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A family members cat had PU surgery on tuesday just gone. He had multiple blockages and it got to the point they struggled to catherterize him.
All was looking fine on the thursday when he wee'd a little. Think 30%.
Later that day he tried to wee again but only a few drops came out.
His bladder become full again and no blockage was found during catherterization.
The vet believes he has a distended bladder which essentially is an overstretched bladder that doesn't work in cohesion with the muscle very well in order to express the bladder.
As far as i know he still hasn't wee'd by himself since the thursday morning.
I have a couple of theories as to why this might be.
Because of his bladder being distended, the peek sensation of needing to urinate is extended. For example if his bladder has stretched to 120% of it's normal size, it would need to fill to a higher point for him to recieve that need to pee.
In combination of the morphine pain relief that he is on, this feeling might be dulled to the point of him not trying to wee.
His wee on the thursday may have been because the morphine had worn off over night at the same time as his bladder being full enough to recieve those sensations to wee.
The second theory is a more grave one.
Something gave him the sensation to wee. That sensation could have been due to a stone or irritation in his wee pipe. If so I don't believe theres a way that that could be managed with home care since it's reliant on irritation the wee pipe.
I have seen on the internet that caring for cats with paralysis involves manually expressing their bladders. The issue however is that I don't know if that's possible on a cat that still has restrictive control over their bladder, meaning he can hold his wee in.
The vet has ordered a drug which will help his bladder muscles to contract, a bit like how a laxative works for your gut.
Why they don't already have it in stock is beyond me and why it's taking till monday to get here is also beyond me.
I'm curious for peoples thoughts on everything i've mentioned.
Hoping for some success stories or possible options avaliable for him to survive
Chris
All was looking fine on the thursday when he wee'd a little. Think 30%.
Later that day he tried to wee again but only a few drops came out.
His bladder become full again and no blockage was found during catherterization.
The vet believes he has a distended bladder which essentially is an overstretched bladder that doesn't work in cohesion with the muscle very well in order to express the bladder.
As far as i know he still hasn't wee'd by himself since the thursday morning.
I have a couple of theories as to why this might be.
Because of his bladder being distended, the peek sensation of needing to urinate is extended. For example if his bladder has stretched to 120% of it's normal size, it would need to fill to a higher point for him to recieve that need to pee.
In combination of the morphine pain relief that he is on, this feeling might be dulled to the point of him not trying to wee.
His wee on the thursday may have been because the morphine had worn off over night at the same time as his bladder being full enough to recieve those sensations to wee.
The second theory is a more grave one.
Something gave him the sensation to wee. That sensation could have been due to a stone or irritation in his wee pipe. If so I don't believe theres a way that that could be managed with home care since it's reliant on irritation the wee pipe.
I have seen on the internet that caring for cats with paralysis involves manually expressing their bladders. The issue however is that I don't know if that's possible on a cat that still has restrictive control over their bladder, meaning he can hold his wee in.
The vet has ordered a drug which will help his bladder muscles to contract, a bit like how a laxative works for your gut.
Why they don't already have it in stock is beyond me and why it's taking till monday to get here is also beyond me.
I'm curious for peoples thoughts on everything i've mentioned.
Hoping for some success stories or possible options avaliable for him to survive
Chris