Its been alittle crazy these last few months. My cat Monster had to have a major surgery which was life threatening. My vet and boss diagnosed my cat with idiopathic megacolon, they dont know what causes it, but it is thought to be due to an abnormality in the smooth muscle of the large intestine or narrowing of the pelvis, nerve injury or spinal cord deformities. He has been living with this for over a year or so. I have tried him on Cisapride and a lactulose, it only seemed to help for a month or so. it was 4 months to the day when he was constipated the first time. I had to bring him in for x-rays and I just started to cry when I saw how full he really was and he was so unhappy. The only option was surgery. It was a surgery that my boss has never done before, but he was up for the challenge. He was to have a total colectomy and have diarrhea for several months or for life. But the hard part was would the small intestine fit and be able to reattach where the colon once was. Its like taking a small tube and attaching to a very big tube, and hope that nothing leaks into his body and causes an infection which could kill him. When my boss had him opened on the surgery table, he could not reattach the small intestine to where the end of the colon was, but he also noticed that 2 " of the colon was healthy and working. He removed the dead colon which was about 4". Monster did well during the surgery and was very painful on the recovery. He had diarrhea for the first 3-4 weeks, so that was kind of hard to deal with at first. He did have so complications with his incision, but it healed well. I am so happy to say that he has fully recovered and is now having normal BMs. He is a new cat and he is back to his old self. I am so greatful to my boss for doing this risky surgery. I couldn't see my life with out Monster. Here are some pictures of the x-rays when he was constipated and after we cleaned him out before the surgery.
This is how full he really was
After we cleaned him out
This is Monster
This is how full he really was
After we cleaned him out
This is Monster