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My cat's abcess was from a bite he got from a fight. The abcess was on

Sent to Cat Experts September 12, 2006 9:29 a.m.

My cat is 17 years old and was doing great until he had an ascess lanced. The pre-op lab showed normal values ecept for the liver enzyme was very high. Since the I&D my cat has not been eating and is starting to look yellow. What's the differential and how should I proceed with testing.

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September 12, 2006 9:42 a.m. (12 minutes and 38 seconds later)

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If you can get him back to your vet. The yellow indicates that he is becoming jaundiced and would need to be put on fluids to try to flush his system out. They should retest his liver values and see how much they have increased. They can also force feed him to help get him back up to speed. This could be a combination of the stress from the abcess, antibiotics and the liver problems. His system may not be strong enough to deal with all these problems at the same time.

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