Priscilla's failing kidneys

[phesina]

Thank you good friends and kitties. Priscilla has been eating today too. When I was about to get up, she jumped up on the table by my bed to let me know she's WAITING for her breakfast.. First time in a while she'd left her resting quarters let alone jumped up on something.. She ate some more Eukanuba Renal kibble and more Fancy Feast kibble.. got her fluids and her Blood and Energy and her Calcitriol and her MaxCal syringes..

I got home this afternoon and found a message from Dr. Lewis saying she'd heard back from the guy at Michigan State.. he thinks we should get a urine sample and do some tests on that.. also maybe do something else medically. I tried calling her back, but she'd just left, so she'll get back to me tomorrow. I also made an appointment to drop Priscilla off at the vet's next Tuesday (first day anything can be done what with weekend and holiday) so they can get a urine specimen.

Thanks, ShylanHal and your dad for the sympathy and good wishes (and the bumper sticker thought), Candace for the cheers, Raven's Mom for the food suggestions (we already keep chicken baby food on hand! sometimes she loves it, sometimes has no interest), KAK for the encouragement, AbbyMom for the canned salmon suggestion (good idea about the smell! I'll get some!),and Gary for the Fancy Feast idea (usually we have that around but not right now, so I'll pick some of that up too). Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support and kind positive thoughts and encouragement.. Priscilla and I both love you all! (Peony and Sydney and Poppy and Elmer think you're pretty swell too. )

Pat and Priscilla

[kt_luvs_kitties]

I am glad to hear she is eating on her own! YAY PRISCILLA!! I will continue prayers for your special girl. I hope the news continues to be good! Katie and kitties

[rg_girlca]

What wonderful news that Priscilla is eating and starting to feel better.
Wait a go Priscilla.

Prayers on the way that she continues to do well.

{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} Pat.

[Anikaca77]

I'm sending along my prays and I know that Priscilla is very grateful for what you are doing for her.

[phesina]

Thank you, Katie and kitties (I kiss cats on the lips too!), Lorraine, and Anikaca77 for all the prayers and good wishes!

Priscilla just had her lunchtime syringe-feeding of MaxCal plus a few tuna-flavored Feline Greenies she ate on her own.

Love and purrs,
Priscilla and Pat

[kb2yjx]

That is great that Priscilla ate on her own!!!

[carole]

Come on Priscilla sweetie we are all here for you and Meowmie,hoping and praying you will continue to eat well and stablise, I am so sorry to hear about the troubles and worries you are having with your precious furbabie right now, know that you are very much in our thoughts and we sure hope she keeps improving, take care and hugs.

[phesina]

Thank you, Raven's Mom and Carole, for your prayers and encouragement, which Priscilla seems to be taking to heart.. She's still eating on her own!

Dr. Lewis and I have been playing phone tag for two days. I'm trying to catch up with her to find out what the Michigan State guy said and if I should change anything we're doing.

Thanks again, everyone, all you wonderful people and cats!

Love and purrs,
Priscilla and Pat

[Medusa]

Glad to hear that Priscilla is doing better. My vet, Dr. Lee, agrees w/Barbara's vet, that it's better that she eats something rather than nothing. My Puddy has been in CRF for 2 years now and she is so stubborn and she turns up her nose at KD and nearly everything except her dry Purina Cat Chow and cooked chicken. So Dr. Lee said "Well then, give it to her, just make sure she gets those subQ fluids and see if she'll drink more water." So hopefully, things will go more smoothly for you. Puddy and I and the fur posse are pulling for you and Priscilla.

Blessings,
Mary

[phesina]

Thanks, Sandra and Mary, for the good wishes and encouragement. That's our idea, Mary, that it's best that she eat something, anything, if she won't eat the kidney food. She will eat some of the KD kibble but not very much.

Thanks, Sandra, about the Royal Canin Kitten Food. I found Royal Canin Babycat34 Food (dry) at Pet Supplies Plus today and got a bag. They didn't have Whiskas Ultra Milk. Is that a substitute for cats with lactose intolerance, or milk replacement for kittens that don't have mommy to nurse from? I got some JustBorn Milk Replacer for Kittens, but I'll wait until I hear what to look for before I try that.

I just served up a little of the Babycat (tiny morsels, indeed!). She sniffed it, pulled back, sniffed again, pulled back again. I put a pellet in her mouth a few times. She would suck it a bit, then let it drop back into the dish. Finally she put her head down and started eating! So at least it has aroused some interest. Maybe she'll like it more with the Ultra Milk!

Mary, that's great that Puddy has been going strong for two years in CRF! Thanks to her and you and the fur posse for the good wishes.

Sandra, this morning the weather people on TV were going crazy about the storm. They were running listings of all the school systems closed today. (I thought later, they were probably all closed anyway because today is Martin Luther King Day.) They said it's going to be freezing rain all day, then sleet and snow tonight. It was like, don't go out if you don't absolutely have to, and we're really gonna be walloped.

Tihs afternoon there was a glaze of ice on and around things. Tree branches and power lines fell in many places so power was out in many communities, but by and large things were going on as usual. Then this afternoon the "ice storm" warning was cancelled, and there are just going to be a few snow flurries. So, somehow we survived safely.

That's the latest. Thanks again, dear friends!

Pat and Priscilla

[Medusa]

Something that I forgot to mention but you've prob. tried it already: baby food w/her favorite in it. Puddy's happens to be chicken but whatever Priscilla likes. And it has enough moisture in it, too, so that base is covered. Just a thought.

Blessings,
Mary