sduck2, I am very , very sorry to hear what your little one is going through...
Getting a finicky cat (and I have a couple of these) to eat is always a real challenge--and I know you'll get MANY suggestions. One thing that seems to work well with one my sick cats (a foster cat I am taking care of at the moment), is to put the food through the blender, with chicken broth (home made). I usually put a couple of varieties (kitten food which she usually just licked before). This reduces it to the consistency of baby food, and I give her a full table spoon every 3-4 hours. I also add some supplements (Anitra vita minerals) She actually licks the plate clean and is eating more now! You may want to replace the chicken broth by some tuna juice, at first, since she seems to go for that.

My very best to you both,
Anne-Marie

The following links will provide you with a lot of information and tips about getting a cat to eat and/or assist feeding:

Persuading a Cat to Eat
Assist Feed Website

I hope you can get your girl eating.

Laurie

The website has a good point. Don't force feed her the only kind she eats on her own. And, if I can't get her to eat more on her own, the vet did give me a syringe with presciption a/d to squirt in her mouth. I did it once yesterday and got more on me then in her mouth. It's back to work tomorrow so I'd feel more comfortable if she would pick more.

Does she like chicken (people food)? If she does, perhaps you could tempt her with some slivers/pieces of cooked chiken, on its own or mixed with some of her preferred cat food or jarred baby food (Gerber's chicken or turkey).

I don't know if this will help- last christmas my 8 month old kitten had the same symptoms (elevated liver enzymes, vomitting and diarhea for two months straight every day) and wouldn't eat for five days. They gave her iv fluids twice and I tried to get her to eat anything. I would second the recommendation of force feeding her a liquid diet thru a syringe if she refuses to eat because she does need to get something down. My cat didn't have IBS because after that two month bout she hasn't had diarhea again (and I monitor her very closely) I was given a probiotic to give her and it stopped the diarhea and she started eating normally again.

Thanks everyone. I started with Fancy Feasts new "Appetizer" and she's been gobbling it up and then I've witnessed her sampling the regular dry food. I have the regular fancy feast for everyone else and she has licked some gravy. I hope she doesn't get too used to the appetizer food, it's really expensive and probably not very nutritious. She's a very finicky eater.

Newhomeseeker, I've already crossed my fingers hoping it's not lymphoma, I wonder if I can hope it's not IBS too!! She's doing so much better, playful, eating, poops are still a bit loose but she's on antibiotics and flagyl until next Monday.

Thanks again.