Our little Eisa was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease last spring. She had been doing pretty well, but recently seemed to lose some of her interest in food. I weighed her and found that she had dropped yet more weight (1.75 lbs in a year, which is a lot when you were 6.25 lbs to begin with).
We took her in to the vet and came away with a hydrated pussy cat and some appetite stimulant. She seemed a little perkier, and that was encouraging.
The vet called back just now with the blood test results. We learned that Eisa's kidney levels have disintegrated quite a bit. Her phosphorus level, in particular, is really high. She's also quite anemic (side effect from the kidney disease).
We'll be adding three additional medicines - one to address the high phosphorus, one to help her red blood cells, and some fluids we can administer to keep her hydrated at home.
We know we are just treating the symptoms - you don't recover from kidney failure. But if she can be comfortable and happy and content, for whatever amount of time she has (I didn't ask about where we are on the timeline) then that is all we can ask.
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This post brought tears to my eyes.
Your little Eisa is in my heart.
She could not have more loving, devoted care than yours.
Hugs to you, Steph, and to Stan.
And kisses and a rub to sweet Eisa.
Awww, poor poor kitty!! I hope the new medicines make her more comfortable!! :(
Thank you for your kind thoughts for Eisa kitty. She seems to be doing a bit better, and is patiently enduring all the needles, ointments, and pastes. We've made up a spreadsheet to keep track of what we need to give her when, which should hopefully make this more manageable for all of us (us and her).
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