State of the Cat

[serinde]

Abdominal ultrasound: nothing. Blood test: various stressors from, oh, NOT EATING, but nothing diagnostically significant. Chest x-ray: will be back this afternoon, but I'm betting nothing there, either.

They've given him an appetite stimulant and he's started chowing down in his normal piglike fashion--he's already gained a pound back just since being at the hospital.

Probable diagnosis: Mage is a drama queen who has decided to go on hunger strike over some vexation instead of peeing on the bed (his usual protest statement), and as cats will, got into a state where having not eaten for awhile he doesn't feel like starting again. If this be the case, it's just a question of jump-starting him with appetite stimulants for a week or so and then he should be back to normal.

Until the next stressor.

Like moving.

Gah.

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[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

That occurred to me: presumably if this crops up again, we can solve it without four digit price tags of medical procedures. Sure would be nice.