CRF - Chronic Renal Failure:links and experiences with

buttonwillow · Nov 3, 2007

Thank you all.
Brent and I went out and got frames for pictures of Gracie for our wall.
Then we had dinner at our favorite place, Absinthe, and had a few drinks in honor of Gracie.
We are now paying special attention to Greta, our siamese, so she isn't lonely.
I am going to go to bed early tonight. I think I did the right thing even though it was very difficult.

buttonwillow · Nov 5, 2007

I miss her so much.

catlover73 · Nov 5, 2007

Hugs to you buttonwillow. It is so hard when we lose a beloved pet. You did everything you could for Gracie including the very difficult and painful decision to let her go and be free from pain. If there is anything I can do to help you please let me know.

xocats · Nov 5, 2007

Originally Posted by buttonwillow

I miss her so much.

I know that your heart is aching for your Gracie.

pookie-poo · Nov 6, 2007

Originally Posted by buttonwillow

I miss her so much.

My heart is breaking for you...
I know how difficult it is to lose a beloved friend. I pray that sweet memories will help you heal.

~~Hugs~~

buttonwillow · Nov 27, 2007

Hi everyone,
We took our other cat, Greta, to the vet this evening. she started vomiting and had a little diarrhea last night. She is 16.
She has kidney failure too.
Her BUN is 90.
We are taking her in tomorrow for IV fluids for a couple of days.

I just picked up Gracie's ashes tonight.
I can't quite believe it.

xocats · Nov 28, 2007

Oh no....
now Greta so soon after Gracie.

Hopefully the fluids will help your sweet girl.

pookie-poo · Nov 28, 2007

Originally Posted by buttonwillow

Hi everyone,
We took our other cat, Greta, to the vet this evening. she started vomiting and had a little diarrhea last night. She is 16.
She has kidney failure too.
Her BUN is 90.
We are taking her in tomorrow for IV fluids for a couple of days.

I just picked up Gracie's ashes tonight.
I can't quite believe it.

I'm so very sorry this is happening to you and Greta. I will keep Greta in my prayers.

After I lost my soul-mate kitty, Spooky, to CRF, I got Cleo because I was so lonely without a kitty to share my life. Cleo was diagnosed with CRF when she was six months old, when my vet did her pre-op bloodwork for her spay surgery. I was completely devastated. Cleo will be celebrating her 7th year post diagnosis next month.

I pray that Gracie watches over you and Greta during this difficult time. My heart goes out to you.

buttonwillow · Nov 28, 2007

thank you both so much.
incredibly, greta is home with us again for now.... the vet said after a day on IV fluids she was so feisty and loud that she was ok to come home. i have some doubts about that but he said when their BUN is under 100 he goes by "treat the cat not the numbers"... and the cat is doing well...
so we have Flagyl, pepcid, clavamox, fluids every other day, and K/D; and a return visit in a week for more bloodwork.
While I would much rather have her home than not home, if I see anything at all that worries me I am going to send her right back to the vet.
He did give us his personal email address in case I have questions, which was nice. I really do like our vet. He obviously cares about our kitties and explains everything to us in as much detail as we want. I hope he is right about letting her come home.

xocats · Nov 29, 2007

I am sure that Greta is glad to be home where she feels safe and comfortable.

More vibes on the way to your sweet girl.
Greta

pookie-poo · Nov 29, 2007

I like your vet also!!! Any vet who is wise enough to "Treat the cat and not the numbers", is a wonderful vet in my book!

Talk to your vet about other types of renal diets. Cleo and Maggie eat Purina NF canned renal diet. They also eat the Hills k/d minced chicken, but won't touch the regular k/d canned (which is what most vets carry.) My vet special orders both foods for me. I've also found the Eukanuba Multi-Stage Renal canned food at another vet, in a neighboring town. My vet called them and talked to them, so they are willing to sell it to me without Cleo or Maggie being their patients. If it ever get to the point where Greta doesn't eat the renal food, you can always find a lower phosphorus regular food to feed...you can make regular foods more kidney friendly by adding aluminum hydroxide gel power (a phosphorus binder) to it.

