No, no Gia. You remember I had the same problems with Jet last year. Well, his issues were more to do with his sphincter muscle cramping up as soon as the catheter was removed. He would then need another one inserted which, when removed, would lead to a recurrance of the same problem within a few days or weeks.... and the whole thing became a vicious circle.
He was prescribed Dibenylene to relax his muscle and Cystease and Metacam for the inflammation etc. He did have a whole lot of other medication.... but they were the main ones.
You know I would have had to have him pts if he hadn't have had that penilectomy, but he's been brilliant since then...not even a touch of cystitis...nothing. So it's not the end of the road Gia. In fact, it's very early days for Gizmo. Jet had been suffering with FLUTD since April of last year (he was hospitalised for nearly three weeks the first time he blocked in April because he was such a difficult case...and he was also very unco-operative) but it was not until October that it became really serious.... and as you know it was January when he had his operation. So, try not to fret too much about Gizmo yet.
Please e-mail me with your telephone number if you'd like to have a chat about him....
A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a young lady in Sweden who had read about Jet on Cat Chat. Her vet had told her that FLUTD was more commonplace during the winter months because the little guys didn't like to venture outside so much to have a 'pee'. Well that
was Sweden. Her little chap was called Quincy and is doing fine now.
I'm sure Gizmo will be just fine soon. I shall keep looking for your posts.
Lots of love to you both...and a special wish from Jet
Roz
