I am feeling a bit shell shocked over the events of the last few days and wonder if anyone can advise? On Friday I took my seemingly healthy cat to the specialist vet for a heart scan to investigate a murmur. He was sedated with gabapentin. Heart scan showed only minor problem to be monitored.
Over the weekend he developed hind leg weakness and on Monday was admitted back to vet. After lots of investigations they’ve now found that his kidneys are abnormal and he has v low levels of potassium. He’s on a potassium drip, theyve taken a biopsy and waiting for results. They are now looking for kidney infection, chronic kidney disease or lymphoma.
Whilst I accept the vets explanation that the kidney problem has been developing for some time (but not giving any obvious symptoms), I can’t shake the feeling that the sedation on Friday has triggered something catastrophic, It’s just such a coincidence! Could this be possible (obviously not if it’s lymphoma). I am beating myself up so much 😢
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Canshopwillshop · 19/06/2018 16:06
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