Filou now sees the vet on a weekly basis and gets his fluids.
He is happy and behaves normal.
Well.... maybe a little more sleep. A little less goofy action.
He has started to drink more. This is due to the fact that kidney cats loose the ability to concentrate their urine. So they pee more (another thing we noticed) and dehydrate easily.
He copes with the diet- well not really. He eats some varieties but obviously not as much because he has lost a little weight- less than a pound but he is a seven pounds guy- so there isn't much to lose.
This time we had a blood test: the urea value is much worse than it was 4 weeks ago. The creatinine is not that high yet (also a good indicator for kidney function).
On this basis the vet said we have to make sure he doesn't lose too much of his own proteine. Which means partly back to normal food. He still has his appetite- also a good sign.
When all that started she was talking of 2-3 years- in case the fluids help to keep the urea down. I no longer ask.
It looks as if the failure proceeds faster than we all thought.
I am sitting in my office and crying. I didn't know that I would have to let him go much quicker than I expected. My little kitty soul.
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