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Jan. 12th, 2009 07:39 pmTaking a short break from my homework to post a quick update. First, for those keeping score it has been 6 days since I was inundated with Scientology texts and cds and they are still sitting near my front door. This despite 3 phone calls to FedEx. So I called again (I've got it on speed dial at this point) and was told this time for sure they'd be picked up tomorrow. If not, much as I hate the waste, I'm thinking they go to the dumpsters.
But before I could come home I had to drive down to Santa Clara to stop at the vet's office and pick up more meds for Kage. It turns out she has Pyelonephritis, a urinary tract infection, and a pretty bad one at that. Oddly she has no fever or anything but it can apparently show up without any real signs at all and has to be discovered via lab tests. The vet complimented me on having okayed the tests on Saturday, especially after Pye's had all come back negative. It helped relieve that little knot of guilt and cat mom anguish I've been carrying around all day.
That, sadly, is the good news.
The bad news is that she's also got Chronic Renal Failure which, unfortunately, is fatal in cats. I've kind of known this was coming since she started losing weight and just never stopped, and given her age I've been incredibly lucky up to this point. Given what I've been reading the average age for the disease to show up is 9, and she's 16 so that's pretty good.
So the long term outlook is pretty grim but in the short term with the right meds and fluid treatment she should be ok. I'm not really looking forward to giving her i.v. fluids, especially after the wrestling match that was my attempt to give her one small pill and some liquid antibiotics. On the plus side she was almost relieved when I got to the topical medication so I guess that's something.
And now I've got lots of reading to do on the subject of CRF, some from the vet, and some from fellow cat mom![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jakejr who's in the same boat, sadly. Then I think I may just curl up somewhere and have a good, cleansing cry. But after that I'm putting the guilt and self-pity away and focusing on doing everything I can to help Kage.
But before I could come home I had to drive down to Santa Clara to stop at the vet's office and pick up more meds for Kage. It turns out she has Pyelonephritis, a urinary tract infection, and a pretty bad one at that. Oddly she has no fever or anything but it can apparently show up without any real signs at all and has to be discovered via lab tests. The vet complimented me on having okayed the tests on Saturday, especially after Pye's had all come back negative. It helped relieve that little knot of guilt and cat mom anguish I've been carrying around all day.
That, sadly, is the good news.
The bad news is that she's also got Chronic Renal Failure which, unfortunately, is fatal in cats. I've kind of known this was coming since she started losing weight and just never stopped, and given her age I've been incredibly lucky up to this point. Given what I've been reading the average age for the disease to show up is 9, and she's 16 so that's pretty good.
So the long term outlook is pretty grim but in the short term with the right meds and fluid treatment she should be ok. I'm not really looking forward to giving her i.v. fluids, especially after the wrestling match that was my attempt to give her one small pill and some liquid antibiotics. On the plus side she was almost relieved when I got to the topical medication so I guess that's something.
And now I've got lots of reading to do on the subject of CRF, some from the vet, and some from fellow cat mom
jakejr who's in the same boat, sadly. Then I think I may just curl up somewhere and have a good, cleansing cry. But after that I'm putting the guilt and self-pity away and focusing on doing everything I can to help Kage.
