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Worried about Katie

post #1 of 64
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I'm really worried about Katie and will be calling the vet in a few hours as soon as they open. As many of you know, my sweet senior girl, who's 17, had a dental cleaning last week and seemed fine afterwards. No problems with her appetite. Blood panel before her dental indicated slightly elevated BUN normal creatinine. Other levels okay. Vet says very early stage renal failure. Yesterday, she barely ate and, last night, she didn't sleep with me. This is the first time I can remember in 17 years (except for when I've been out of town) that she hasn't slept with me. I found her under the bed in the spare room this morning. Took a lot of coaxing for her to come out. She doesn't seem lethargic, but won't eat anything this morning. Offered her several different kinds of very smelly wet food and she just turned away. The other night I posted on Facebook about how I caught her trying to steal the toppings off a pizza I'd ordered. Tried tempting her with leftovers this morning and she wasn't interested. That's a first. Something definitely isn't right with my my sweet girl. I don't think a visit to the e-vet is necessary at this point, especially since our own will be opened soon, but you can bet I'll be calling right at 8 a.m. Please send vibes for Katie. This isn't like her at all.
post #2 of 64
Was she like this before her dental cleaning Eileen?.

Lots of healthy coming for Katie
post #3 of 64
for Katie I hope she is feeling better soon!
post #4 of 64
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Was she like this before her dental cleaning Eileen?.

Lots of healthy coming for Katie
She was fine before the dental. The only thing out of the ordinary with her recently has been drinking more water, which makes sense in light of the potential renal issues.

8 a.m. can't get here soon enough!
post #5 of 64
Bless her. At least he can make sure her mouth has healed ok when your there as well just incase?
post #6 of 64
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Bless her. At least he can make sure her mouth has healed ok when your there as well just incase?
I was thinking maybe it could be bothering her and tried to take a look, but she really fought me on it and I don't want to stress her out. She seemed to eating just fine until yesterday, though. She's on a mostly wet food diet now and loving it.
post #7 of 64
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I was thinking maybe it could be bothering her and tried to take a look
It does seem strange that it's started happening after her dental doesn't it?
post #8 of 64
Good for you getting her in right away.

I hope she is back to her old self quickly. Many for your old sweetie.

Let us know what the vet says.
post #9 of 64
Sending many vibes for her.
post #10 of 64
Lots of vibes being sent for Katie!
post #11 of 64
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Called the vet right at 8 and she said to bring Katie in. Dropped her off on my way to work, so it's a waiting game at this point. Another fun day of worrying about my sweet girl.
post #12 of 64
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Just spoke with the vet. She can't find anything obviously wrong will Katie. Said she's well-hydrated and, upon examining her, didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Her mouth and gums look good. She's thinking maybe Katie is having a flare up of pancreatitis (this happened several years ago too), so is going to send her home with some anti-nausea medication. Said to watch Katie for 24 hours and if she's still not eating, we'll do another blood panel. She doesn't think it's cancer because Katie's weight has been pretty stable, but can't rule it out at this point either. One step at a time, I guess.

Please keep the vibes coming. News from the vet is a relief, but I'll feel a lot better when Katie eats. Thanks!
post #13 of 64
Awwww. Sending lots of healing vibes for your sweet girl.
post #14 of 64
Katie
post #15 of 64
I hope she feels better soon! I live in fear that I will put the food down and one of my cats will not eat. Been there and done that...
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I hope she feels better soon! I live in fear that I will put the food down and one of my cats will not eat. Been there and done that...
Yea, don't we all.

Sending good for your girl.
post #17 of 64
Katie get better baby ...
post #18 of 64
Feel better soon Katie Eileen
post #19 of 64
This sounds exactly like how my Hope behaves when she is feeling really sick from her IBD- her reaction to tummy problems are to the T what you are describing... Is anti nausea the only thing to do if she is in fact having a flare up of pancreatitis?
post #20 of 64
Poor Katie! Tons of that she feels better soon and regains her appetite.
post #21 of 64
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This sounds exactly like how my Hope behaves when she is feeling really sick from her IBD- her reaction to tummy problems are to the T what you are describing... Is anti nausea the only thing to do if she is in fact having a flare up of pancreatitis?
There are other treatments for pancreatitis, but my vet hasn't hasn't made a definitive diagnosis at this point. The anti-nausea medication more than anything is a way to hopefully soothe her stomach so she'll eat.

Katie refused wet food when we got home, but ate a little chicken baby food with some enthusiasm and drank some water.
post #22 of 64
Thanks for keeping us updated. Getting the baby food into her is something anyway. Sometimes once a kitty gets something into her tummy she feels better enough to try some of her own food after a bit.

Keep us posted.Katie
post #23 of 64
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Thanks for keeping us updated. Getting the baby food into her is something anyway. Sometimes once a kitty gets something into her tummy she feels better enough to try some of her own food after a bit.

Keep us posted.Katie
Seems like the baby food did the trick. She ate a little more of it last night and actually slept with me instead of hiding, which is a relief. She ate about half a can of Fancy Feast this morning.
post #24 of 64
Well done you clever little girl!!!. Keep eating and drinking for your Mum

That's great that theres nothing suspicious though
post #25 of 64
Oh thats good news!
post #26 of 64
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Oh thats good news!


Keep rallying, Sweet Katie!
post #27 of 64
Glad to hear she is on the upswing! maybe the pizza upset her tummy
post #28 of 64
keeping eating sweetie good health
post #29 of 64
I'm sorry I missed this until now, Eileen - but know I'm sending mega huge heaps of !!!
post #30 of 64
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Thanks, everybody.

Katie's continuing to eat, but not a lot. I've been able to tempt her with Fancy Feast, but that's about it. Not my first choice, but at least it's something. As far I can tell she's not eating any dry food either, but she's been eating mostly wet food recently anyway. She's still drinking and hasn't vomited since Wed. night, so that's a good thing at least. We're going to give it through the weekend to see if her appetite improves any more then run another blood panel next week.
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