After a recent move to Colorado, my precious burmese cat experienced
difficulty breathing (what looked like a seizure) - took him to the vet
immediately, a bunch of tests were run - it was determined he had high blood
pressure and was put on medication for this (evidently, the altitude
sickness from moving to this area caused the problem to come to the surface,
according to the vet); anyways, more tests were run and it was determined
that my cat had kidney disease.  He is going in next week for exploratory
tests to determine what stage the disease is in; the vet thinks he has an
autoimmune disorder (not FIV), and gave my cat anywhere from 1-8 years with
treatment.  Needless to say, I am depressed that my young cat has to go
through all this pain, with daily IV and what not.....  Any words of
advice - most stuff on the net is geared towards the older cats, why did my
cat get this at such a young age?  Any hope on him living a
somewhat-comfortable life?