Thanks for advice re: CRF/Transplant

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WildWestCats - 01 May 2005 03:28 GMT

I wanted to thank everyone for the advice regarding my Tribble kitty and
her CRF. I brought her to another vet who prescribed something for her
nausea, 1/4 tablet Pepcid AC daily. She also gave me Tumil K pills,
instead of the gel that I had been unsuccessfully using. Tribble is on
100 cc of fluids daily and 1 cc of B12 weekly. The vet said that she
isn't anemic enough to put on Epogen. In 2 weeks she'll be getting her
bloodwork done again.

After giving the transplant possibility a lot of thought, we decided not
to do it. Not only was it not financially feasible but it seems like a
lot to put a kitty through.

Thanks again for all of the input!

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Candace - 01 May 2005 03:38 GMT

> I wanted to thank everyone for the advice regarding my Tribble kitty and
> her CRF. I brought her to another vet who prescribed something for her
> nausea, 1/4 tablet Pepcid AC daily. She also gave me Tumil K pills,
> instead of the gel that I had been unsuccessfully using. Tribble is on
> 100 cc of fluids daily and 1 cc of B12 weekly. The vet said that she

> isn't anemic enough to put on Epogen. In 2 weeks she'll be getting her
> bloodwork done again.
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>
> Thanks again for all of the input!

I hope she does well. My CRF kitty did well for over 2 yrs. after
diagnosis and I've heard of many cats going far longer than that.

As an aside, I've always heard that one of the stipulations of a kidney
transplant in cats is that the transplantee's owner must also take the
donor cat and provide it a good life. That only seems right. I hope
it's the case.

Candace

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WildWestCats - 01 May 2005 20:11 GMT

>>I wanted to thank everyone for the advice regarding my Tribble kitty

> I hope she does well. My CRF kitty did well for over 2 yrs. after
> diagnosis and I've heard of many cats going far longer than that.

Thanks, Candace. The vet said that the Chinese believe that you can
look into a patient's eyes and gauge their "shen", which I think she
said was like the will to live. She said Tribble's "shen" was very
strong. I think it's comparable to being full of piss and vinegar,
which describes my Tribble perfectly!

Our first fluids session went remarkably well - she was a little bit
antsy but not too bad and I was able to do it myself. I hope future
sessions go as well!

> As an aside, I've always heard that one of the stipulations of a kidney
> transplant in cats is that the transplantee's owner must also take the
> donor cat and provide it a good life. That only seems right. I hope
> it's the case.

The woman who cat sits for me had a kidney transplant kitty in the
mid-90s. The first transplant went awry, so the kitty had to have a 2nd
one. She ended up bringing home both donor cats. So, yes, that is true.

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