Vomiting/CRF/Cancer

14 years ago

Hi.

My cat has CRF and cancer (probably pancreatic) that has, now, spread.

She's throwing up nearly every day, now. I believe it's when she uses the litter box. She had been doing this when I first realized that something was wrong in September. She was straining so much when she tried to defecate. The vet put her on IV for 4 days and, since, I've been giving her fluids.

Has anyone else dealt with this?

I was told to give her Pepcid AC.

Thanks.

These are pictures of her before she got sick and soooooo skinny.

Comments (6)

laurief_gw
14 years ago
I'm so sorry that your girl is struggling with these diseases. Constipation is a common symptom of CRF, and there are a number of effective remedies. For my CRF boy's chronic constipation, I give him a heaping 1/8 tsp of Miralax twice a day mixed with 2 ml of water and administered via oral syringe. It can also be easily mixed into a little canned food if your girl is eating reliably. It's tasteless, so they don't object to it at all.

The link below will provide you with other constipation treatment options.

Here is a link that might be useful: feline constipation remedies
cat_mom
14 years ago
We went through something similar at the end of our 16 year old cat's life. She didn't have CRF, but likely had some sort of cancer in her stomach, intestines or other organ in her abdomen (she passed away the morning after exploratory surgery, so we cancelled the biopsies). She also would vomit while using the litterbox, or just after.

I just wanted to say that I am sorry you are going through this with your girl. It is never easy.
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bbaird
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you.
bbaird
Original Author
14 years ago
I just want to add that I'm sorry that your cat, Laurie, has to go through this.

And, cat_mom, I'm sorry that your cat had such a rough time at the end.
cat_mom
14 years ago
Thank you bbaird.
laurief_gw
14 years ago
bbaird, Billy is actually my third CRF cat, so I've been around the block and back with this disease. Billy is also hyperT and hyperPTH. Oh, and he had one of his ear pinna amputated due to skin cancer several years ago. He's 20+ yrs old and was diagnosed hyperT and CRF in 10/07. He was stable for quite a long time, but now I'm afraid he's slipping down that slippery slope that I don't think I'll be able to pull him back from. For now he's still doing OK, but I know how this slope accelerates the speed of decline. I hate this final stretch, and I hope you won't have to experience it with your girl for a while yet.

Laurie