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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005Yippee!! Hooray!!!
Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused with all stubborness to touch. A cat will eat anything rather than starve? Not Speckles!! Not K/D, not *any* brand of senior-citizen diet. I gave in and let her have her beloved Fancy Feast, feeling as though I were murdering her. She did not require Sub-Q's yet but for the past week she has been vomiting on a daily basis. We seemed to be spending half our time cleaning up barf. I expected we'd lose her this year and this seemed to be the start of the downhill slide. So off to the vet yesterday for checkup and tests, with a great deal of trepidation. Hallelujah!!! Tests showed her kidney function in the *normal* range!! I did a happy-dance right there in the vet's room! How come the turnaround on a Fancy Feast diet? Oh, well, mine not to wonder why!! Jeanne Well, yea Speckles! Did the vet have any explanation? I'm so happy for you both. :o) Katz > She did not require Sub-Q's yet but for the past week she has been vomiting > on a daily basis. We seemed to be spending half our time cleaning up barf. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > How come the turnaround on a Fancy Feast diet? Oh, well, mine not to wonder > why!! Awesome news about the kidneys! Did you figure out why she was throwing up, though?  Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >Awesome news about the kidneys! Did you figure out why she was throwing up, >though? Not really. I was so excited about her CRF reprieve, I barely listened to the rest of it!! The vet suggested several possibilities but found nothing definitive, after ruling out kidney, liver, heartworm, etc. He gave us an anti-inflammatory and an anti-nausea medication, and she's been just fine!!!! (Except that the fiesty old lady needs a strait-jacket to get the stuff down her!!) Thank you for asking. Jeanne Wonderful news about Speckles. May he live long and prosper. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne >Wonderful news about Speckles. May he live long and prosper. >Jazz & his mama Thank you so much. Speckles and I appreciate your good wishes. Jeanne > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused > with all stubborness to touch. (snippage) > How come the turnaround on a Fancy Feast diet? Oh, well, mine not to > wonder why!! > > Jeanne Great news! Congratulations! But why is she vomiting, did they know? Jill >Great news! Congratulations! But why is she vomiting, did they know? Thank you. Nothing really wrong was found. Apparently an irritated stomach. She's on anti-inflammatory and anti-nausea medication now and hasn't had a vomiting episode since!! Jeanne >Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a >quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne Wow, that is great! I'm so glad :-) Ginger-lyn >Wow, that is great! I'm so glad :-) > >Ginger-lyn Thank you. The reprieve was welcome news, and she's doing fine now with the medications prescribed. Jeanne Great News..... Hmmmm, Fancy Feast as miracle feline cure-all.... I just don't buy it... But, whatever happened, I'm happy for you. SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas >Great News..... Hmmmm, Fancy Feast as miracle feline cure-all.... I just >don't buy it... But, whatever happened, I'm happy for you. Thanks. Well, I don't buy it either - FF is hardly a cure-all!! Actually, the point I try to make is that although it doesn't cure anything, it at least did no *harm*. Yet. Jeanne >Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a >quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne Every time I hear about a cat beating RF, I don't know whether to do a happy dance or cry. I wish I still had my Mimi. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >Every time I hear about a cat beating RF, I don't know whether to do a >happy dance or cry. I wish I still had my Mimi. Oh, so do I, Theresa, so do I, bless your heart. We've lost two kitties to CRF so I know it's an excruciatingly painful loss to you. Purrs and hugs. Jeanne Could Speckles be misdiagnosed with kidney problems? Was a blood test done last year to check her kidney functions? My 10 year old cat Rusty was diagnosed with renal insufficiency 3 years ago. RS is the stage before kidney failure. He was put on a prescription G/D senior cat diet. While on that diet, he got crystals in his urine and had to switch to a diet for urinary crystals. Recent blood tests showed his kidney is fine. So the initial diagnosis was wrong. Good thing Rusty is not picky with prescription cat food. This week he is being switched yet again to I/D for his diarrhea. Winnie > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne >Could Speckles be misdiagnosed with kidney problems? Was a blood test >done last year to check her kidney functions? Since I thought that RF or CRF was irreversible, I did wonder if it could have been a misdiagnosis, although I had seen and read the printout of the blood test done last year. So I was *really* surprised to learn that, nearly a year later, she's perfectly normal. The vet who treated Speckles last year is no longer with the clinic we use and a different vet did this testing. I guess it's a remote possibility that two people could come up with two different results? Poor Rusty, you're both going through an awful lot, aren't you? You have our purrs and best wishes. Jeanne Jeanne Hajos spamguard:( u is i, and not is net) === "Anger improves nothing except the arch of a cat's back." --- Coleman Cox My SETI team: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_125874.html >Could Speckles be misdiagnosed with kidney problems? Was a blood test >done last year to check her kidney functions? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >wrong. Good thing Rusty is not picky with prescription cat food. >This week he is being switched yet again to I/D for his diarrhea. Adding some purrs here for Rusty's problems to be sorted out. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne Yeh Speckles!! SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >Yeh Speckles!! Thank you kindly!! Speckles looks pretty pleased with herself and thanks you too. Jeanne > How come the turnaround on a Fancy Feast diet? Oh, well, mine not to > wonder why!! Wonderful news, Jeanne! Hope Speckles continues doing well for many many years to come. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >Wonderful news, Jeanne! Hope Speckles continues doing well for many many >years to come. Thank you so much, Marina. You can imagine what a great relief this reprieve gives us all. Speckles appreciates the good wishes but no way, nohow does she appreciate the medications!!! Tornado mode times two!!!! Jeanne That's just wonderful! I'm so very happy for both of you! Lots of happy dancing also from SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne Yippee, Jeanne! Happy dance for Speckles' improvement. Sam Hooray for Speckles' turnaround. Purrs for many more years SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Wonderful news Jeanne!!! Susan M Otis and Chester > Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a > quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne Happy good news! Congratulations. Elisabet and Hugo Katt >Last year, Speckles was diagnosed with kidney problems, with only a >quarter of kidney function left. She was given K/D which she refused [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jeanne |
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