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hantayo - 17 Mar 2005 22:36 GMT
Hi All,
 Does anybody have a good link for kidney failure information? I've been
searching & searching & I haven't been able to find anything. I'm becoming
quite frustrated. Thanks in advance...
  Kathy

Toma's dedication page:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/motherearthfathersky/toma8.html
"The Raven keeps one eye on the future - yet - one eye on the past so his
journey is always straight..."
http://showcase.netins.net/web/motherearthfathersky/
Joe Canuck - 18 Mar 2005 00:01 GMT
>  Hi All,
>   Does anybody have a good link for kidney failure information? I've been
> searching & searching & I haven't been able to find anything. I'm becoming
> quite frustrated. Thanks in advance...
>    Kathy

Pop "feline crf" into Google and execute the search.

You'll find enough links to keep you reading for days.  :)
hantayo - 18 Mar 2005 01:56 GMT
>>  Hi All,
>>   Does anybody have a good link for kidney failure information? I've been
>> searching & searching & I haven't been able to find anything. I'm
>> becoming quite frustrated. Thanks in advance...
>>    Kathy

"Joe Canuck" wrote :
> Pop "feline crf" into Google and execute the search.
>
> You'll find enough links to keep you reading for days.  :)

Joe,
Thanks so much - it was a great help.
  Kathy
Cathy Friedmann - 18 Mar 2005 01:44 GMT
> Hi All,
>   Does anybody have a good link for kidney failure information? I've been
> searching & searching & I haven't been able to find anything. I'm becoming
> quite frustrated. Thanks in advance...
>    Kathy

This is an excellent site: http://www.felinecrf.org/

Cathy
hantayo - 18 Mar 2005 01:57 GMT
>> Hi All,
>>   Does anybody have a good link for kidney failure information? I've been
>> searching & searching & I haven't been able to find anything. I'm
>> becoming
>> quite frustrated. Thanks in advance...
>>    Kathy

> This is an excellent site: http://www.felinecrf.org/
>
> Cathy

 Thank you Cathy.
 Kathy
dmorshead@gmail.com - 18 Mar 2005 05:21 GMT
There is a Feline CRF yahoo group that I found very useful when my cat
was suffering from the condition.

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-CRF-Support/>
hantayo - 18 Mar 2005 06:13 GMT
> There is a Feline CRF yahoo group that I found very useful when my cat
> was suffering from the condition.
>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-CRF-Support/>

Thank you. I just joined it & I'm hoping to get some useful ideas from the
good people there.
 Kathy
Tom S - 19 Mar 2005 02:56 GMT
>> There is a Feline CRF yahoo group that I found very useful when my cat
>> was suffering from the condition.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>good people there.
>  Kathy

My Furface just died from CRF.  He was 15 and was diagnosed about 18
months before he passed.  He was losing some weight and getting a
little lethargic, but otherwise doing well on sub-Q fluids and a
special diet.  He finally seemed to reach a crisis about 3 weeks
before he died and never recovered.  In other words he seemed to enjoy
good quality of life until near the very end.

I hope you have good luck and long life for kitty.  Follow your vets
directions and give kitty lots of love.

I hope these pages help some.

http://www.eattheapple.com/crf.htm

http://www.felinecrf.com/

Tom
hantayo - 19 Mar 2005 05:50 GMT
>>> There is a Feline CRF yahoo group that I found very useful when my cat
>>> was suffering from the condition.
>>>
>>> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-CRF-Support/>

"hantayo" wrote:
>> Thank you. I just joined it & I'm hoping to get some useful ideas from
>> the
>>good people there.
>>  Kathy

> My Furface just died from CRF.  He was 15 and was diagnosed about 18
> months before he passed.  He was losing some weight and getting a
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>
> Tom

Tom,
  I'm sorry for your loss & it is obvious that you truly loved your little
furface. It just isn't fair. :'-( So far (after the initial 3 times of sub-Q
fluids) Toma is drinking water & eating (even though she is eating very
small amounts of food). I give her whatever she wants to eat - I'm just
thrilled when she does eat. I treasure every moment with her & I couldn't
love her more than I do now. She is my  furry little soul mate. I sure do
agree on what you were saying about having a good quality of life - when I
can see that Toma's quality of life is gone - I hope that I can do what you
did. Thanks for your help & understanding. The sites you sent have helped,
too.
  Kathy & Toma
Tom S - 19 Mar 2005 16:18 GMT
>>>> There is a Feline CRF yahoo group that I found very useful when my cat
>>>> was suffering from the condition.
[quoted text clipped - 37 lines]
>too.
>   Kathy & Toma

I took Furface to the vet 2 days before he died.  She suggested
putting him to sleep ( she was crying when she suggested it), but I
just couldn't.  I brought him back home and put him on his little
pallet on the foot of my bed where he always slept. I positioned him
where he could see out the window, covered him with a blanket (my gf
insisted), gave him water with a syringe and gave him a lot of
caresses until the end.

He was 6 months old and feral when I "trapped" him inside my
apartment.  When I let him outside again, he was gone for 2 days but
came back.  And kept coming back foralmost 14-1/2 years.  I didn't
know it could hurt so much to lose a pet.  He is buried at the edge of
my patio, near the spot where he liked to sit in one of my chairs and
survey his domain.

Keep up the sub-Q's and any other meds the vet recommends.  The thing
about CRF is you never know if you have 6 months or 6 years.  I hope
you and Toma have many more happy years together.

Tom
 
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