Acute kidney disease

[Aafia Ijaz]

Can acute kidney disease be reversed, treated? Have you seen any cat with AKD who survived and the disease was reversed and the cat lived a full life? Also, does such a cat need to be on fluids all her life???

 

[RTR]

How old is the cat and besides vet care, a very good wet food with a small amount of water added to it. The cat needs to stay hydrated. NO! dry food at all! What did your vet say.

 

[Aafia Ijaz]

How old is the cat and besides vet care, a very good wet food with a small amount of water added to it. The cat needs to stay hydrated. NO! dry food at all! What did your vet say.

She turned a year old this January. My cat is still with the vet on fluids and stuff. The vet said it could be reversed but i want to be sure by asking other people if they had a similar situation because i can't blindly trust my vet because last time he did the surgery where her mammary tumor was removed he told me there was no chance of relapse (at least not so soon) but there are lumps on another gland now and they happened to appear soon after the surgery. He also said that she'll be given some medications and that her diet needs to be changed to RC renal cat food (dry and wet both). I've also attached her cbc and lft/rft reports

 

[fionasmom]

Chronic Kidney Disease

If your vet used the word "disease" and not "failure" there are certainly steps that can be taken to help your cat, especially given that she is young. I mention this as my cat vet once loosely used both terms and there is quite a difference.

Tanya's Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease - Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Cat
This site can be hugely helpful and covers all aspects of kidney disease.

 

[silent meowlook]

Hi. Has your cat been exposed to any toxins? Any house plants? Do you or the vet have any idea what has caused the ARF? There are concerns with the bloodwork, such as the platelet count being so elevated. Your cat is also anemic which would be consistent with chronic renal failure, but not necessarily acute renal failure. The elevated white blood cells could be a kidney infection. All of this looks like it was done on an in-house lab machine, so there is always a chance it isn't accurate.

Personally, if you don't trust your vet, get her to someone you do trust. At this advanced a stage, a specialist would be a good idea.

There is allot that isn't adding up here. How long ago was she spayed? Was the "Mamery tumor" sent in for pathology to see what it was? It would be very rare in a young cat like that. I am concerned for your cat. Without knowing more, it is impossible to say if she will get better or not. Did they do any imaging like an ultrasound.? If you have access to veterinary specialists, that is where I would go immediately if it was my cat. Or at the very least contact them.

I truly hope your cat is feeling better and can make a full recovery.

 

[Aafia Ijaz]

Chronic Kidney Disease

If your vet used the word "disease" and not "failure" there are certainly steps that can be taken to help your cat, especially given that she is young. I mention this as my cat vet once loosely used both terms and there is quite a difference.

Tanya's Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease - Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Cat
This site can be hugely helpful and covers all aspects of kidney disease.

He didn't use any terms like those you mentioned. He didn't say much. He only said she had a kidney issue or a kidney problem

 

[Aafia Ijaz]

Hi. Has your cat been exposed to any toxins? Any house plants? Do you or the vet have any idea what has caused the ARF? There are concerns with the bloodwork, such as the platelet count being so elevated. Your cat is also anemic which would be consistent with chronic renal failure, but not necessarily acute renal failure. The elevated white blood cells could be a kidney infection. All of this looks like it was done on an in-house lab machine, so there is always a chance it isn't accurate.

Personally, if you don't trust your vet, get her to someone you do trust. At this advanced a stage, a specialist would be a good idea.

There is allot that isn't adding up here. How long ago was she spayed? Was the "Mamery tumor" sent in for pathology to see what it was? It would be very rare in a young cat like that. I am concerned for your cat. Without knowing more, it is impossible to say if she will get better or not. Did they do any imaging like an ultrasound.? If you have access to veterinary specialists, that is where I would go immediately if it was my cat. Or at the very least contact them.

I truly hope your cat is feeling better and can make a full recovery.

She got spayed last year late September. She was only 8 months old when she got spayed. She developed lumps when she was 9 or 10 months old after her second surgery (she got litter particles inside her muscles). She's always loved drinking water however, after her spay i noticed her drinking slightly more water than before but peeing small amount, wasn't straining while peeing and eating normal. After her second surgery i noticed the same behavior. However, after the third surgery (removal of lumps and fixing the hernia that developed after the second surgery) i noticed her drinking more water than before so much that she would also drink water off the bathroom floor. She also started peeing large amount but still not frequently. She was eating normal. After a few days i noticed she completely stopped eating (even if she'd eat, that would be 5 to 6 kibbles and small pieces would fall out of her mouth while chewing) and that's when we took her to the vet. Also, after her last surgery she was given lasoride (dieuretic) for 10 days and an anti inflammatory called xobix for 10 days after she completed the course of lasoride. Idk if she had acute kidney disease before and that turned into CKD

 

[silent meowlook]

Hi. I think the xobix is probably Metacam aka meloxicam. It can cause renal ( kidney) failure in cats. If it was used every surgery, and it might have been, since some vets think it is adequate pain control, that could be what happened. To combine it with a diuretic, and I think the lasoride is Lassix aka furosemide, would be damaging to the kidneys. I don’t know why they would combine them.

Is there another vet you can take her to?

 

[Aafia Ijaz]

Hi. I think the xobix is probably Metacam aka meloxicam. It can cause renal ( kidney) failure in cats. If it was used every surgery, and it might have been, since some vets think it is adequate pain control, that could be what happened. To combine it with a diuretic, and I think the lasoride is Lassix aka furosemide, would be damaging to the kidneys. I don’t know why they would combine them.

Is there another vet you can take her to?

I only combined the two medicines only once because i didn't know i wasn't supposed to combine and the vet didn't tell me either. But if you're saying the NSAIDS caused kidney failure then it should have started off with "acute renal failure" which is far more severe than CRF when it comes to the symptoms but she didn't show any severe symptoms that would mean ARF e.g decreased urine or no urine production, straining to urinate or blood in urine, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. She's been eating just fine even on the medications previously. She only showed symptoms of kidney failure a couple of weeks ago and the blood tests revealed low hematocrit, low rbcs, increased wbcs, increased platelets and increase in bun and creatinine. She was anemic