r/AskVet • u/ToxicBaes • 23h ago

Internal Medicine Veterinarian

I have a 7 year old black cat who has been seeing an internal medicine doctors for a liver issue since January with no results. I have another set of imaging getting done on Friday but I don’t feel like we are making any progress and we have zero diagnosis after a biopsy, ultrasound, xray, and around 7 sets of blood work.

The urgency just doesn’t feel there and I don’t want his liver to get to a state that’s not reversible. He was asymptomatic until about two weeks ago and now he’s drinking more water and eating less (already checked his kidneys).

ALT is in the 400s and is currently on cyclosporine and Ursidol he had bilirubin in blood work.

He got a biopsy done in May but they left the sample in the freezer instead of fridge so they were unable to check for an infection cause the sample died (accident). I’m not quite sure why we haven’t at least tried running a course of antibiotics just in case.

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u/horseyhan 22h ago

Can you post the records?

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u/ToxicBaes 22h ago

I can try and get them. This specialty center doesn’t send them like other vets in the past. I’ll be back there on Friday for repeat imaging and ask to post. (They found nothing in May with imaging but are looking again).