🐈Cat lovers, WATCH OUT! When your cats start to drink too much wat...

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I think a lot of cats lovers have the problems that your cats don't like to drink water at all, so you always need to try a lot of ways to attract them to drink. This problem has bothered me for a long time, i even bought the pets drinking fountain. You always need to care about the water problem, and also choose the better feed.

When i took over Sully, i've already took him to do a health Checkup, and i've known he has the kidney problem.So i choose the better feed, and the RO water for him, but day after days, his healthy problem still getting worse.

各位貓奴應該很容易遇到貓咪不愛喝水的問題，總是會想盡辦法去吸引他們喝水，這問題也曾經困擾過我很久，還買了流動式的飲水機啊，但效果總是有限。平時就要多多關心貓咪的喝水量問題，對於飼料的選擇也要把關。
自從接手蘇利後，帶他去醫院檢查時就知道他的腎臟指數已經有點不對，要多注意，所以對飼料的選擇也都是選擇比較健康的，水也是喝礦泉水或RO水，但是他的身體狀況依舊是每況愈下。

Sully is five years old, and you can tell how he fat he was( about 6 KG ), and he was active and healthy. But since some day, Sully, the cat who doesn't like to drink water at all, became like going crazy to drink a lot of water. He only drinks about 300c.c. one day, but after that , he stared to drink 400 - 500c.c. (It's ok for a 5-year-old cat to drink 600c.c. in one day.), we all thought he just found out how wonderful the water is... but that's just the start of the nightmare.

蘇利今天第五歲，也可以看到原本的他有多肥(6KG左右)，也很好動，看起來就是一隻非常健全的貓，但是突然有一陣子不愛喝水的他開始狂喝水，原本一天頂多 300C.C. ，提高到一天可以喝到400-500多C.C.(一般的五歲貓咪最適合的一天飲水量大約600C.C.都還是正常)，我們都以為是他懂的水的美好了....但是這才是噩夢的開始...

He stared to drink a lot of water until his bowl is empty, then he will go search any available water on the sink or toilet in bathroom. And went pee for 10 times a day, had the vomiting behavior.
We just thought everything will be OK after seeing the doctor, but the result beyond my expectation. The doctor said he need to be in hospital and have an IV injection for the kidney problem, and he will be OK after two days. The report told that Sully was doing well, and he still loved to eat, and rested very well, he could go back home next day.

The day i'went to bring him back home, he've already dying in the cage in hospital, hyperspasmia and yelling. The hospital camera showed us he went crazy suddenly last night, crazily scratched the glass and fall down, keeping repeating this behavior until he couldn't stand up any more.

不僅大概幾分鐘就要喝水，喝到碗沒水了，就會跑到浴室喝洗手台或馬桶的水，並且一天尿量高達十幾次，後期開始吃完東西後會有反胃想吐的動作，除此之外，其他看起來都很正常。
想說帶他去檢查一下，看看情況，當天診所醫生説要住院吊點滴，因為腎指數過高。預計隔兩天出院，一切也都看似正常，因為蘇利依舊食慾很好，預計出院當天要去接他才發現在點滴室裡奄奄一息了，伴隨著怒吼跟抽蓄，指甲也都是血，醫生調閱監視器才發現半夜他開始抓狂，瘋狂的抓玻璃，最後倒下，一直無限循環這個行為，直到他再也爬不起來。

The doctor asked us to have the mentally prepared, means HE CAN'T MAKE IT THROUGH TONIGHT. Sully still kept yelling, hyperspasmia, sprint, and his pupil never change by the light, kept breathing hard like he couldn't get enough oxygen. The situation continues until midnight, we decided to let him free, because he looks so painful. So we brought hime to the 24 hr hospital.

The doctor let Sully have complete physical checkup, ultrasonic, sedatives and the principles of antiepileptic drug, there's no any doctor knows what is the etiology to cause this. Doctors can only surmise the Acute Pancreatitis, Hypoglycemia and serious dehydration problem is a complication of Renal failure. And these problems cause the muscle spasm and no pupillary reaction.
After, the doctor asked us to have a active treatment for 3 days. So Sully started get in the oxygen room.

