Special diet for the rest of his life, but that's entirely manageable. On the plus side he'll probably puke a lot less.

Comments

[chasing_silver]

I do :( Poor LB! I hope he feels much better ASAP!

[the_siobhan]

He's eating and sulking, in approximately that order.

[badly_knitted]

Cats can get IBS too? Poor Lord Brock, he has my deepest sympathies.

[the_siobhan]

A thing I did not know until this very day.

[badly_knitted]

Hopefully he'll feel much better on his new diet.

[elusis]

My Ophelia developed IBS (and the pancreatitis) in the last few years of her life. Possibly also bowel cancer but we were at "this is a good run; no chemo for kitties (in my budget anyway)" by that point. They gave her one month to one year to live; she made it almost 3 years and had a pretty decent QOL until right at the end.

I'm glad Lord Brock has a dx and is feeling better.

[sylvanwitch]

Oh, I'm so glad it turned out to be something manageable with diet, though I am suffer the poor boy is suffering at all. Yay for a decent outcome and, hopefully, a much better-feeling Lord Brock.

[the_siobhan]

Now he just had to get over being mad at me. He was very happy to see me when I got to the vet, but now we're at the giving me dirty looks stage. :-D

[sylvanwitch]

Ah, cats! (That is a word we say in various tones throughout our days here, always with fondness, even when also with frustration.)

[sabotabby]

Oh hey, that's likely what Sabot has. Or one of the things. It's super treatable and after a week and a half she's doing way better.

[gatheringrivers]

Oh that's VERY good news! So glad he'll be getting better! :)

[cornerofmadness]

poor guy but I'm glad it has a relatively easy fix

[greylock]

I had no idea cats could get IBS, but at least it's a relatively treatable issue.

[houseof9cats]

Keep eating, Lord Brock! <3 Glad he's feeling better.