Well that's a pretty good report! So your not having to do the dreaded
subq fluids anymore? If you are, has he gotten better about accepting
it? I know the murmur is troubling, (how wonderful that your vet can
come by the house to recheck), prayers that it's nothing to worry
about. Prayers also that he begins to put on more weight. The only
thing that I know of to help with nutrient retention is Vita B, is he
getting that too? Give him a head bump from me. Well done Belinda.
Nina
Belinda wrote:
Hi Nina,
No, no feeding tube yet. He has a heart murmur nos something he
didn't have two weeks ago, everything else for the most part has
improved. Creatinine is high normal (2.4 was 3.3), BUN very slightly
high (40 was 52), potassium a little low (3.7), getting supplements
for that, phosphorus normal (3.6 was 8), his extremely high blood
pressure is way down from 284 to 173 in about 3 weeks. His sodium is
low and chloride is low, so adding salt to his food. My vet is
coming by Friday to listen to his heart and see if she still hears the
murmur and we'll see how his weight goes, so far he's holding at 8lbs
9oz, was 9lbs about a month or so ago. Poor guy seems like every time
I feed him I'm shoving pills down him, he is so good about it. She
talked with a feline specialist about the feeding tube for CRF kitties
and the specialist said yes she would use it if needed. Reason we
were wondering is because at some point in CRF progression, the
metabolism changes and a catobolic state occurs, they don't know what
causes it or how to stop it, but it basically means they lose weight
and muscle wasting happens. My vets cat was eating like a piggy, her
words, yet only weighted 4 pounds when she finally euthanized her, she
was slowly starving to death because of the catabolic state.
Something to do with not absorbing the protein and nutrients in their
food if I'm understanding it correctly.
We'll see how things go Friday.
