I can hope someone else will learn something from this. I have never seen what Tyler has in one eye before. The presumptive diagnosis at this point is Uveitis (bet I am mis-spelling this). The signs? Tyler has gorgeous green gold eyes. I noticed on Thursday eve that his left eye was now orange. And I do mean amber-orange. By morning when dh called to make a "please see us today" apt., the normally clear aspect to the cornea was visibly cloudy. No discharge, no obvious corneal lacerations, no punctures in the eye lid..nothing except he let me know it was painful when I gently tried to check out his lower eye lid.
He's now on a bazillion eye meds (atropine, prednisone drops, tobramycin as well as oral clavamox) but atop it all, is simply that his labs did not come back normal. He is high on his thyroid, his bun is now 45 and creatinine is 2.5, blood glucose level is also up.
I think the message is - Mom, please start cooking for me? I can not fathom finding the right canned food that he *will* eat for preventing oxalate crystals, handling the different needs of a crf kitty from a prediabetic/diabetic kitty who also has low potassium at the moment :/
I've been going over the home cooked recipes I've found when researching for other TCS members, and will dump the lot into my vet's lap so to speak.
I want the potential diagnosis of early crf to go away...having to put him on Tapazole is one thing, but knowing he is going down that road, I just do not want to see it. Having one, Patrick, is enough at one time.
One thing this has drilled into our brains...we are JUST paying off Tyler's hospitalization from when he developed a hematoma post bladder stone removal last Fall. I am going to act as if we are still making payments, and put it into savings as a kitty health account. It's just time.
He's now on a bazillion eye meds (atropine, prednisone drops, tobramycin as well as oral clavamox) but atop it all, is simply that his labs did not come back normal. He is high on his thyroid, his bun is now 45 and creatinine is 2.5, blood glucose level is also up.
I think the message is - Mom, please start cooking for me? I can not fathom finding the right canned food that he *will* eat for preventing oxalate crystals, handling the different needs of a crf kitty from a prediabetic/diabetic kitty who also has low potassium at the moment :/
I've been going over the home cooked recipes I've found when researching for other TCS members, and will dump the lot into my vet's lap so to speak.
I want the potential diagnosis of early crf to go away...having to put him on Tapazole is one thing, but knowing he is going down that road, I just do not want to see it. Having one, Patrick, is enough at one time.
One thing this has drilled into our brains...we are JUST paying off Tyler's hospitalization from when he developed a hematoma post bladder stone removal last Fall. I am going to act as if we are still making payments, and put it into savings as a kitty health account. It's just time.
