Pochacco is my angel baby turning 4 in February with Idiopathic Epilepsy. (Update: possibly pancreatic cancer, a mass has been detected in a CT scan)

Since October 28th he was hospitalized from a sudden moment of cluster seizures which had been successfully managed since August 2025. He had two seizures lasting over a minute at home within three hours before bringing him in to ER where he was admitted for about 24 on seizure watch, where he had one more.

The second he was discharged- he was very sleepy and lethargic, which was expected from the medications but the second he came out he threw up which was strange since there was no appetite abnormalities during his stay. It was considered as him being excited since he is extremely anxious (which is why he was discharged early because keeping him in hospital just for a seizure watch with his anxiety meant more meds and more side affects). He was home with us for about 10 hours where he refused to eat, which is extraordinary abnormal as he eats nonstop, and was constantly throwing up any water he drank and couldn’t relax. We brought him back to hospital to do another check in to see how things were going in the morning which was another couple hours but no admission needed.

By night, he was brought back in unable to walk and barley stand, with head tremors that may have been silent seizures. He wasn’t responding to his name or recognizing anyone or where he was. He was admitted again to hospital straight to critical care.

It was found that he had severe pancreatitis and frozen intestines (severe functional ileus) which is causing his lack of appetite and inability to keep anything down. Additionally, when he was first admitted they drained 450ml of liquid out his stomach (he’s 30 pounds). The next couple of hours 100-150ml of liquid was being drained despite no liquid or food being ingested.

During his stay as well his kidney showed signs of damage and he was diagnosed with moderate azotemia due to dehydration and if full injury would take months to recover.

At this point there were unable to determine if it was pancreatitis or a gastrointestinal blockage, and if it was GI block they would need to proceed with surgery to remove it however- to determine needed a CT scan which they could not do due to his dehydration levels (the medication given to do the scan would cause more dehydration). Thankfully at this point the risk of it being a neurological issue was eliminated and that his behaviour was from pain and discomfort. They also confirmed that his twitching and plausible seizures are due to a sudden lack of calcium that occurred overnight. He was getting constant bloodwork to check his liver enzymes and which even now still isn’t doing great.

He was discharged this Monday afternoon on November 2nd with new medications and a new low fat diet to ease his pancreas work load. He still needs to do additional blood work to follow up with the liver enzyme levels and another check up overall if he is able to manage to stay out of the hospital.

During all of this his vet bills have hit 9.5K total before further examinations, additional medication refills and new diet plan. Chiron and I both have missed work and taking time off as well to monitor his state to ensure no sudden seizing or vomiting or lethargy. His insurance is already capped out due to his usual maintenance for good epilepsy and severe anxiety and we would heavily appreciate the help!

Update:

Hi again everyone. Pochacco went back in hospital on Saturday November 7th for likely three nights as he showed signs of Jaundice.

Unfortunately some of his blood values were so high that their machines weren’t even able to read it and needed to be sent off to a lab, no results back yet (nearly 24 hours). He was dehydrated and in pain again and it is assumed that the inflammation in his pancreas never did go down, and was worsening so badly it is blocking his the hepatic portal vein causing the build up of bilirubin turning him yellow and severely damaging his liver.

He is once again in critical care and has done a CT scan this morning, costing at 2.8k just for that. His estimate is between 7-8k outside of it for bills on top of the 10k from the previous two stays, for best case possible. His insurance is has long been maxed out as well.

His kidneys are good luckily and no fluid buildup yet, but if the inflammation does not go down, surgery may be needed to put a stent into his vein so the liver can hopefully heal. That is the last resort and unlikely but a possibility. It is incredibly difficult to take a sample of the mass founded on the CT scan due to levels of inflammation as irritating the pancreas further could cause widespread systemic inflammation instead.

We have reopened up the go fund me- and would heavily appreciate it if you can share this with your own communities if possible.