On January 16, 2010 we took in a cat and named her Mandy. We noticed immediately that she was drinking a lot of water, urinating a lot and swallowing all the time. She was very thin and didn’t eat much. A week went by and she wasn't getting any better so we took her to the vet. on Sat. January 23, 2010. Sunday morning we were at Pet Smart and the vet left a message. They said Mandy is severely anemic and in kidney failure and we should bring her back to the vet tomorrow morning.
She went back on Monday, Jan. 25th. She stayed for three days and was put on under-the-skin liquids and had a lot of tests done. By Wed. evening Mandy’s condition was stabilized, but some of her blood count numbers were still not good so we would need to give her medication at home. She came home Wed. evening. She needed shots for her anemia, a daily IV for her kidneys to function and an appetite stimulant pill.
It is now March 13, 2010. Her anemia levels are better so she only gets one shot a week. She still requires daily IV for her kidneys, appetite stimulant and pepcid ac.
On our last vet visit, the vet diagnosed Mandy with high blood pressure and said we needed to give her medication. We started giving the pills in her food. Slowly she stopped eating. We called the vet and asked if the blood pressure medication could cause her to lose her appetite. They said to stop giving her the medication and see if she starts eating again. (Cat with kidney problems don’t want to eat so that is a big problem. So that is why they said stop giving the blood pressure medication.) That’s where we are today.
May 8, 2010 Last Up Date
Well Mandy started eating again after she stopped getting her blood pressure medication. Mandy always had good and bad days. Sometimes she ate and sometimes she didn’t. We bought a variety of foods so hopefully she would find one she liked. Some days Ed would give her brand after brand and she wouldn’t eat any of it. Mandy also wanted Ed to be sitting at the table when she ate. She would eat a little, want Ed to pet her, then go back and eat a little more. Whenever she heard Ed’s voice she would run to the table for attention. When she wasn’t eating or getting attention, she would sleep for hours. She was never bothered by our other cats and two dogs.
Mandy always took her daily IV without a fuss, but didn’t like her liquid medication (appetite stimulant and Pepcid). We started noticing small amounts of blood coming out of Mandy’s mouth after she took her liquid medicine. She would always try and spit out the medicine, but blood was now included. We thought maybe she was accidently biting her tongue. We also noticed that her breath smelled terrible.
We decided to fax the vet and see if we could do anything about the blood and Mandy’s breath. The vet said Mandy’s blood could be a result of kidney-failure induced ulcerations or a problem with her gums. She suggested we bring her in to be checked over.
We saw the vet on May 3, 2010. After the vet’s initial examination, she said if it were her cat she would put her down. She said that mouth ulcers are painful and that Mandy’s condition would not improve. Not wanting Mandy to suffer, we decided to have her put to sleep. It is a decision we didn’t want to make, but we wanted to be fair to Mandy.
She went back on Monday, Jan. 25th. She stayed for three days and was put on under-the-skin liquids and had a lot of tests done. By Wed. evening Mandy’s condition was stabilized, but some of her blood count numbers were still not good so we would need to give her medication at home. She came home Wed. evening. She needed shots for her anemia, a daily IV for her kidneys to function and an appetite stimulant pill.
It is now March 13, 2010. Her anemia levels are better so she only gets one shot a week. She still requires daily IV for her kidneys, appetite stimulant and pepcid ac.
On our last vet visit, the vet diagnosed Mandy with high blood pressure and said we needed to give her medication. We started giving the pills in her food. Slowly she stopped eating. We called the vet and asked if the blood pressure medication could cause her to lose her appetite. They said to stop giving her the medication and see if she starts eating again. (Cat with kidney problems don’t want to eat so that is a big problem. So that is why they said stop giving the blood pressure medication.) That’s where we are today.
May 8, 2010 Last Up Date
Well Mandy started eating again after she stopped getting her blood pressure medication. Mandy always had good and bad days. Sometimes she ate and sometimes she didn’t. We bought a variety of foods so hopefully she would find one she liked. Some days Ed would give her brand after brand and she wouldn’t eat any of it. Mandy also wanted Ed to be sitting at the table when she ate. She would eat a little, want Ed to pet her, then go back and eat a little more. Whenever she heard Ed’s voice she would run to the table for attention. When she wasn’t eating or getting attention, she would sleep for hours. She was never bothered by our other cats and two dogs.
Mandy always took her daily IV without a fuss, but didn’t like her liquid medication (appetite stimulant and Pepcid). We started noticing small amounts of blood coming out of Mandy’s mouth after she took her liquid medicine. She would always try and spit out the medicine, but blood was now included. We thought maybe she was accidently biting her tongue. We also noticed that her breath smelled terrible.
We decided to fax the vet and see if we could do anything about the blood and Mandy’s breath. The vet said Mandy’s blood could be a result of kidney-failure induced ulcerations or a problem with her gums. She suggested we bring her in to be checked over.
We saw the vet on May 3, 2010. After the vet’s initial examination, she said if it were her cat she would put her down. She said that mouth ulcers are painful and that Mandy’s condition would not improve. Not wanting Mandy to suffer, we decided to have her put to sleep. It is a decision we didn’t want to make, but we wanted to be fair to Mandy.
