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Hello again,
Due to my health issues I haven't posted since January. I'm still looking for advice from those of you who have dealt with kidney disease and hoping for ideas to slow the progression. Members have suggested reading Tanya's Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease, but I feel overwhelmed by the amount of information posted there!!
Jengo is 16 now and still vomits 2 or 3 times a week... clear foam, never with food, but on rare occasions speck of blood. His regular vet had surgery and is off for 6 months. The new vet changed his medications. He is no longer on 2.5 mg Prednisolone twice a week which the 1st vet put him on for IBD. I read that the main symptom of IBD is chronic diarrhea... Jengo had never had diarrhea. I assume that he has some kind of irritation in the GI tract plus frequent nausea... licking lips and looking like he doesn't feel well but maybe not IBD. ??
The new vet put him on daily Pepcid plus Cerenia and Mirtazapine ever other day but he still vomits. Now she wants to try Omeprazole. I'm wondering how hard these medications are on his kidneys?? On his last test his Creatinine number was 2.2 (normal range 0.4-1.4) and BUN was 34.8 (normal 9.0-29.0). Phosphorus was slightly elavated. Not sure what stage of kidney failure this is. ??? He doesn't eat enough food... assume this is because of nausea. The Mirtazapine works for a couple of hours but wears off. I'm so afraid that he'll lose more weight. He is also getting 100 ml of sub-Q fluids twice a week.
I find the information on this forum is important to me and the two vets seem to differ in diagnosis. i welcome any advice and/or details about your experience with your cats.
Thanks in advance.
Due to my health issues I haven't posted since January. I'm still looking for advice from those of you who have dealt with kidney disease and hoping for ideas to slow the progression. Members have suggested reading Tanya's Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease, but I feel overwhelmed by the amount of information posted there!!
Jengo is 16 now and still vomits 2 or 3 times a week... clear foam, never with food, but on rare occasions speck of blood. His regular vet had surgery and is off for 6 months. The new vet changed his medications. He is no longer on 2.5 mg Prednisolone twice a week which the 1st vet put him on for IBD. I read that the main symptom of IBD is chronic diarrhea... Jengo had never had diarrhea. I assume that he has some kind of irritation in the GI tract plus frequent nausea... licking lips and looking like he doesn't feel well but maybe not IBD. ??
The new vet put him on daily Pepcid plus Cerenia and Mirtazapine ever other day but he still vomits. Now she wants to try Omeprazole. I'm wondering how hard these medications are on his kidneys?? On his last test his Creatinine number was 2.2 (normal range 0.4-1.4) and BUN was 34.8 (normal 9.0-29.0). Phosphorus was slightly elavated. Not sure what stage of kidney failure this is. ??? He doesn't eat enough food... assume this is because of nausea. The Mirtazapine works for a couple of hours but wears off. I'm so afraid that he'll lose more weight. He is also getting 100 ml of sub-Q fluids twice a week.
I find the information on this forum is important to me and the two vets seem to differ in diagnosis. i welcome any advice and/or details about your experience with your cats.
Thanks in advance.