Vet sees her today at 5pm cst...
Regarding putting her down, we are debating that. She is not in pain that we know of, just tired and exhausted. She does not strain or struggle to do anything, just doesnt do anything fast or quick. I am will have trouble justifying for her as well as me to keep force feeding her if she doesnt start eating on her own within the next week or so.
We will see how it goes, it looks like today is a B- day. Some improvement to go.
Thanks for the prayers.
Chris
I don't know what your blood values are for liver and kidney but please don't put her down at this point.
Just caught up on the thread -- glad the liver enzymes are coming down -- the liver is quite regenerative.
The kidneys are the real problem. She really needs diuresis - constant influx of IV fluids. Don't be discouraged that she doesn't want to eat. That's part of the high renal values. At least she isn't vomiting. You might want to check her mouth occasionally looking for renal ulcers -- these look like those nasty old lip ulcres people sometimes get, only inside the mouth on the inside top of the mouth, on the tongue, etc.
I'd try to get some nutrical down her but don't know that I'd stress her with trying to get the cat food down her. Talk to your vet about that.
Let us know what BUN and Creatinine results you get from your vet this evening. Since you are a medic, you are the perfect person to be giving the IV fluids - glad the vet put in an IV catheter for you to do so.
Quite honestly, if she were in my clinic (which I don't have since I'm retired -- and should say that none of this is a diagnosis or consultation or anything else than worth what you paid for it, which is nothing) I'd have her on a constant I.V., be monitoring her EKG, her urine output, her BUN and Creatinine, her electrolytes (Na, Ca, P, K) and several other parameters. That's perhaps not feasible for you, but I'm telling you what would be part of the ideal. I'd be listening to her lungs to make sure I didn't overhydrate her (so that there was an inadvertent build-up of fluid in her longs), I might be giving her a diuretic to help her pee, etc.
All of this aside, if she's still hanging in there, then go ahead and hang in there with her. You may need to do more - constant IV fluids, etc. She's hanging on. I will pray for you and your kitty. -- E
Just caught up on the thread -- glad the liver enzymes are coming down -- the liver is quite regenerative.
The kidneys are the real problem. She really needs diuresis - constant influx of IV fluids. Don't be discouraged that she doesn't want to eat. That's part of the high renal values. At least she isn't vomiting. You might want to check her mouth occasionally looking for renal ulcers -- these look like those nasty old lip ulcres people sometimes get, only inside the mouth on the inside top of the mouth, on the tongue, etc.
I'd try to get some nutrical down her but don't know that I'd stress her with trying to get the cat food down her. Talk to your vet about that.
Let us know what BUN and Creatinine results you get from your vet this evening. Since you are a medic, you are the perfect person to be giving the IV fluids - glad the vet put in an IV catheter for you to do so.
Quite honestly, if she were in my clinic (which I don't have since I'm retired -- and should say that none of this is a diagnosis or consultation or anything else than worth what you paid for it, which is nothing) I'd have her on a constant I.V., be monitoring her EKG, her urine output, her BUN and Creatinine, her electrolytes (Na, Ca, P, K) and several other parameters. That's perhaps not feasible for you, but I'm telling you what would be part of the ideal. I'd be listening to her lungs to make sure I didn't overhydrate her (so that there was an inadvertent build-up of fluid in her longs), I might be giving her a diuretic to help her pee, etc.
All of this aside, if she's still hanging in there, then go ahead and hang in there with her. You may need to do more - constant IV fluids, etc. She's hanging on. I will pray for you and your kitty. -- E
Continued prayers for all of you! Standing by for updates :) (You're stuck Chris. We're all invested in Casey now! he he)