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UPDATE: Purrs for my friends kitty
"Karen" wrote in message ... "W. Leong" wrote in message ... "Karen" wrote in message news:2006041620123050073%kchuplis@alltelnet... Well, they are still at the vets. Foster's blood panels have been good. There is some question about his gravity specific urine tests, but they almost sent him home. The owner of the clinic wanted to keep them though just to make sure. She is to take them to their regular vet tomorrow (IV's and all) and get an afternoon bloodtest. They feel if it is still good, they are out of the woods. Sofie (sorry, Chloe is someone else's cat, yeesh) probably did not ingest any but better safe than sorry. They've upchucked a bunch of charcoal. Poor kitties. It seems that it is a good prognosis. Whew. Thanks for the update Karen. Continue to send purrs for a speedy and complete recovery. Do you mean specific gravity instead of 'gravity specific'? Winnie Probably. You know, whatever it is they test for CRF or ARF? Specific gravity is like the density. If the urine is too dilute, they suspect the kidneys are unable to concentrate the urine. Some years ago, the vet thought Rusty's has renal insufficiency. Turned out I mixed his canned food with lots of water so that made his urine very diluted. Subsequent tests show his kidneys are fine. What does ARF stand for? Winnie |
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UPDATE: Purrs for my friends kitty
W. Leong wrote:
"Karen" wrote in message ... "W. Leong" wrote in message ... "Karen" wrote in message news:2006041620123050073%kchuplis@alltelnet... Well, they are still at the vets. Foster's blood panels have been good. There is some question about his gravity specific urine tests, but they almost sent him home. The owner of the clinic wanted to keep them though just to make sure. She is to take them to their regular vet tomorrow (IV's and all) and get an afternoon bloodtest. They feel if it is still good, they are out of the woods. Sofie (sorry, Chloe is someone else's cat, yeesh) probably did not ingest any but better safe than sorry. They've upchucked a bunch of charcoal. Poor kitties. It seems that it is a good prognosis. Whew. Thanks for the update Karen. Continue to send purrs for a speedy and complete recovery. Do you mean specific gravity instead of 'gravity specific'? Winnie Probably. You know, whatever it is they test for CRF or ARF? Specific gravity is like the density. If the urine is too dilute, they suspect the kidneys are unable to concentrate the urine. Some years ago, the vet thought Rusty's has renal insufficiency. Turned out I mixed his canned food with lots of water so that made his urine very diluted. Subsequent tests show his kidneys are fine. What does ARF stand for? Winnie CRF = Chronic Renal Failure ARF = the sound a dog makes J/K !!! Acute Renal Failure |
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Purrs for my friends kitty
On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:37:31 -0500, Karen wrote:
She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read, it sounds like they have the best possible scenario for this bad situation but purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably getting this just for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have gotten it all out and not have developed any kidney trouble from this. I did think it was good he had food in his stomach too, as I would expect that had to absorb some of any sap. Husband feels guilty, she feels like a horrible cat mommy for not knowing (and this is on top of quitting her job that she thought was going to be her dream job and turned into the "Academic political job from hell" on Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from anyone reading the boards this late. thanks all Karen Belated purrs offered. Hope everything is okay. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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UPDATE: Purrs for my friends kitty
Karen wrote:
Well, they are still at the vets. Foster's blood panels have been good. There is some question about his gravity specific urine tests, but they almost sent him home. The owner of the clinic wanted to keep them though just to make sure. She is to take them to their regular vet tomorrow (IV's and all) and get an afternoon bloodtest. They feel if it is still good, they are out of the woods. Sofie (sorry, Chloe is someone else's cat, yeesh) probably did not ingest any but better safe than sorry. They've upchucked a bunch of charcoal. Poor kitties. It seems that it is a good prognosis. Whew. Thanks for the update. Hope they continue to do well. -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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Purrs for my friends kitty
Karen wrote:
She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read, it sounds like they have the best possible scenario for this bad situation but purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably getting this just for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have gotten it all out and not have developed any kidney trouble from this. I did think it was good he had food in his stomach too, as I would expect that had to absorb some of any sap. Husband feels guilty, she feels like a horrible cat mommy for not knowing (and this is on top of quitting her job that she thought was going to be her dream job and turned into the "Academic political job from hell" on Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from anyone reading the boards this late. thanks all Karen I hope they are both ok. Lots of purrs and best wishes, POlonca and Soncek |
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Purrs for my friends kitty
On 2006-04-22 16:10:00 -0500, polonca12000 said:
Karen wrote: She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read, it sounds like they have the best possible scenario for this bad situation but purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably getting this just for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have gotten it all out and not have developed any kidney trouble from this. I did think it was good he had food in his stomach too, as I would expect that had to absorb some of any sap. Husband feels guilty, she feels like a horrible cat mommy for not knowing (and this is on top of quitting her job that she thought was going to be her dream job and turned into the "Academic political job from hell" on Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from anyone reading the boards this late. thanks all Karen I hope they are both ok. Lots of purrs and best wishes, POlonca and Soncek All home and good! |
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