Pray for Speedboat

Speedboat is in our thoughts and prayers. Healing energy coming your way.

i am sorry for the heartache you have been through and for the heartache you are going through with your precious Speedboat.will be thinking of you and sending strenghth your way.

I am sending good thoughts to Speedboat. What a cool name. It is so stressful when our critters aren't feeling well. It is good he loves the food!

Please keep us posted, we are all family here.

Sending prayers and healing vibes Speedboat's way.
And here is a hug for you! You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Sending lots of hopes and positive vibes for Speedboat and your daughter! I'm sorry you and your family are going through so much. It never rains but it pours. I hope there's good news and good health ahead in 2010. Hang in there.

Well high Creat and high BUN would signify kidney issues (this should be a no-brainer to a Vet, no offense).

You mentioned blood in urine in your 2nd post but not your first. Blood is a protein so if there's blood in the urine, the urine will show high for protein (again, a vet should know this). Plus if there's blood in the urine, hopefully your Vet will be considering a urinary tract infection, doing a urinalysis and treating with antibiotics. In cats with CRF, their urine is much more dilute (as their kidneys have lost the ability to concentrate their urine). Long story short, they're more at risk for UTIs (urinary tract infections). Did the Vet put kitty on antibiotic for a UTI?

Low platelets in a cat is not unusual............often platelets "clump" so when the machine analyzes the blood, it gives the impression of very low platelets only because the platelets are "stuck together." Most of my cats' bloodwork has shown low platelets due to 'clumping.' I keep copies of all of my cats' bloodwork, for years now....and I can't tell you how many times the results will show low platelets (very low) and often the tech who runs the machine that analyzes the blood will make a note beside the low platelet result "clumping". It's very common, so that's something your vet should surely consider.

Low WBC count generally signifies a viral infection.

Have you considered a second opinion from another Vet? With all due respect if your vet is so "stumped" by these results, well, I'm a little stumped with your Vet. Again, no offense.

Also........cats with CRF generally have a fair bit of protein in the urine as well (again, a Vet should know this).

EDIT: Oops, I re-read your original post and see you mentioned that Vet started cat on Clavamox for blood in urine (obviously he believes same is a UTI).

ALSO - did your Vet run what they call a "differential"? Generally when they do a CBC on a cat (complete bloodcell count, which includes WBC, RBC, platelets, Hemacrit, hemoglobin), they'll also further analyze some of the components of the WBCs.....neutrophils, basophils, lymphocytes, etc. Depending on the results of these, they can help tell more of the story about what might be going on.

Here's a good website that explains in more depth, about lab tests in animals, namely White Blood Cells and the various components of WBCs.....and note the following:

The above is from this page......scroll down to the section on White Blood Cells:

http://www.peteducation.com/article....2+1473&aid=987

You can read there about the other components of WBCs; neutrophils, basophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils................so what your Vet needs to do is look at the results for these, because each one of these make up WBCs and elevations or increases in each of these 5 can help to shed light on the overall status of the elevated or decreased WBCs.

Some clinics just do a very basic CBC which doesn't do a 'differential of the WBCs', that specifically analyzes the above 5 components.......I know one clinic I went to, if they needed to just have the basics (WBC, RBC, platelets, hemoglobin), they'd do what's called a "QBC"....which means "quick blood count"........but a proper CBC (or a full one) includes analyzes the WBCs. Ask your Vet if the bloodwork he did included a "differential" of the WBCs........if he doesn't know what "differential" means........ask him if the labwork he did analyzes the various components of the WBCs; neutrophils, lymphocytes, basophils, etc. If not, request this be done. If he does bloodwork in his clinic "in house" and can't do this, ask him to collect another sample from your kitty and send it off to the nearest Vet Lab for a full analysis. You as an owner have a right to make this request and it's not the least bit out of line.

Did he give your kitty any subcutaneous fluids? With elevated BUN and Creat, kitty is likely dehydrated and should have some fluids for sure (or is kitty still there at the Vet and on an IV?)

Just so you know.............I've had 5 cats for many, many years.......some younger, some older. There have been a few times where one of my cats' will have bloodwork and it will be noted that their WBC count is low. I remember being upset about it, worried.....but then the next time they had bloodwork, it was normal.

When it comes to CRF, to be honest, I think it's more important that a cat "eats" than ensuring it eats some type of prescription food. Back years ago when i had a CRF cat, the 'thinking' back then was that a CRF cat should have a low protein diet but it seems that over time it's been discovered that this isn't necessarily true.

My 2 oldest cats (who passed away last year) both had CRF and I learned from my first CRF cat (of several years ago) that I just wasn't going to force them to eat prescription CRF diet food because let's face it, most can't stand it. I let them eat whatever canned food they liked and I really didn't notice a huge impact in their Creat and BUN numbers (both had elevated BUN and Creat for several years, like we're talking 6+ yrs).

If i was you, I'd feed Speedboat whatever canned food he likes most. They say Fancy Feast is one of the canned foods that cats love most, even ill kitties.....and Vet clinics often keep it on-hand for just this reason. Try some of those; the chicken or turkey......I'd maybe stay away from the "chunks" or 'slices' variety (the ones with gravy) unless your cat like these.....i find some cats hate chunky/sliced canned food and prefer the pate variety..........while others love it so you know your cat best.

Sometimes offering a variety of food is good, too.........so buy small cans of canned food, different kinds to see what your kitty likes, sometimes keeping 2 plates of different kinds out.......that's what I found worked bes with my oldest kitty Tigger toward the end.......some days I'd leave little plates out for her, a different kind on each plate.....3 different types.......

You'd mentioned your kitty was eating litter............is this frequent? Eating litter can be a sign of Anemia (which is common in CRF cats) though you said RBC are normal. What about Hemoglobin and Hematocrit (aka PCV)? (the latter can often be low in CRF cats).

If they're giving SubQ fluids twice weekly, ask them to put some injectable Vitamin B in the fluids.........this is great for CRF cats.......helps give energy, helps increase appetite.......and in an anemic cat, helps to stimulate production of red blood cells.

Plain meat baby food with clam juice was a fav of Kandies