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| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
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| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5089 |
| Total number of notes: | 60366 |
2885.0. "KIDNEY FAILURE - HELP!" by WILKIE::PANTO () Fri Sep 22 1989 14:39
My cat has a problem and I'm real worried. I thought that maybe
one of you cat lovers out there had a similar problem and would
shed some light for me.
I have a 13-year old Himilayan cat. His name is Pinouch. In the
past week, he hasn't been eating his food at all. He's been drinking
water only. I called the vet and they told me to bring him in.
I brought him in on Tuesday morning. They took a urine sample and
found out that he doesn't have an infection and he isn't diabetic.
The vet couldn't find anything wrong with him, so he said that he
wanted to keep Pinouch and do a blook work-up on him. I wasn't
too happy to leave him, but I felt that he was safer in the hospital.
Well, the next day, I called back to find out the test results.
He told me that Pinouch has kidney failure. He said that we can
usually function on 20% of our kidneys, but Pinouch was functioning
on less than 20%. He said that the cat was feeling nausea that's
why he wasn't eating. He was starving himself to death. He also
said that the craneum (sp??) level in cats in suppose to be less
than 2 and Pinouch's is 4.1. So, the vet said that he wanted to
keep Pinouch for a few days and feed him a liquid diet to regulate
the kidneys, then once their regulated, we could take him home and
feed him on a low-protein diet. He asked him if Pinouch was finicky
and I said "yes, extremely". Well, he hopes that Pinouch will eat
this food. If he doesn't eat this food, then his kidneys will go
back to the way they were. I'm so upset up this. Pinouch has been
my baby since I was 10 years old.
Has anyone ever experienced this kind of disease?? Any info would
be appreciated.
Melissa
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| 2885.1 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Fri Sep 22 1989 15:27 | 7 |
| Melissa, the low protein diet should help Pinouch feel better.
Some cats can live very well with kidney problems after being switched
to a low protein diet. Kidney failure can be a sign of aging in
a cat. Sounds like you caught Pinouch's problem right away. Trust
your vet on this, he is the one that knows.
Jo
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| 2885.2 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Fri Sep 22 1989 15:56 | 4 |
| And please let us know how things are going.
Karen, S&H, and LB.
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| 2885.3 | | CSC32::K_KINNEY | | Fri Sep 22 1989 19:42 | 7 |
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Re, the base note. The level the vet was probably referring
to was creatinine. This along with the BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
will increase if the kidneys aren't doing too well. Hope the
vet can get Pinouch squared away. Good luck.
kim and catnip
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| 2885.4 | Update on Pinouch | WOODRO::PANTO | | Mon Sep 25 1989 12:27 | 15 |
| Thank you all so much! I called the vet on Saturday and he said
that Pinouch was eating fairly well to well. He said that they
were slowing taking him off of the liquid diet and feeding him the
low-protein diet food. On Sunday, we went to pick him up. We gave
him a small portion of the food when he arrived home, but he didn't
eat it at all. He wouldn't even drink water. So, last night, my
mother and I fed him some food and water through an eye dropper.
He just wanted to lay on the couch. He looks so lifeless. The
doctor wants us to call him on Wednesday to let him know how he's
doing. I'll keep you all posted. His BUN level was 61.2 and is
suppose to be around 20.
Again, thanx so much.
Melissa
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