Happy Cat Family

Hi, Hope here!
I love sissy Lucky soooo much, I just have to hang out with her all the time - I even squeeze my way into the same cat tree perch some times... She doesn't look too excited about it in the pictures, but I know how to bribe her with enough licks and kisses... You know, everybody's got a price!

Pee Ess: I am feeling better... I was eating Royal Canin Green Pea and Duck and meowmy changed me to Natural Balance Green Pea and Duck because of the the Price... so far so good... I am not all better yet, but I am feeling ok. I don't like taking medicine everyday, but I know it is for the best... I hope I don't need to go back to the vet for a long long time... 
I am still hiding a bit, meowmy says I need to improve my poop (meowmy is poop obsessed!)! But I am a whole lot better, and now with the diet and the fiber, I think I will be fine. Oh, meowmy also re-ordered probiotics, that we had ran out... So that will be good too! 
Sooooo........ I think I will be all good pretty soon you guys! Thanks for the support again!

Hi Folks, meowmy here!
Hope spent the day at the vet yesterday... They ran a bunch of tests - a complete blood panel, X-rays, fecal (both float and smear), and all came back normal. She made up like a champ, I just felt bad for her fasting for nearly 24 hours... But... she made it, and was spoiled rotten when she got home <3
The only thing out of the ordinary was the heart murmur 2/6, but no signs of heart disease or enlarged heart, or anything to worry about right now.
Their conclusion? She very VERY likely has IBD. Of course this can be only diagnosed 100% with a biopsy but everything points on that direction.
They put her on 20 days of Prednisone Syrup, and told me to continue to feed her a one meat, one starch diet, and add a fiber supplement to her food which I am adding Vetasyl- she loves the taste...
I am transitioning her from Royal Canin Prescription to Natural Balance, as it is 1/2 of the price and same protein, sam starches. 
She is doing much much better.... 
For the first time today she woke me up on bed! This is a BIG deal! April 1st when she didn't wake me on bed was when I knew something was wrong - now 19 days later I know my girl is finally back!
I know she still has a little bit to go but she is doing good and now I know what we are dealing with... I am so very relieved! If only she knew how much she is loved!
Thank you folks for all the support, and the love you showed for my girl - I hope from now on it will only be good news for a while.... a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG while!

Hi Folks Meowmy here!
Yep you read it right this was visit 1 of 2... Hope will have to go back on Monday, for further testing. 
The suspicion is really IBS, but the doctor wants to rule other things as well, and since I am not going to go on the biopsy route, I do believe this is a good idea.
They do have a lab in-house, but she wanted to run more precise tests, in an outside lab, and discuss them with a vet cytologist. He only works on Monday, which will be Hope's vet visit 2 of 2 :). 
Monday she will have a fecal, a complete blood panel, and possibly an X-ray. Why an X-ray? Because she heard a murmur on her heart... 
I do think Hope was just extremely stressed the poor thing was shaking so stressed she was! In any event the vet will ask a second vet's opinion and if they think there is a murmur they will run an x-ray.
Hope doesn't fit the profile for murmur though - she is just about the highest energy kitty in the planet! Well, before April 1st that is!
Anyways, now she wants her to be only on a blend diet, but not on meds to get a good baseline on the tests which makes her have bad bad diarrhea :(
My poor child... I just hope it is something simple... 

Hello folks, Hope here!
Thank you for keeping checking on me, meowmy and I appreciate it very much! 
Well, I am feeling much much better but I am not all better yet, so meowmy decided to take me to our other vet for a consult and some testing. She is pretty sure the first vet is right about IBS, but she also wants to rule out other things, and wants to try a different treatment since this one is not really working for my poop situation. 
Well, don't take me wrong... I have come a loooooong way... I was feeling really really really bad when I started this treatment: I was hiding 100% of the time for a week, I was not eating, and having explosive diarrhea... I was a sick, sick kitty... 
Now the only thing that is not normal is that I still have diarrhea, and a lot of gas... but I am playing, eating (even though I do think this food is truly yucky), and I am not hiding anymore - at all. 
Meowmy just wants to make sure I am being treated for the right thing and there is nothing else behind this. 
Anyways, I will tell meowmy to post an update as soon as we come back from the vet - I hope it is not too painful... I don't like things being stuck on me, and I heard meowmy saying she wants to do a blood test or something like that. Oh boy. 

