sumi vomiting with diarrhea

After her meal, we both slept til 9am, then I tried her with more of the same food. There was more diarrhea, sad to say, but she ate 3 large teaspoons of chicken in broth after, and seemed to relish them. I was over the moon!

Then down to the vet for fluids. I had a good talk, about 30 minutes with the vet I have come to respect most of the excellent team down there. Ruth answered every question and considered every option. Blood tests were taken, and sumi is showing NEGATIVE for FIV and FeLV. I was so happy about that, though I know it’s not always definitive at such a young age. One vet thought this might mean she has irritable colon disease, but Ruth doesn’t agree – she says she’s too young to manifest symptoms of that. She thinks it’s a bad parasite bacteria disease, and has now taken swabs, but they take ages to come back, because they have to grow things. Sumi got a vitamin injection, with Lysine, and another antibiotic injection. She got all her electrolytes today, AND she ate a large portion of her food, which I brought down with me. They also gave her another ulcer pill to stimulate the appetite further. I asked Ruth was there anything she could do to stop the diarrhea which is so debilitating, and she said she is very reluctant to give a tiny kitten a bowel immobilizer, as it can result in complete gut stasis, nothing moving. She would like to see the bacteria pass through her system naturally, and she’s fully confident it will. It’s just taking a very long time. If we had diarrhea for 4 full days, we’d be in hospital, and we’re a bit bigger than sumi. There is no infection in sumi’s urine either, and she still has no temperature. Her heart is strong and steady. Since coming home, she has slept, then had a small bit of painful diarrhea, then RAVENOUSLY ate 2 more saucers of her special concoction, and is now fast asleep on her hot water bottle again. She was purring and looked brighter. She won’t eat anything other than the chicken and broth, but that is just fine with me. I am feeling optimistic, specially as I asked Ruth if she honestly thought sumi would make it, and she looked so astonished, and said ‘Absolutely. There is no question of that. She is going to be a really gorgeous cat, and stronger for having come through this’. Well, you couldn’t ask for a more reassuring answer could you? So, I’m believing. And I believe it was all the good energy and light sent by all of you that helped us. Thank you. I will keep you posted. She goes back again in the morning and gets more fluids and the catheter then has to come out. She’ll be thrilled about that. Sorry, this ended up being a huge block of text after all…

MCW, thank you so much for that. Checking it out right now.

Thank you so much whoever left such beautiful gifts for little sumi on her catster page. So thoughtful – I’m going in to tell her about them now.

Thank you Tigerlilly and fa. And to all the TDKers who’ve been in touch via catster as well. It’s pretty overwhelming, and it means a lot. Sumi is much stronger and brighter this morning. She only had one tiny bout of diarrhea just now, but none at 4am when I fed her and warmed up her water bottle. I think it’s abating, I really do. Going to the vet now, I will let you all know. There’s a happy story from the vet too, about an abandoned dog I met there yesterday, who I’ve found a home for. I’m meeting my friend there when I bring sumi down now, and she’s taking the dog for her elderly parents whose beloved labrador passed over a year ago.