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Macray is currently in the hospital. She started losing weight earlier this month and then the last couple of days she stopped eating, so to the vet she went.

The did a blood panel and tests and x-rays and didn't find any objects or anything blocking her digestive tract. So they gave her barium, which didn't leave her stomach at all. They did exploratory surgery and discovered she has pancreatitis, and the swelling is preventing anything from moving out of her digestive tract. Because she hasn't been getting any food through her system she's also developing hepatic lipidosis.

She's now on an IV to keep her hydrated and she has a tube into her small intestine to put nutrients into her system, and has had her stomach drained. She hasn't fully woken up from the anaesthesia which is worrisome, though she's breathing and her heart beat is strong.

I'm so worried about her - she's 15, so she's been with us for most of my life and the poor girl has been through so much, including being lost for two years and enduring some very brutally cold winters while she was gone.

So does anyone have any experience with these conditions? Particularly together? Any advice you can give? I know hepatic lipidosis is pretty serious and can be fatal, but can be reversed if caught in time and treated. I don't know a whole lot about pancreatitis, though I did a bit of reading today.

Thanks Sunshine. That photo was taken right after she came home after being lost for two years. She was really scruffy cause most of her fur had to be clipped off, because she was matted so badly.

So she didn't make it. She wasn't coming out of the anesthesia properly so they couldn't give her any pain medication, and she just wasn't improving at all, so we had her put down today.

I'm just so devastated - she's been around for most of my life, and I guess I never really believed that she wouldn't recover from this. On Saturday she was a little underweight and lethargic, but she was still eating and wandering around the house and spending time with us, and now she's gone. She deteriorated so fast.

I'm glad my mum was there with her at the end - she loved her mum so much.

It's good to have my other cats around right now... no one will ever replace Macray, but they provide a quiet comfort that other people just can't.

I'm so sorry, Anlina. sad *snug* To echo what cardi has already said, you gave her a warm and loving home and she lived a good life. Be well. heart heart

I'm really sorry that happened Anlina...

I'm glad you have your other kitties to ease the pain...
I'm also glad your mom was there with her.