Sneakers was diagnosed with CRF this week. Her numbers were really bad and she wasn't eating. She stayed at the vet for 3 days to try to improve her numbers and I brought her home yesterday... She is doing a little better now but I am still having trouble getting her to eat enough. I am worried because she is very skinny, she was down to 5 lb 15 oz when she went in to be hospitalized. She is a fairly large cat so this is very skinny for her, after her stay at the vet she was back up to what she had been when she was diagnosed on Tues (6 pounds something) still very skinny. I've been force feeding her in addition to what I can get her to eat on her own but I don't know if I can actually get her to eat enough to gain weight doing this.
I got Sneakers updated bloodwork results today. My vet emailed me:
Her creatinine has come down to 4.4 from 9.8 (high normal is 2.3) so we cut it in half. The BUN is now 114 down from 208 (normal 30) and the phosphorus is down to 8.6 from 22.7 (high normal is 7.0).
The higher numbers were from the original results on Tuesday when we got the diagnosis. My vet said she also has a regenerative anemia but her WBC is better than it had been.
She also has high blood pressure, she's been on meds for this for months but it is still high every time we go in to have it checked.
I am also worried because I am going out of town in a week or so and I am not sure whether it is better to have her stay at home or board her at the vet. My pet sitter is a vet tech but we had been planning to just have her come once a day.
I got Sneakers updated bloodwork results today. My vet emailed me:
Her creatinine has come down to 4.4 from 9.8 (high normal is 2.3) so we cut it in half. The BUN is now 114 down from 208 (normal 30) and the phosphorus is down to 8.6 from 22.7 (high normal is 7.0).
The higher numbers were from the original results on Tuesday when we got the diagnosis. My vet said she also has a regenerative anemia but her WBC is better than it had been.
She also has high blood pressure, she's been on meds for this for months but it is still high every time we go in to have it checked.
I am also worried because I am going out of town in a week or so and I am not sure whether it is better to have her stay at home or board her at the vet. My pet sitter is a vet tech but we had been planning to just have her come once a day.