Not Again December 6, 2005
Yesterday I took our kitty, Muffy, to the vet because I found a bump on her side and wanted it checked out. The bump turned out to be a cyst. The vet aspirated it and found no abnormal cells, so the cyst was drained and cleaned out, and Muffy was put on a course of antibiotics. I was so relieved to learn that it was nothing serious.
While we were there I asked the vet to run a full blood work panel on her. She just turned 14 and is now getting to the age where things start to go wrong. It’s not liked I’ve noticed anything out of the ordinary with her, but I wanted to make sure all was well.
Our vet called me back today with the results. It wasn’t what I wanted to hear. Muffy’s kidney levels are elevated. They’re not so high as to suggest renal failure but definitely higher than they should be. The vet called it renal insufficiency.
As of now we are going to put her on a prescription diet and see how she does on that. She’ll go back in a month for more blood tests.
This just breaks my heart. We just lost Dixie to renal failure and now this. It pains me to think that Muffy might be headed down the same road. I am thankful that I had the vet run that blood work, though. It’s good that we caught it early so we can treat it. I just hope that Muffy is going to be ok. I just can’t bear to think of losing her, too.
- Posted in : my furry children
- Author : amanda
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Oh, sweetie. I’m so sorry your kitty is sick. I am hoping that the fancy food makes this nothing more than a blip.
Oh hon, that sucks. I’ve been there and can only hope the kidneys do well on the food. My Sam went for eight good years on it. Hope you’re well.
I’m so sorry, Amanda. I really hope Muffy’s going to do great.
Amanda,
I’m very sorry about Muffy. It was very good thinking on your part to ask for all the bloodwork to be run. Hopefully, the prescription diet will do the trick since you were able to catch it early. What Wavery said about her cat doing so well once he went on the food is definitely encouraging.
I’m so sorry Amanda. I hope you’re little kitty does better on the prescription diet.
As someone who totally dotes on my cat, I can really understand your concerns about Muffy. I hope she gets better soon. Also, I love your category “My furry children.” Sending good thoughts to you and your furry children!
I’m so sorry Amanda - hoping that the diet does the trick for Muffy.
My kitty did great on a special diet for her liver and kidney functions, so hopefully Muffy will too. It looks like this has been caught early, so that bodes well!
Very sorry to read this Amanda expecially after alll you have been through. I hope Muffy thrives on her new diet.
Amanda, like you said - they caught it early. Hopefully Muffy will pull through on her new diet - it sounds like they are taking good care of her. I’m sorry you have to worry about this on top of everything else.
Amanda,
So sorry about Muffy and hope she is doing better and the diet is working.
Thinking of you..
Oh, Amanda. I am so sorry to hear that. You DON’T need this on the heels of Dixie. I will pray the diet does the trick.
I am so sorry to hear you’ve got another sick kitty. Hopefully catching it early and the special diet will do the trick.
I am so sorry Amanda! I hoping and wishing the best for your kitty.
Oh wow…poor you, poor Muffy!!! I’m hoping the better diet helps her!!
Let us know!
So sorry to hear your news, especially after your sweet Dixie. The above website was a huge help when I went through it with my cat.
Keep her hydrated as much as you can. Encourage her to drink as much as you can. Regular cat water fountains are a lot of trouble. I bought one called the Bubbler, which supplies oxygenated water and it doesn’t require constant cleaning or filters. You may want to look into subcutaneous fluids. My cat got two more good years because of them. If you’ve been through IVF, giving a cat subcu fluids is a snap. I bought my lactated ringers at Foster Smith (my vet wrote the prescription) for 1/4 of the cost that I would have paid at my vet’s.
Hope your sweet kitty perks up soon.