I was hoping for some advice. I have a 19 year old tortoise shell cat,
Pumpkin, who was diagnosed with kidney problems last year. Since then,
she has only been eating the Hill's K/D diet and has been doing well.
On a recent blood check, the doctor found she is anemic and her kidney
function was a bit worse. He said there was a drug which provided an
artificial form of erythropoietin to stimulate red blood cell
production - maybe similar to Procrit? Then he found that 1 out of 3
cats are subject to a serious side effect which affects the immune
system and causes even less blood cell production (although he said he
hasn't seen that in his practice in about a dozen uses). But anyway, we
decided to hold off on that now due to the high risk. He prescribed a
blood pressure medication to help her kidney function and she will
continue on K/D.

I was wondering if anyone thought she needed any other treatments right
now, and if there was maybe a holistic treatment to enhance blood cell
production - something that is very safe. He has not recommended fluid
therapy at this point.

Thanks for any information or shared experiences.

Janet Levy