Calli's Vet Fund

Calli is my 2-year-old ragdoll, I am trying to raise funds towards saving her. She is currently blocked and unable to urinate. The vets I have visited are unsure why a young female cat is experiencing a blockage.

If each person who sees this fundraiser could donate just a couple of pounds, it would massively help in covering the cost of her medical bill, Thank you.

Kindly read more for her story.

Friday 19/07

She was squatting and unable to pee, so we brought her to the local 'Goddard' vet.

Diagnosis: infection or stress

Solution: Prescribed her Gabapentin and told us to give her some time, the medication should help her urinate and to update them if her condition does not get better.

Treatment: £113.69

Saturday 20/07

She continued squatting and the vet asked us to bring her to the 'Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital'.

Calli was sedated, a needle was used to collect a urine sample and a catheter was placed to release her urine.

X-rays, blood tests and ultrasound were taken, showing urine had leaked from her bladder when the sample was taken. The blood test also showed a UTI present.

Diagnosis: Possible kidney stone blocking her due to swelling because of the UTI.

Solution: Antibiotics and anti-inflammation were given to her. The stone should pass through the catheter.

Saturday evening we were given an update that they passed the catheter through however the pressure build-up caused urine to leak from her bladder.

With infected urine and a potential tear in her bladder, we were given the news to prepare for the worst. If she deteriorates they will call us overnight.

Sunday 21/07

We were given the news that Calli was looking a lot better and they did a flush on her bladder and confirmed that the bladder is holding urine.

The Sunday evening she was then discharged and prescribed Noraclav for the infection and Buprenorphine for the pain.

Treatment: £1758.88

Monday 22/07

At 7 am I administered her medication and noticed she started squatting again.

Brought her to 'The Vet Morden' and she was taken for further evaluation.

Sedated and unblocked with another catheter.

Tuesday 23/07

After performing another blood test and ultrasound we were told that Calli most likely had Cystitis and that we should give the anti-inflammatory medication and antibiotics some time to take effect.

The vet completed an ultrasound and reviewed her medical history, previous blood test and x-ray.

Diagnosis: Cystitis

Solution: Medication

Treatment: £1821.20

Wednesday 24/07

Today Calli was sedated, x-rays and ultrasound were taken to confirm no stones were present. After this was confirmed the catheter was removed.

The plan was to keep monitoring Calli at the vet to see if she was able to urinate on her own.

Thursday 25/07

At 10 am we were informed that Calli was blocked again.

They have called for an emergency referral.

We were referred to the 'London Vet Specialists' for a consultation at 1 pm.

We had a consultation with a Medicine specialist and they took Calli for a consultation with a neurologist, performing a clearer x-ray and ultrasound to check for any stones that the previous vets may have missed, along with blood and urine tests.

Treatment: estimate £1300

Thursday evening we were told that all the scans showed no swellings or stones.

When she was sedated for the scans they tried to palpate the bladder but it was stiff and had a spasm rather than being relaxed. Her bladder and urethra were not contracting and relaxing to properly release urine. Indicating a functional issue with her muscles/ nerve tissue.

Diagnosis: Reflex Dyssynergia.

Solution: Stronger medication to relax the bladder and urethra

Friday 26/07

At 9 am Calli still has not peed and has begun squatting.

They will be sedating and placing a catheter.

Friday afternoon they want to take a blood test to check if this might be a thyroid issue.

Possibility of surgery on Monday to surgically fix a tube to her bladder to allow her to urinate with assistance.

Weekend 27 & 28

Visited Calli on both days, and she has been prescribed a new medication. The plan is to remove her catheter on Monday and see if she can urinate on her own.

Blood tests show no thyroid issues.

Monday 29/07

Today her catheter was removed. Calli Discharged!

Clinical Examination: Calli presented bright alert and responsive, weighing 2.9kg, Her body condition scored 3/9. Normal temperature, pulse and respiration. Abdominal palpation was normal and the bladder was full but soft and large plumb-sized. Calli did not resent palpation or visit tray after palpation. Neurologically she appeared normal, normal gait, the ocular exam was normal, and a slightly swollen vulva region.

Investigations Performed: Calli underwent general anaesthesia, abdominal ultrasound with cystocentesis for urinalysis and positive retrograde urethrogram. Urolithiasis was ruled out. Her bladder was not manually expressible under anaesthetic.

Calli remained hospitalized with us but failed to urinate and, therefore was catheterized.

Diagnosis: Dyssynergy of the urinary bladder - unknown origin

Treatment: £6129.73

Tuesday 30/07

Calli has started squatting this morning and after a call with the vets, we were advised to give her some time.

If she was unable to pee they suggested bringing her to our local vet or preparing for the worst :(

Tuesday Afternoon, we brought her to the Vet Morden and they were able to palpate her bladder! She was then brought home, very sleepy and we have another appointment tomorrow morning.