後來診所醫生要我們帶回家準備了，意思就是他撐不過今晚了。帶回家後蘇利不斷地嘶吼、癲癇、暴衝，並且瞳孔放大，連照光都沒有變化，一直不停的喘息，像呼吸不到空氣一樣。到了半夜情況一樣，我們不想再讓他受苦了，決定帶去大醫院安樂死，讓他結束痛苦。

急診醫生幫他做了抽血檢驗、超音波、鎮定及抗癲癇藥物，到目前都還無法得知病因是什麼，只能假設可能是腎衰竭併發急性胰臟炎、低血糖、嚴重脫水，也影響到腦部所以導致癲癇及沒有瞳孔反應等數不清的問題。

最後醫生建議積極治療三天看看情況，開始住進氧氣病房。

After the treatments, Sully got his consciousness back, and switched the better position for himself, that's a huge progress and what a miracle!🎉
He got URTI, pink eye, over muscle spasm, brain hearts to cause paralysis and abnormal micturition, that makes him dying when he was in the hospital.
Nasogastric tube to esophageal stomach tube, stable life without any IV injection and medicine, walking slowly instead of paralysis, pupil has the light reaction. Then he could go home! 🎉🎉
Even though it will be a big challenge when he back home.

經過一連串的治療，一直在要不要繼續救的掙扎抉擇中，蘇利慢慢恢復意識了，慢慢會自己換成舒服的姿勢躺著，算是一大奇蹟，在醫院中度過了快20天的治療。過程中不但呼吸道感染，結膜炎，肌肉過度經攣，大腦損傷導致癱瘓無法正常排尿，所有指數不正常，瀕臨死亡邊緣，從鼻胃管到手術裝食道胃管，從每天需要依賴昂貴藥物及點滴才能存活，進步到了失控的指數都穩定了，從癱瘓進步到了可以慢慢行走，從全盲進步到了有光感。最後穩定到了可以帶回家了🎉！只是帶回家後的照顧也是個問題。

Feed 5-6 times a day by esophageal stomach tube, he can't eat by himself any more.
Couldn't use use the litter box any more, your whole house is his littler box.Prepare to clean all.
Almost blind, couldn't see anything, hard to walk.
Unstable emotion, gets angry very easily.
Burn your money!

每天餵食5-6次，只能靠食道胃管餵食，無法自己吃東西喝水。
起初只能靠擠尿才能正常排尿，現在可以自己排尿，但已不會使用貓砂，所以要有全家就是貓砂的準備。
因為癲癇引起腦部及全身肌肉受傷，眼睛已經幾乎全盲，行動也不方便。
情緒非常不穩定，很容易暴怒。
花錢像用燒的速度。

Even though we saved him for death, it's a very difficult job, like taking care of a dementia elderly. You need to spend more money to take care of him, and he might has no cognition.

雖然從被判死刑中救了回來，但是後續的照護也是個非常辛苦的工作，急救過程的開銷和後續照護的開銷都是一大負擔。急救回來的蘇利也或許已經沒有認知了，像個失智的老人一樣。

Until now, we still don't know this decision that to bring him back is good or not, it spend so much money and like a torture for him... but we've made a decision to bring him back means we have to take good care of him.

我們也不知道將這樣狀況的蘇利拉回來，到底是好是壞，除了照顧及開銷上的問題，對蘇利本身也像個折磨。但是既然已經決定接回家照護，就得給他無微不至的照顧。

Hope everyone make sure your economic ability before getting a pet. Have the mentally prepared that to feel like raising a kid, and no abandoning. If your pet has the situation like my Sully, make the decision after serious thinking, and never regret.

And if you have any pet need to be in the hospital over night, i will suggest you go find a 24hr take care hospital, if your kids have any emergency problem, there's always somebody to take care of them.

所以在這樣呼籲大家，養任何寵物前，不但要評估自身的經濟能力，秉持著不遺棄的精神外，也要有像養一個小孩子的自覺。如果遇到了像蘇利這種狀況，也要思考怎麼樣的抉擇才是最好的，也不要後悔自己所做的抉擇。

也建議大家如果寵物有需要住院的話，建議選擇24小時的動物醫院，因為當寵物在半夜有任何的緊急狀況時，都會有專業的護理人員及時處理，減少病情惡化的機會。