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I don’t ever want to go against what your vets are saying, except this sounds so dangerous to me.
When I worked emergency and we had cats come in extremely critical, young cats with trauma that were crashing, we wouldn’t put them on a rate that high. So, I honestly don’t understand how this could help the cat and not severely cause life threatening damage.
When my own cat was in end stage kidney failure, I still only did SQ at home.
Your cat’s kidney values are very high for a cat with chronic kidney disease. But, giving the cat 200 mls IV over a couple of hours, isn’t going to do anything but temporarily decrease the values, provided he survives the fluids, and then you’ll be right back where you were.
I think it is great you are doing everything in your power to help your cat. I also feel you have a realistic view of what’s going on. Just remember that you want to treat the cat not the numbers. I think you are doing that.
How is he feeling now?
When I worked emergency and we had cats come in extremely critical, young cats with trauma that were crashing, we wouldn’t put them on a rate that high. So, I honestly don’t understand how this could help the cat and not severely cause life threatening damage.
When my own cat was in end stage kidney failure, I still only did SQ at home.
Your cat’s kidney values are very high for a cat with chronic kidney disease. But, giving the cat 200 mls IV over a couple of hours, isn’t going to do anything but temporarily decrease the values, provided he survives the fluids, and then you’ll be right back where you were.
I think it is great you are doing everything in your power to help your cat. I also feel you have a realistic view of what’s going on. Just remember that you want to treat the cat not the numbers. I think you are doing that.
How is he feeling now?