My cat is 23 yrs old--I know that is pretty old for a cat, but believe me when I say she is very young at heart. She seemed fine--she recently became blind though, but adjusted to her home very well. She ate great, used her box, and still greeted us at the door everyday we got home from work. Her kidney values have been a little high for quite many years. But I never seen the warning signs of what happened starting friday october 9th at 2am. She frantically came in our bedroom and beside me cried, she had her first (violent)seizure. That night we didn't sleep, we watched Sylvester all night long. In the morning she seemed ok, really wiped out, but she ate breakfast, drank, used her box, all that. My husband called me at 11am that saturday and she had her second violent seizure. I started crying and wanted to go home from work, I started calling vet's up and none were answering the phone. I told my boss I wanted to leave work this instance and be with my cat. My boss wouldn't let me leave. I could not get in touch with a vet until monday morning. Over the course of 2 days she had 6 very violent full blown seizures. I have never seen an animal seize, it was horrifying. On monday morning I called her vet and took her right to the hospital. She was dehydrated. her kidney values on the bun was 113, and her creatinine was 5.9. Her kidney's were shutting down-end stage chronic renal failure. They ran blood tests, urine test for gravity, took xray's started fluids, vitamins, other meds, and antibotics. They gave her a 10% chance. She slowly improved a little bit everyday, and they told me that as of monday at noon--no more seizures, unfortunately they leave at 5pm and nobody is there all night to watch the pet's. I prayed, I cried, I hoped, and never ever ever gave up hope. The vet told me on monday/tuesday I should put her to sleep. I couldn't. I couldn't b/c this all did NOT seem right, she never had a seizure, all of this came out of nowhere. My only sign for her now that I think about it was the sudden blindness....Friday 10/16) my 23 yr old cat(born in 1985) came home, but her battle is far from over. She had a very very mild seizure late at night the day we brought her home. Thankfully the vet gave us emergency valium rectal shots, gave her one of those, she calmed down, but had another mild seizure on saturday. And sunday. She is now on 1/4 tab of Phenobarbital every 12 hrs, today(monday) as of 10pm at night, her last seizure was sunday late at night(30 seconds long, less than 5 minute recovery time). She is fighting, she doesn't want to give up and I am not giving up on her. She is getting stronger, she is walking a little bit, she is slowly getting strength back in her back legs, and her front legs can now hold the weight of her body. She is still very wobbly, She eats all by her self. She get's pediallyte mixed in her food for added hydration. I also give her 100cc's of Sub-Q fluids 2 times a day, she is on antibotics, pet tinic, felovite II, herbals, Fortiflora, and tomorrow I start Procrit injections for her anemia. And Phenobarb's for the mild seizures. She is also on a very strict diet. I do know with her age, and her illness, every single second sylvester and me spend together is a gift. But she is fighting. She hasn't given up on herself, and I will not give up on her. Her kidney values on wednesday when she was in the vet hospital dropped to 59, her creatinine dropped to 2.9, as did her other values. when I brought her home they dropped to 53(don't recall the creatinine). If only these siezures would stop, I know my cat could heal and get much stronger. She is a fighter. I would do anything for my cat, she is like our daughter. All I can do is hope for tomorrow to come. And pray for no seizures. I guess the moral of this story: I was suppose to bring her for her blood work in late august, I didn't. If I had, all of this could had been prevented. Chronic Renal Failure is heartwrenching. There is no cure. No vaccine. No pet foods in grocery stores have possible side effects or health risks to a cat for eating the food listed on their labels. I have read some very disturbing articles of how pet food is manufactured and what really is in it. No research is being done in CRF. Kidney transplants are expensive and very risky not only to your cat but to the donor cat who you need to adopt. Even when I ask my vet 'why this has happened?', he answers, 'It is a mystery'. Please pray for my little fighter. She hasn't given up.
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