Hope here!
Hello folks! I am finally starting to really feel better! Not completely better but a lot better! Meowmy changed my food from venison to Duck yesterday and since then no more explosive diarrhea, I have a lot more energy and if you can believe I even started playing chase with sissy Lucky today! I also don't feel like hiding at all anymore, which makes meowmy feel really happy :D
I am still pooping soft poops, but they are not watery anymore and I went only once today too! Big improvement! 
Meowmy doesn't know for sure if it is the food alone or a combination of the food change and Amforol that she is now giving it to me 3x a day,  or if it is all a coincidence... but the fact is that coincidence or not, we sure are sticking to that plan. 
My kitty brain thinks it is not a coincidence... because nothing was working before, not even Amforol, Metro or anything. I think my tummy didn't like bambies after all... Maybe they are just too cute for me, who knows?!
Meowmy made an appointment with the other vet in case I don't get better, because they fill up quickly, for Saturday... If I get much much better by Thursday she will cancel, if I don't, I will go in... But I finally feel that I am turning the corner, and that the consult might really not be necessary - we will see... cross your paws for me!

Hi, Meowmy here!
First of all, thank you so much for all the love, prayers, and purrs... It has been very special and comforting to receive all the messages, and know that we have been on your thoughts and prayers... Thank you so much for your support <3
Hope's situation has been very confusing and frustrating... Today was day 6 of Metronidazole, and she is still having explosive diarrhea. Luckily, she is only pooping once a day, but this once is nothing as it should be this far at the treatment. 
She is definitely feeling much better overall - she is no longer hiding... Not yet playing chase, but is hanging on the living room and on the window sill. She is eating normally, grooming, and she does play a little with the turboscratcher and the flingama string
I called her vet today, and he said to give her another 5 days of metronidazole, and if she doesn't get better, to take her to a specialist for a biopsy and an ultrasound. 
He also told me to Start giving her Amforol again, to control the diarrhea, and even though I do not like that medicine as it makes her poop like white cement, I do think this time might be necessary.
I am worried, and don't want to think about this biopsy business... I do think I might take her for my other vet first, if this treatment doesn't work, for a second opinion, before doing something that drastic. 
I do think a blood test and x-ray can be helpful before biopsy, and if so, I would like to do that first. But first things first... I will hope and pray for these 5 extra days of metro to work... The clock is ticking...
Thank you again for your support. 

Hi, 
Hope here... I have been sick again... Remember this? It is back... At least that is what meowmy and my vet, Santa Claus, think it is... All I know is that I have been hiding under meowmy' bed since last Thursday, and today was my first day out - meowmy was so happy I came out, she took this picture to post here in the bloggie... But I am already hiding again... I didn't fee like eating at all, and the runs came back... I don't feel like playing, and when I play a little, I have no energy. 
Santa Claus (my vet) thinks I have IBD, and put me on a special diet now - I can only eat one thing forever, he says... meowmy says it is bamby... That's quite mean :-/ 
I am also taking that bitter, bitter, nasty, nasty medicine again, and hopefully I will get better soon... I heard meowmy leave a message to another vet, something about a second opinion/diagnostics if I don't get better... My vet, Santa, wanted to sent me to the Hospital for something that sounded complicated- a biopsy and a ultrasound, but that he was pretty sure by my history that what I have is IBD, and most likely a sensitivity to fish (meowmy was giving me Freeze dried Salmon treats when I got sick). So they decided to treat me first, and if I don't get better, go for more diagnostics. Please please I want get better... I don't want to go to another vet again! They do mean things and stick things in places they really shouldn't... please please I want to get better...  
Please folks, purr for me... I don't feel so good... :(

Hello folks, meowmy here!
As you can see, Lucky is having a nice time resting up on her favorite cat shelf above... Life is so hard!
She is doing much better... She just finished her last day of antibiotics yesterday, and we both survived intact - all thanks to my Klaw Kontrol cat bag, and her favorite treat, Freeze dried Salmon - she would sell her soul for those if she could, and sometimes I am pretty sure she would sell mine too :)! 
She is not yet eating like I would like, but I am watching her like a hawk, and if she doesn't eat enough, I go after her with food. She has not lost weight, so that is a great sign! I am sure we are going to get there real soon now, that her teeth are fixed; it is just a matter of giving a little time for those holes on the top of her mouth to heal completely, and my girl is going to be as good as new - we are well on our way! 
Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful weekend - 
Happy Easter!