Hi Cassandra,
It isn't unusual for a cat with Fatty Liver disease to vomit after
some meals, of course it isn't what we want and sometimes smaller, more
frequent meals will keep that from happening. But I can tell you
absolutely the ONLY thing that fixes fatty liver is food, and enough
food. Without that the outcome is death period, not saying that to be
mean or scare anyone, it's a fact plain and simple. Some cats will
actually get worse before they get better. One girl on the Assist
feeding list I used to belong to had a cat that was diagnosed with HL
(hepatic lipidosis, otherwise known as Fatty Liver disease), she was
assist feeding and came home for lunch to feed him and he had gone from
his skin being slightly yellow to bright yellow. It was touch and go
for days but he eventually started improving, he was so sick he couldn't
hardly move for days, maybe even weeks, it's been a while since I was on
the list. But I do know it took a month or more before he was feeling
pretty decent and he is alive and well today 6 or so years later with no
ill effects. Her vet was pretty sure he wasn't going to make it, but he
did.
SHe was feeding him every hour or two to make sure she got enough food
into him once he was feeling better she could do bigger meals with more
time in between.
Buddie also hated the syringe feedings, I had to wrap her in a towel and
after a week I decided a feeding tube would be less stressful and she
loved getting fed through her feeding tube. She would run to the couch
and wait for me when she heard me getting her syringes ready. She laid
with all fours under her and purred when I fed her, then she would flop
over and take a nap when we were done. She wasn't very happy when I was
weaning her off it.
She was suppose to get 4 IV chemo treatments along with prednisolone and
then after the IV chemo, leukeran (chemo pill given at home) and
prednisolone until she passed which could be as little as 6 months or as
long as years.
I did 3 of the 4 IV chmos and then stopped them, she wasn't eating and I
freaked out (I would not stop it if I had it to do over again), we
continued the prednisolone and she lived a total of 1 year and 1 month
after diagnosis. I really believe if I hadn't of freaked out because of
her not eating and continued the chemo she would still be alive today
(she passed in July of 2004).
If I ever have another cat with cancer I will get a feeding tube to help
with eating and continue the chemo, I know so many cats that have gone
into remission with chemo treatment, some have no side effects, some
don't eat well for the first few treatments until the chemo is kicking
some cancer butt and then they are like they always were, I can't tell
you how many cat parents say that after a few weeks of chemo!! Some
cats on the lymphoma list I'm on are 3, 4, 5 and even more years into
remission and still going strong. Sambe a FeLV+ has been in remission
about 3 years he got cancer around the same time as Buddie a few months
later I believe.
Belinda
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