The lady got the all important call from Dr. D about Cal's test results. Cal has been diagnosed with SIBO, Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. The symptoms of SIBO include: loose stools, rapid weight loss, diarrhea, occasional vomiting and intestinal tract sounds (gurgling caused by gas). Cal has all of these symptoms! His tests also showed a B12 deficiency, increased folate and a normal pancreas.
Course of treatment: A round of antibiotics to wipe out all bacteria, followed by a month of Forti Flora, a probiotic to restore beneficial bacteria to the intestinal tract. Also, vitamin B12 injections 1x per week for 6 weeks, then every 2-4 weeks thereafter.
Cal begins his treatments on Wednesday morning and will also get his weight checked. He looks so much better so we are hoping he has gained at least a few ounces. The lady ordered a baby scale online (recommended by Daisy's mom). She is just waiting for the man in brown to deliver it.
Unfortunately, the vet said SIBO can be seen with IBD and the "c word." So it still can't be ruled out. We are hopeful that Cal's SIBO is from IBD!!
It comes with these rules: “When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to said person so everyone knows who he or she is. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including ones who have no idea who you are because you don’t have 7 friends. Show the 7 random victims’ names and links and leave a harassing comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Weblog.” Well, there’s no prize, but they can keep the nifty icon. List at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on! “Well, we are gonna break the rules a little bit....... There are 8 of us total, seven cats and one dog. It would take a small lifetime to list 10 thing about each of us. So, we are going to list one honest thing about each of us instead!
1. Cal - Sometimes I miss being an only child.
2. Maya - I am the only kitty with floof! I am medium floofy!
3. Chevelle - I growl a lot (rev my motor), mostly at Ferris.
4. Ferris - I can eat, eat, eat and never get full.
5. Maizy Grace - The man servant is my favorite person in the world.
6. Rambler - I can't believe how lucky I am to be living on the inside and off the streets.
7. Maggie May - I'm the baby, that helps me get away with a lot!
8. Dixie Dog - I'm just one of the cats.
We are going to pass this great award on to:
Junior and Orion, Cats~Goats~Quotes, Mr. Tuck, The Monkeys, MacVet's Pets, Peffe and Lussie, and Mickey's Musings
As always, thanks for the wonderful purrs!
28 comments:
Thanks so much for the reward! We'll post our honest things soon!
Good luck to Maya at the cat dentist. How uncomfortable he must have been. It's unfortunate that cats hide their discomfort.
We'll purr for Maya and Cal (of course).
Samson and Delilah
Thanks for the award! We will try to get Meowm to help us with it later this week!
We will purr for Maya and continue to purr for Cal.
I, Orion, have asthma and I just got my teeth cleaned. I didn't have any trouble with the anesthesia....but Meowm thinks my asthma is not very severe. Hopefully Maya will not have trouble either!
Sorry to hear about Maya's tooth. Hope it will be ok. And Cal, still purring for you, ok? Please get well!
--JB
Congrats on your award! We hope Maya's vet visit goes okay tomorrow...and we hope is okay and continues to eat!
That sounds really bad ,about Maya's tooth :( We hope it will be OK.
Thank you so much for the award too :)
We will purr for Maya and for Cal too.
Purrs Mickey,Georgia & Tillie
About the Cal update: We are happy that it's not the 'other thing'! It seems odd to be happy about a diagnosis but it certainly sounds treatable. We hope Cal has gained some ounces also :)
It sounds like Cal's illness is treatable, which is wonderful. I hope all of the medicines work very quickly. So sorry to hear about Maya's tooth - I hope it will be okay.
Thank you so much for coming by with the well wishes during my recent illness.
Oh Cal, it's good news, sorta, at least dey can fix it. Poor Maya, we sure hope der is something dey can do dat doesn't compromise yoor lungs wif dat asthma.
Woo hoo, that is awesome breaking news considering the alternative diagnosis that could have come up. This sounds like it's very treatable! We will continue the rumbly purrs and hope that Cals tummy stops rumbling soon!
So glad that Cal's malady is a reasonably easy fix. I'm sure he won't like all the injections, though.
Tht is good news about Cal. With his treatment he is sure to be back to himself again, eating and gaining weight!
Great lists, it was nice getting to know you all a bit better!
Purrs out to Maya and paws crossed for a good dental visit.
me purrrrs for Maya and Cal..
We just read the update on Cal! That is good news! Not that he has bacterias but that it is treatable! We hope everything goes okay with his first treatment!
We are praying for Maya and Cal.
Congrat's on your award.
Continuing to purr and send healing thoughts to all of you.
Congrats on the award! And purrs and prayers for both Maya and Cal...sounds like the new diagnosis for Cal may be a treatable one. I know of a human with similar sypmtoms and it was from a bacterial infection. Once treated she was fine.
It is good to know what Cal has, even though the bothering C word isn't out of the world completely. If he reacts positively after the treatment we'll know for sure!
Congrats on your award. We'll be purring for Cal and Maya. We hope they get back to normal soon.
--Jasper
Thank you for the award! We will try to get Momma away from Pet Society at Facebook to help us get it up!
Thanks again!
~ The Bunch
Oh, I didn't see the last part of Cal's update until now (about the 'c' word).
We are definitely keeping up the purrs and are anxious to hear news that his problem is related to the IBD and not something else.
We are still purring for Maya and the appointment tonite. We will continue purring for Cal and all this mess to not be the c-word.
That is better news about Cal!!
Lets hope that this treatment works :) We will keep purring!!! Hope Maya does well too. We'll check back to see!!!!!
Purrs Mickey
I am glad there is something that can be done to help Cal! I hope he is 100% better after he completes his course of treatment.
I am purring for Cal and Maya!
We're glad you liked the award, but we'd rather see Cal getting better. It's a good thing his diagnosed so he can get the right treatment.
Purrs!
All of our prayers will be with Cal! I betcha he'll be all like his old self in not time!!
Noir in Texas
Thank you for the award!! I'm very glad to hear that Cal's problem is one that is easily solved!
Hope everything is okay with Cal and the tooth. Thanks for your purrs for us. You are great friends and you mean a great deal to us.
Hurrow Creek Cats! Thank you so much for the award. Mommy promised to put it up for us soonest!
And our loudest purrs to Cal and his tooth. Getted well soon!!!
~Slash & Bronzy
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