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Crisis advice pls!
My 15 year old cat was diagnosed with CRF about 10 months ago as the
consequence of a post op blood tests. He is on Fortekor and had his blood texts done 6 weeks ago where the readings were Creatinine: 39 UK (0.44 US) and BUN: 13.4 UK (36 US). This week he hasnt eaten much so took him for checkup last night. Nothing obvious, slight dehydration and weight loss (but it has been every hot and he is very fat) - but blood test were done. This morning the vet phoned me to say Creatinine is 868 UK (9.8 US) and BUN: 80 UK (224 US) and that he advises I have him put to sleep today. I couldnt do that without thought so have taken him in for sub-q fluids and injections to get him through the weekend with the idea that Monday I will have to have him put to sleep. The vet seemed bewildered when I told him Josey had eaten last night after visit to vets and again very heartily this morning - I suggested I could administer fluids (much to their shock) so they showed me how to administer sub-Qs and I am to give him 300ml each day over the weekend and on Monday the vet will do the tests again and re-assess. Apart from being fed up with trips to the vet he seems so well. I have read on CRF websites that you know when its time to make 'the decision' because the cat is visibly suffering - yet apart from lack of interest in food last week he seems fine and is currently laying in the garden having yet again eaten. Is there any hope here? Any explanation why the levels could rise so drastically and so fast? Vet has no idea - although Josey did have a dental op 2 weeks ago - could anaesthetic have done it. Also I have really struggled with gettig him to eat renal food - have I exasberated the situation by not giving it to him 100%? |
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Crisis advice pls!
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:51:56 -0700 (PDT), eden
wrote: | My 15 year old cat was diagnosed with CRF about 10 months ago as the | consequence of a post op blood tests. He is on Fortekor and had his | blood texts done 6 weeks ago where the readings were | Creatinine: 39 UK (0.44 US) and BUN: 13.4 UK (36 US). These are not CRF numbers, even remotely, and especially after a regimen with Fortekor. Are you sure these aren't some other cat's numbers? (And what were the numbers when he was diagnosed?) | This week he hasnt eaten much so took him for checkup last night. | Nothing obvious, slight dehydration and weight loss (but it has been | every hot and he is very fat) - but blood test were done. This morning | the vet phoned me to say Creatinine is 868 UK (9.8 US) and BUN: 80 UK | (224 US) And these are crisis numbers. | and that he advises I have him put to sleep today. I couldnt | do that without thought so have taken him in for sub-q fluids and | injections to get him through the weekend with the idea that Monday I | will have to have him put to sleep. A different vet might be a better idea. | The vet seemed bewildered when I told him Josey had eaten last night | after visit to vets and again very heartily this morning - I suggested | I could administer fluids (much to their shock) so they showed me how | to administer sub-Qs and I am to give him 300ml each day over the | weekend and on Monday the vet will do the tests again and re-assess. Your vet clearly hasn't the first clue. It seems that a subQ regimen should have been started quite a while back, while at this point IV fluids, to flush the BUN and creatinine numbers down to below crisis levels, was the thing to do. Please consult this site: http://www.felinecrf.org/ | Any explanation why the levels could rise so drastically and so fast? The numbers were high (and getting worse) all along. | Vet has no idea - although Josey did have a dental op 2 weeks ago - | could anaesthetic have done it. Yes, that could have done it. Did your vet not warn you about the dangers of anaesthesia to CRF cats? Yet another reason to dump the moron, ASAP. |
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