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A couple months ago, we noticed that my 12 yr old female cat was throwing up excessively, nearly every day. When we took her to the vet, they did blood work, and found that her kidney function was low. The vet noted that the values were not horrible, but that Cookie needed to start eating a special kidney disease wet food diet. Since the food switch Cookie has been tremendously better. She no longer throws up, and she perked up a little bit. We are due to take her back in to check her blood again, but I was wondering what the prognosis is for cats with kidney disease typically? I know it can vary a lot, and once the cats have symptoms, their kidney function is usually significantly decreased, but is it possible for her to live 2-3 more years? Also, what do you think about feeding cats dry food in the first place? I am inclined to think that the dry is what led to her kidney disease in the first place, since cats naturally would be eating a diet high in moisture. I want to prevent this from happening to my 5 yr old kitty if I can.