Hobo's Dental - Update

Purrs and prayers for dear Hobo.
Lily & her mama

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"JBHajos" wrote in message
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Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne

On 2006-01-14 04:14:10 -0600, (JBHajos) said:

Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne

Poor Hobbes! Many purrs for things to calm down.

On 2006-01-14 10:16:19 -0600, Karen said:

On 2006-01-14 04:14:10 -0600, (JBHajos) said:

Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne

Poor Hobbes! Many purrs for things to calm down.

I mean HOBO!! Yeesh.

"JBHajos" wrote in message
...
Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne

Oh Jeanne, I'm so sorry to hear that. Purrs on the way that he'll rebound
from this latest setback.

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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:14:10 GMT, (JBHajos)
wrote:

Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne

Oh, Jeanne, I am so sorry. Purrs for Hobo that he feel better soon,
and that you can get everything under control. CRF can be managed for
a good long while if caught early enough. Purrs that this is the case
with your baby.

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On Sat 14 Jan 2006 05:14:10a, JBHajos wrote in
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Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him,
and I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Purrs for Hobo that his problems get under control soon! Hopefully he
can have his dental when he's a little more stable.

--
Cheryl

I'm sorry to hear it! It's hard to treat two different conditions
when the treatments are in opposition. I hope you find a good compromise
between the two. Are there complex carbs that a cat can eat? Those are
better for a diabetic because they don't break down into sugar as
quickly, so they don't overwhelm the system with sugars. Foods such as
vegetables and whole grains are complex carbs.

I've never tried feeding these foods to a cat, but the human diabetics
I know get their carbs in this way, rather than with refined carbs or
white rice, which are much more glycemic (turn into sugar quickly). I
guess if a cat can supplement its meat with rice or potatoes, they could
just as easily get some veggies into the mix, or brown rice. Or maybe he
could chomp on grass more? Meanwhile, subq fluids would help a lot with
the kidney failure.

Purrs for getting all of it under control!

Joyce

JBHajos wrote:

Well, it didn't happen. snip Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne


Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for insulin to work really well
and for Hobo to discover that the new food is not as bad as it seemed at
first,
Polonca and Soncek

Purrs for Hobo, and for you.

--
Joy

**Don't believe everything you think**

"JBHajos" wrote in message
...
Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne

Poor Hobo! I'm sorry Jeanne. Sometimes you have to consider, too, whether
changing his diet (if he's eating well on his old food) is worth it. I
don't know how old Hobo is but maybe you can manage his kidney issues with
sub-q fluids. I don't know -- I just remember how much my cat Frodo loved
his food; he was diagnosed at 15 with kidney disease. I talked with my vet
and we tried managing his kidney disease with fluid therapy. You're kind of
stuck between a rock and a hard place and I'm so sorry.
Christine
"JBHajos" wrote in message
...
Well, it didn't happen. Of *course* yesterday was Friday the 13th.
He was scheduled for a teeth cleaning and after his three days of
antibiotic capsules, he was taken in at 8:00 a.m., right at the
beginning of a severe thunderstorm. Made for a great driving
experience. We left him there and waited for the call to come get
him. We got a call about noon all right. Because Hobo is elderly and
diabetic, the vet did some preliminary testing before administering
the anesthetic. Unfortunately, Hobo got a double whammy. Not only
diabetes but his kidneys are failing. So no anesthetic and no dental
work. His diet has been a high-protein diabetes-management food which
is now history - to be controlled only by his insulin - and placed on
a kidney-management diet. Which he's not eating too well. Poor old
guy has to face a battle on two fronts. And we are beside ourselves.
Good old Friday the 13th!!!

Thanks for listening. Please keep your fingers crossed for him, and
I'm sure a purr or two would be helpful.

Jeanne