Frank's operation

On Wed, 20 Oct, Marina wrote:

Frank is scheduled for his dental surgery on the 27th.
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Oh Marina! I don't know how you'll stand the wait. Just try to keep
your chin up and know that Frank will be receiving the best, most
up-to-date care. We'll keep purring for him.

{{{{{{{Marina}}}}}}}

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Wed, 20 Oct, Marina wrote:

Frank is scheduled for his dental surgery on the 27th.
---------------------snip----------------------

Oh Marina! I don't know how you'll stand the wait. Just try to keep
your chin up and know that Frank will be receiving the best, most
up-to-date care. We'll keep purring for him.

{{{{{{{Marina}}}}}}}

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Wed, 20 Oct, Marina wrote:

Frank is scheduled for his dental surgery on the 27th.
---------------------snip----------------------

Oh Marina! I don't know how you'll stand the wait. Just try to keep
your chin up and know that Frank will be receiving the best, most
up-to-date care. We'll keep purring for him.

{{{{{{{Marina}}}}}}}

Regards and Purrs,
O J

Jeanne Hedge wrote:



Natasha, who is 17, had dental surgery about this time last year. This
was after her CRF diagnosis was made. At the time she had an elevated
white cell count (indicating an infection somewhere) in addition to
the elevated BUN and Creatinine levels from her kidney trouble. Other
blood chemistry values were also out of spec.

TED delayed her dental several times, wanting to get her kidney values
back to normal first (didn't want to give her anesthesia while her
kidneys were having trouble), but we weren't able to do that. Finally
I talked them into going ahead with the dental. It turned out that
what was thought to be a badly needed cleaning was the root of a lot
of the trouble - literally. Several of her teeth had dead and rotting
roots! Obviously these teeth were removed, which caused all signs of
infection to go away. Her kidney values went back to what's become
normal for her (BUN normal, Creatinine slightly elevated) too.

Natasha came through it all without problem, although she was a little
irritated at being pilled (antibiotic) for several days afterward.



You and Frank have our support, but given my experience with Tasha, I
bet it will all turn out just fine in the end!

Thank you so much, Jeanne. This was a very comforting post.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Jeanne Hedge wrote:



Natasha, who is 17, had dental surgery about this time last year. This
was after her CRF diagnosis was made. At the time she had an elevated
white cell count (indicating an infection somewhere) in addition to
the elevated BUN and Creatinine levels from her kidney trouble. Other
blood chemistry values were also out of spec.

TED delayed her dental several times, wanting to get her kidney values
back to normal first (didn't want to give her anesthesia while her
kidneys were having trouble), but we weren't able to do that. Finally
I talked them into going ahead with the dental. It turned out that
what was thought to be a badly needed cleaning was the root of a lot
of the trouble - literally. Several of her teeth had dead and rotting
roots! Obviously these teeth were removed, which caused all signs of
infection to go away. Her kidney values went back to what's become
normal for her (BUN normal, Creatinine slightly elevated) too.

Natasha came through it all without problem, although she was a little
irritated at being pilled (antibiotic) for several days afterward.



You and Frank have our support, but given my experience with Tasha, I
bet it will all turn out just fine in the end!

Thank you so much, Jeanne. This was a very comforting post.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Jeanne Hedge wrote:



Natasha, who is 17, had dental surgery about this time last year. This
was after her CRF diagnosis was made. At the time she had an elevated
white cell count (indicating an infection somewhere) in addition to
the elevated BUN and Creatinine levels from her kidney trouble. Other
blood chemistry values were also out of spec.

TED delayed her dental several times, wanting to get her kidney values
back to normal first (didn't want to give her anesthesia while her
kidneys were having trouble), but we weren't able to do that. Finally
I talked them into going ahead with the dental. It turned out that
what was thought to be a badly needed cleaning was the root of a lot
of the trouble - literally. Several of her teeth had dead and rotting
roots! Obviously these teeth were removed, which caused all signs of
infection to go away. Her kidney values went back to what's become
normal for her (BUN normal, Creatinine slightly elevated) too.

Natasha came through it all without problem, although she was a little
irritated at being pilled (antibiotic) for several days afterward.



You and Frank have our support, but given my experience with Tasha, I
bet it will all turn out just fine in the end!

Thank you so much, Jeanne. This was a very comforting post.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:

Many, many good vibes heading the way of a very, very special cat in Finland.

You aren't the only one who'll be worrying that day. Frank is very dear to a
wee family over here on the other side of the North Sea.

Thanks, Helen. I'm glad to hear he is special to you, too. He certainly
is very special to me.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:

Many, many good vibes heading the way of a very, very special cat in Finland.

You aren't the only one who'll be worrying that day. Frank is very dear to a
wee family over here on the other side of the North Sea.

Thanks, Helen. I'm glad to hear he is special to you, too. He certainly
is very special to me.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:

Many, many good vibes heading the way of a very, very special cat in Finland.

You aren't the only one who'll be worrying that day. Frank is very dear to a
wee family over here on the other side of the North Sea.

Thanks, Helen. I'm glad to hear he is special to you, too. He certainly
is very special to me.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Yoj wrote:

On the plus side is the fact that sometimes getting dental problems
cleared up can lower the BUN level. Purrs for both of you.


Yes, I'd managed to forget all about that until I read Jeanne's post.
Maybe it's that root canal that is elevating Frank's BUN. Thank you for
the purrs. I'm calming down already.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki