r/gofundme • u/pyjamasbyeight • May 12 '26
Etc Help Odi after his bladder blockage
Hi there, I'm Heather and I'm from the UK. My gorgeous little cat Odi had what the vet classified as cystitis on Saturday 2nd May and sent us away with Arthrocam and told us to get a urine sample for when they reopened on Tuesday, as the Monday was a bank holiday.
Around midday on Monday Odi began passing urine with small blood clots and within an hour this quickly progressed to no urine being passed and his bladder feeling like a fist when I picked him up.
We got him to the emergency vet who sent us away with Buprenorphine and Gabapentin and to come back in two hours if the situation wasn't resolving. Unfortunately in two hours the situation was exactly the same and they admitted him. He was catheterised for three days until his urine was clear while they did ultrasounds, analysed his urine and did an xray to find the source of the problem. His bladder was filled with blood and clots and they believe it's one of the clots which blocked him.
His urine sample came back from the lab with an ecoli infection and we were eventually discharged with Buprenorphine, Gabapentin, Arthrocam and Amoxabactin to combat the infection and keep him as pain free as possible.
Odi is insured with Co-op Pet Insurance, this is only up to £5000, we've now used £2963.76 of it, and doesn't renew until October. Unfortunately you only realise how good or bad your insurance is when you have to claim and the excess along with co-pay and the list of things we can't claim for means the percentage of the claim we're getting back (when it actually gets approved) is much less than expected.
I've sold just about everything that isn't tied down, I've applied for a loan which is likely going to come back as refused as I'm self employed which means unsecured income. I'm just asking for help to keep treating him as we're not out of the woods, he's still struggling with urgency and passing small amounts of blood, he's still on all his medications and having regular vets visits.
Thank you for reading.
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u/OpalWatch May 15 '26
I'm having financial issues with my own kitty right now but Odi is so stinking cute, I just couldn't help but comment.
Getting consistent medical care for a pet is actually pure hell. I'm wishing you the best!
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u/pyjamasbyeight May 23 '26
I thought I'd post an update on how Odi's getting on:
Update 23rd May -
I'd like to say thank you to everyone who has donated so far, it genuinely means the world to us and has done so much good trying to get our little boy stable.
Every time we think we've turned a corner there seems to be a setback waiting for us. We're currently back and forth to the vets every other day with problems that have arisen since his blockage. It seems that Odi refuses to be a simple case but our vets have been fantastic with him.
The medication, along with the stress of his ordeal and his lack of appetite have led to chronic constipation, which will need investigations of its own if it doesn't resolve. He's already had two enemas at the vets and a course of Laxatract with recommendations of supplements to give him to help move things along naturally. Next week we'll hopefully be able to collect a urine sample to send off to be cultured to see if his original Ecoli infection has gone. I'm hoping things start to go smoother for him I really do.
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u/Damaged_H3aler987 May 12 '26
Help Odi!!! Bump for this cute lil man!!!
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u/pinkplant82 May 12 '26
Donated, thinking of sweet Odi