Please.... I need vibes for Chynna

Fingers crossed for her. your time isn't necessarily limited cos she is 15, I know of a 22yo!!

for you both

And more

Sending lots and lots of vibes

I haven't heard anything yet I'm so worried

I've been beside myself with worry to the point I felt like I was going to vomit because of the knots inside my stomach. I had to call them!

I spoke to the doctor and here is what he said, in point form:

1. No diabetes
2. No liver disease
3. No tumors/obstruction
4. No infections
5. No parasites

However she does have "Stage 2 Chronic Kidney Insufficiency". She's not in renal failure but her urine is a bit more dilute than it should be. She also has protein in her urine which could be indicative of high blood pressure. So they are going to do a blood pressure analysis on her and also send away some of her urine to the same lab that does the thyroid test.

So they won't have the results of the urine protein amount, or the thyroid levels for a few more days.

I asked if she should be on a kidney diet and he said that it isn't necessary. But if her blood pressure is high then I will have to give her a blood pressure pill daily. I can do that!!

I forgot to ask him about the diarrhea and vomiting.

I'm going to go and pick up my baby now. I miss her so much and she was only away from home for a few hours!

I am paying $200.00 now and then his office manager will call me on Monday and we'll work out a payment schedule. They are so nice there

So keep those vibes up! She's not out of the woods yet, but it's looking pretty good so far. In fact a whole lot better than I was expecting. I thought she might be diabetic and be in renal failure. She's neither so that' a huge plus!

I looked up on line and she is almost 81 human years old.

More vibes for Chynna fvvc (the latter is a message from Jamie, presumably to Chynna). Hearing that the vet didn't find anything too serious must have been a wonderful birthday gift to you.

I just got home and I have my baby with me too!

Apparently she has really high blood pressure. 200 over something or other. He gave me a prescription for Amlodipine. I have to give her 12.5 mg every day. Plus he gave her an injection of Ranitidine for the nausea and a bottle in pill form. He said to try and just give her fluids until tomorrow morning and if she doesn't throw up between now and then, to give her a pill and wait 30 minutes and give her a teaspoon of wet food and see how she does.

They said that she is the best behaved kitty that they've ever had come in. She sure was loving all of the attention she was getting there! She was purring up a storm, resting her head on people's arms and making biscuits on everyone. Even when the girl was doing her blood pressure and sticking her with a needle.

They should have the results of the thyroid and urine protein on Tuesday.

The plan is to get her blood pressure stabalized and her feeling better. And in a few months start her on a kidney diet and then have one or two of her teeth taken care of.

But he said that the blood pressure medication should help her feel a whole lot better.

Good catch re the blood pressure - and good to catch before it caused any damage to her vision. Tippy is on Norvasc (same med as Amlodipine) and Tyler was on it too...does a good job.

You can find more info. on this medication on the www.felinecrf.org site - just do a search on norvasc, or on high blood pressure and it will bring up all the references on the site to both.

I know she's been diagnosed with renal insufficiency verus crf, but honestly, this site would be most appropriate for you to read completely.

Yay, Im glad she's home and feeling better!!

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Good catch re the blood pressure - and good to catch before it caused any damage to her vision.

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Yes, that's what he said. Her eyes are fine, so it has been caught relatively early.

Thanks for the link to that site. I'll have a look at it. I have had a cat that had CRF and had to be PTS at 12 years old. But other than the k/d Feline prescription diet that I was feeding her, I didn't know a whole lot about the disease.

I am a nurse and have worked with dialysis patients so I know lots about CRF now, but while I know how it affects a human, I'm not really familiar with it in animals.

I thought I recalled that you are also a nurse. Way back in the day (eek! 1980's) as a graduate nurse and then 1st year of work, I was on a unit that had some CAPD (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis ) patients...that was fascinating to learn about, it was fairly new at that time.

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I thought I recalled that you are also a nurse. Way back in the day (eek! 1980's) as a graduate nurse and then 1st year of work, I was on a unit that had some CAPD (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis ) patients...that was fascinating to learn about, it was fairly new at that time.

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Yep. I had a position on a ward that was for CAPD patients as well as oncology. What a mix!

One of the most disturbing experiences I had there was when the family of a patient made the decision to discontinue dialysis and take her back to their home in Northern Manitoba where she could die surrounded by family and friends.

Over the years the poor woman had to have both legs amputated above the knee, became blind and in the end developed renal dementia.

I knew in my heart that it was the right decision because she had no quality of life. She lived in the hospital, couldn't do anything for herself and had lost her mind.

However, when it came down to it, I just couldn't "drain and cap her", which is draining the dialysis fluid and instead of refilling with new fluid, you just cap the line. Without dialysis her body would build up toxins and she would eventually die. I just couldn't do it. One of the other nurses had to do it for me.

Oh yayyy! She just meowed at me! It's the first sound she's made for me since yesterday evening!

I don't know if I could have done that either.

Glad to hear she's talking to you

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Glad to hear she's talking to you

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hehe, she's doing more than talking. She's being a total pest. I know she wants her dinner! The Ranitidine must have settled her tummy. She is starting to perk up but to look at her face she still looks like she's not feeling well.

I'm glad she's feeling better, and I'm sending lots of and prayers that she makes a full recovery!

Didn't see this in time to send vibes for Chynna, but so glad to read the good update, Linda!