Reply #19: UPDATE: Had to take her to the emergency hospital Friday evening

[charlie and algernon]

I did take Esther to the vet on Thursday but they couldn't determine what she had. They said, from my description, that it was probably UTI, but they weren't able to get a urine sample since Esher was so tensed up. So they gave me Amoxicilan drops to give to Esther twice a day and said that it should be cleared up by Saturday.

I get home from work Friday afternoon and now she's going VERY frequently. Like every 5-10 minutes. And at this point she's already had three doses of the drops. They obviously aren't working. The Vet has already closed for the day, so it's off to the Emergency Vet hospital. This time, they're able to see the reddish urine stains in Esther's carrier from her going on the way over. So they give her an ultrasound and see that her bladder is VERY small. The vet at the hospital tells me to stop giving the cat the drops and instead has me giving her pills once a day and pain medication every 6-8 hours.

So she's definitely improved. She's still going somewhat frequently than normal and not going all that much, but definitely better than before. Perhaps even better, it doesn't look like she's straining as much or in as much pain. I have to give her pills for 14 days, so she has a while to go. Hopefully it's gone by then.

Oh, and pill pockets are miraculous. She fought me all to hell when I tried to force the pill into her mouth, she kept spitting it out. So I tried breaking the pill in half and putting each half in a pill pocket and she gobbles it right up, none the wiser about what she's eating.