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Hey guys...
The past few weeks have been rough for my cat Jasmine. She just turned 18 at the end of July. Earlier this year she was bleeding from her lower region, and lab tests showed that she was suffering from a UTI. The labs also showed that she was likely beginning Kidney Disease.
Her high values were as follows:
ALT 196 U/L (range 10-100)
BUN 21.8 mmol/L (range 5-12.9)
CHOL 6.8 mmol/L (range 1.94-5.7)
AMYL 1.553 U/L (range 100-1200)
GLU 6.6 mmol/L (range 3.5-9.4) (within range)
PHOS 1.52 mmol/L (range .77-2.65) (within range)
So we got her UTI cleared up and went about as normal.
She's been losing weight over the past year, but her appetite was still good, and she was purring, etc.
The last couple weeks her appetite went right down, and she just wasn't doing good. She started night screaming, and peeing all over. So I took her to the vet last Saturday, and he showed me how dehydrated she was, did a full panel again, urine test, thyroid... gave her Sub Q's, mirtazapine and gave us some K/D food (hills). He also sent us home with one dose of Sub Q's for us to administer... which we did, the next day.
Then Monday & Tuesday no fluids... appetite was nill, and she looked aweful.
Her high values were as follows:
ALKP 113 U/L (range 14-111)
AMYL 1741 U/L (range 500-1500)
BUN 121 mg/dl (range 16-36)
CHOL 244 mg/dl (range 65-225)
CREA 5.7 mg/dl (range .8-2.4)
GLU 181 mg/dl (range 71-159)
PHOS 14.6 mg/dl (range 3.1-7.5)
On Tuesday I got some more Sub Q's... he wants to do 175 each day for 2 days... then 175 every other day.... she's 6 lbs.
She ate better yesterday, but not so good today. She is however more alert and walking around (tho she is weak). She's only purring very minimally lately (sometimes not at all), and she seems very stiff when trying to lay down. When the vet felt around her body he could tell she has about zero muscle tissue left. And she cannot clean herself... as she can't reach her lower end.
I'm wondering if you all have any thoughts? What can we expect her future to be? Will she require Sub Q's for the rest of her life now? K/D food for the rest of her life? Anything else I should expect? What would you do in my position? When is it right to let her go?
Here is a video I took of her the other day:
Thanks so much!
Sandra
The past few weeks have been rough for my cat Jasmine. She just turned 18 at the end of July. Earlier this year she was bleeding from her lower region, and lab tests showed that she was suffering from a UTI. The labs also showed that she was likely beginning Kidney Disease.
Her high values were as follows:
ALT 196 U/L (range 10-100)
BUN 21.8 mmol/L (range 5-12.9)
CHOL 6.8 mmol/L (range 1.94-5.7)
AMYL 1.553 U/L (range 100-1200)
GLU 6.6 mmol/L (range 3.5-9.4) (within range)
PHOS 1.52 mmol/L (range .77-2.65) (within range)
So we got her UTI cleared up and went about as normal.
She's been losing weight over the past year, but her appetite was still good, and she was purring, etc.
The last couple weeks her appetite went right down, and she just wasn't doing good. She started night screaming, and peeing all over. So I took her to the vet last Saturday, and he showed me how dehydrated she was, did a full panel again, urine test, thyroid... gave her Sub Q's, mirtazapine and gave us some K/D food (hills). He also sent us home with one dose of Sub Q's for us to administer... which we did, the next day.
Then Monday & Tuesday no fluids... appetite was nill, and she looked aweful.
Her high values were as follows:
ALKP 113 U/L (range 14-111)
AMYL 1741 U/L (range 500-1500)
BUN 121 mg/dl (range 16-36)
CHOL 244 mg/dl (range 65-225)
CREA 5.7 mg/dl (range .8-2.4)
GLU 181 mg/dl (range 71-159)
PHOS 14.6 mg/dl (range 3.1-7.5)
On Tuesday I got some more Sub Q's... he wants to do 175 each day for 2 days... then 175 every other day.... she's 6 lbs.
She ate better yesterday, but not so good today. She is however more alert and walking around (tho she is weak). She's only purring very minimally lately (sometimes not at all), and she seems very stiff when trying to lay down. When the vet felt around her body he could tell she has about zero muscle tissue left. And she cannot clean herself... as she can't reach her lower end.
I'm wondering if you all have any thoughts? What can we expect her future to be? Will she require Sub Q's for the rest of her life now? K/D food for the rest of her life? Anything else I should expect? What would you do in my position? When is it right to let her go?
Here is a video I took of her the other day:
Thanks so much!
Sandra
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