- Joined
- Feb 24, 2016
- Messages
- 32
- Purraise
- 61
Last August, my nine-year old cat Phoebe was diagnosed with Stage I/II kidney disease. Her creatinine was 1.7. On October 31st, before an endoscopy to diagnose potential IBD, her creatinine was 2.2. After the endoscopy she was started on 5 mg prednisolone/day for advanced IBD per the PARR test. Her appetite improved and she gained some weight, but starting in February, she started getting picky about her food again. I thought it was the IBD flaring up. I started hand-feeding her and giving Mirataz once a week, which seemed to help. She continued to be interested in any special treats that I offered, like the boiled chicken that I give my dog. A week or two ago, I noticed that she seemed to be drinking more (already increased from baseline due to the pred). And then this past weekend, the Mirataz seemed to stop working. Today she looked nauseous, so I took her in. They ran her bloodwork and said her creatinine was 9, she was anemic, low in potassium, etc.
She is in the hospital now. It's unlikely she ingested any toxin. Ultrasound did not show any abnormalities in the intestine and only normal kidney degeneration for her age. They are administering her antibiotics and testing for an infection.
I don't understand how her kidneys declined so quickly. I thought the loss of appetite was due to the IBD. She has never vomited or had diarrhea from the IBD.
They told me that if she doesn't improve in within 2 days, that I should euthanize her! She is my first cat, so I don't have experience with CKD. Could this just bc an acute kidney crisis that she can recover from enough to have an OK quality of life?
Thank you so much for helping me understand what is going on with my sweet girl.
She is in the hospital now. It's unlikely she ingested any toxin. Ultrasound did not show any abnormalities in the intestine and only normal kidney degeneration for her age. They are administering her antibiotics and testing for an infection.
I don't understand how her kidneys declined so quickly. I thought the loss of appetite was due to the IBD. She has never vomited or had diarrhea from the IBD.
They told me that if she doesn't improve in within 2 days, that I should euthanize her! She is my first cat, so I don't have experience with CKD. Could this just bc an acute kidney crisis that she can recover from enough to have an OK quality of life?
Thank you so much for helping me understand what is going on with my sweet girl.