I'm very glad that your sweet girl is feeling and acting well enough to come home. I will keep you both in my prayers.

buttonwillow · Dec 3, 2007

Greta is doing pretty well at the moment. She is playing with a toy and acting like a kitten, in fact.
She is on QOD sub-q, clavamox and pepcid.
i am going to start switching her to the Feline Futures' raw diet for CRF tomorrow. This week I have been feeding her TJ's tuna for cats and Fancy Feast to try and get her weight up, but she was feeling pretty nauseated until about Saturday. I am going to give her whatever she will eat until she stops losing weight.
We went to the vet this morning for more bloodwork for her and an initial visit for our new Maggie. I hope the numbers are better.

xocats · Dec 4, 2007

You are taking such good care of Greta.

My fingers are crossed that her latest labs will show improvement.

Greta

Hi Maggie.

buttonwillow · Dec 5, 2007

aw thanks xocats!

The bloodwork for Greta was good!
Her BUN is 24 and creatinine 2.4!

We are going to do sub-Q 2x/week now and pepcid daily.
The antibiotics are done for now. Vet thinks she might have had a kidney infection.
We are back for a checkup in a month!

we are very happy!

Maggie's bloodwork is normal!

I'm so glad we will have Greta for a while longer.

pat · Dec 5, 2007

Originally Posted by buttonwillow

aw thanks xocats!

The bloodwork for Greta was good!
Her BUN is 24 and creatinine 2.4!

We are going to do sub-Q 2x/week now and pepcid daily.
The antibiotics are done for now. Vet thinks she might have had a kidney infection.
We are back for a checkup in a month!

we are very happy!

Maggie's bloodwork is normal!

I'm so glad we will have Greta for a while longer.

How fortunate..that is wonderful news! Congratulations

pookie-poo · Dec 6, 2007

Originally Posted by buttonwillow

aw thanks xocats!

The bloodwork for Greta was good!
Her BUN is 24 and creatinine 2.4!

We are going to do sub-Q 2x/week now and pepcid daily.
The antibiotics are done for now. Vet thinks she might have had a kidney infection.
We are back for a checkup in a month!

we are very happy!

Maggie's bloodwork is normal!

I'm so glad we will have Greta for a while longer.

Absolutely wonderful news! What a great Christmas present. I'm glad that things are going well for you and Greta. Give those two sweeties a hug from me and my girls!

xocats · Dec 6, 2007

Originally Posted by buttonwillow

Maggie's bloodwork is normal!

I'm so glad we will have Greta for a while longer.

It dosen't get much better than that.

Maggie

booboo1 · Dec 13, 2007

Hello!
I have been posting in this furom periodically about my CRF kitty Boo and it was suggested that I post in this sticky so here I am!
I have been on felinecrf.org as suggested for the last couple of hours going over boo's most recent blood work and it is very helpful but so confusing especially when they start talking about the ratios!
I now know definately about BUN and Creatinine levels and in the last month boo's have not changed much. Her creatinine went from 3.9 to 3.5 on a prescription diet and her BUN remained steady at 61. The vet told me to bring her back for a recheck in 3 to 6 months. I think I should be safe and take her in three months for the check, is this sufficient?
Well I am going to go back to reading but I just wanted to introduce myself and boo!

sharky · Dec 13, 2007

Originally Posted by booboo1

Hello!
I have been posting in this furom periodically about my CRF kitty Boo and it was suggested that I post in this sticky so here I am!
I have been on felinecrf.org as suggested for the last couple of hours going over boo's most recent blood work and it is very helpful but so confusing especially when they start talking about the ratios!
I now know definately about BUN and Creatinine levels and in the last month boo's have not changed much. Her creatinine went from 3.9 to 3.5 on a prescription diet and her BUN remained steady at 61. The vet told me to bring her back for a recheck in 3 to 6 months. I think I should be safe and take her in three months for the check, is this sufficient?
Well I am going to go back to reading but I just wanted to introduce myself and boo!

The length of time between checks varies vet to vet ... one vet wanted my Kandie in for bloodwork every six weeks while the next said once every 6-12 months barring complications was fine ...

If Boo is stable ... meaning symptoms and numbers are not changing then 3 months may be fine for BOO

mariaeugenia · Dec 29, 2007

Hi everyone, just found this site. My cat, Avy, was just diagnosed with PKD about 3 weeks ago at age 10.

I have been researching this disease for several weeks now and would like to ask the following question:

What is the reason for waiting to administer phosphorus binder until it reaches the number 6? Would it hurt to administer them before then?

The vet had prescribed low phosphoprous foods but she is a very picky eater and has not responded well to them.

Thanks

MariaEugenia

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