I needed to get Chynna's medications refilled before I board her in July. Her health is declining.
Her known medical problems:
Hypertension
Hyperthyroid
Renal Failure
Her renal failure is not being treated because she won't eat a renal diet. She is the type of cat that will literally go days and days without eating anything, rather than eat something she doesn't like. So the vet and I agreed that it would best to just let her eat what she wants, regardless of how "good" it is for her.
I have been giving her Tapazol for her hyperthyroidism. Unfortunately that Iodine 125 treatment is not available where I live so Tapazol is the only treatment she can have. Unfortunately I can't pill her because 1. I'm not good at it 2) She fights me 3) She ends up afraid of me 4) and I don't want to stress her out and make her afraid of me. So I mix her medications into a small amount of food in the morning, and when she's licked that up, then I give her her regular breakfast. Unfortunately she doesn't always finish what I put her pills into, so she isn't getting regular doses of her medication.
She is on Norvasc for her Hypertension, and again, she doesn't always finish up the food with the medication, so she doesn't get full doses on a regular basis because sometimes she doesn't eat the food I put down.
The vet refused to just simply refill the prescriptions until they saw her.
I took her today and she's lost almost 4 pounds in a year. She weighs 2.68 kg (5.8 pounds). Her heart rate is 40 beats above the max normal...or 280 bpm. She also felt some thickening in the bowl, which she said could be stool.
Anyway, when I explained Chynna's situation to the doctor she didn't bother doing blood pressure or blood work (which I told them when they refused to renew my scripts over the phone), because at this point it's about comfort for her. And based on what I told her she knows that Chynna isn't getting her full regular doses of her medications, so there is no point doing blood work or blood pressure when neither will be accurate and that she knows will be high.
So we have a bit of a plan.
Instead of giving her the Tapazole pills for her thyroid, which is the one thing that is important to get under control, we are going to try a compound that I apply to her ear. The dose won't be regular like it would be in pills, but it's hardly regular now since she isn't eating all of her "pilled food" everyday anyway, and sometimes none at all.
If her hyperthyroid is brought more under control, her blood pressure will drop down and her heart rate will decrease too. However, it will also advance her renal failure further.
I suspect that there are other things wrong that we haven't found because Abby is absolutely freaked about Chynna coming remotely near her and she growls and hisses and spits, and the hair on her back just stands straight up. She's always been weary of Chynna, but never like this. And they say cats know when someone is sick...that they can sense it. I suspect that is what is going on with Abby...she knows Chynna is sicker than we all realize.
I promised my baby that I would let her go when her health started to fail and her quality of life was declining, but at a point where she still has a quality of life. I don't want my last memories of my baby girl to be of her sick and dying.
Right now she hardly eats. She still drinks well, pees and poops. But she is getting weaker. It takes her a couple tries to jump onto the couch, and she is so small that you can practically push her over with your finger. She still loves to cuddle and gives hugs and kisses. But each week I notice a decline in her.
I am going to go ahead and board her as planned while I am in the hospital. And I want her with me for my recovery because she is such a caring kitty. And I want all of the nose kisses that she can give me! But I've decided that I'm going to spend the summer building memories and taking pictures, and in the fall let her go to the rainbow bridge.
Her known medical problems:
Hypertension
Hyperthyroid
Renal Failure
Her renal failure is not being treated because she won't eat a renal diet. She is the type of cat that will literally go days and days without eating anything, rather than eat something she doesn't like. So the vet and I agreed that it would best to just let her eat what she wants, regardless of how "good" it is for her.
I have been giving her Tapazol for her hyperthyroidism. Unfortunately that Iodine 125 treatment is not available where I live so Tapazol is the only treatment she can have. Unfortunately I can't pill her because 1. I'm not good at it 2) She fights me 3) She ends up afraid of me 4) and I don't want to stress her out and make her afraid of me. So I mix her medications into a small amount of food in the morning, and when she's licked that up, then I give her her regular breakfast. Unfortunately she doesn't always finish what I put her pills into, so she isn't getting regular doses of her medication.
She is on Norvasc for her Hypertension, and again, she doesn't always finish up the food with the medication, so she doesn't get full doses on a regular basis because sometimes she doesn't eat the food I put down.
The vet refused to just simply refill the prescriptions until they saw her.
I took her today and she's lost almost 4 pounds in a year. She weighs 2.68 kg (5.8 pounds). Her heart rate is 40 beats above the max normal...or 280 bpm. She also felt some thickening in the bowl, which she said could be stool.
Anyway, when I explained Chynna's situation to the doctor she didn't bother doing blood pressure or blood work (which I told them when they refused to renew my scripts over the phone), because at this point it's about comfort for her. And based on what I told her she knows that Chynna isn't getting her full regular doses of her medications, so there is no point doing blood work or blood pressure when neither will be accurate and that she knows will be high.
So we have a bit of a plan.
Instead of giving her the Tapazole pills for her thyroid, which is the one thing that is important to get under control, we are going to try a compound that I apply to her ear. The dose won't be regular like it would be in pills, but it's hardly regular now since she isn't eating all of her "pilled food" everyday anyway, and sometimes none at all.
If her hyperthyroid is brought more under control, her blood pressure will drop down and her heart rate will decrease too. However, it will also advance her renal failure further.
I suspect that there are other things wrong that we haven't found because Abby is absolutely freaked about Chynna coming remotely near her and she growls and hisses and spits, and the hair on her back just stands straight up. She's always been weary of Chynna, but never like this. And they say cats know when someone is sick...that they can sense it. I suspect that is what is going on with Abby...she knows Chynna is sicker than we all realize.
I promised my baby that I would let her go when her health started to fail and her quality of life was declining, but at a point where she still has a quality of life. I don't want my last memories of my baby girl to be of her sick and dying.
Right now she hardly eats. She still drinks well, pees and poops. But she is getting weaker. It takes her a couple tries to jump onto the couch, and she is so small that you can practically push her over with your finger. She still loves to cuddle and gives hugs and kisses. But each week I notice a decline in her.
I am going to go ahead and board her as planned while I am in the hospital. And I want her with me for my recovery because she is such a caring kitty. And I want all of the nose kisses that she can give me! But I've decided that I'm going to spend the summer building memories and taking pictures, and in the fall let her go to the rainbow bridge.
