Priscilla's failing kidneys

[kb2yjx]

How much sub q do you give twice a day??? I had been doing that twice a day to Boo, and it flushed out EVERYTHING from her bladder, and she came down with an infection(bladder)caused by e.coli!! I really freaked out when I got that c&s report from the vet!!!

[phesina]

Sandra, I give her 2 units in the morning and 1 in the evening. I'll mention what you said to the vet and see what she has to say. Thanks,

Pat (and Priscilla)

How much sub q do you give twice a day??? I had been doing that twice a day to Boo, and it flushed out EVERYTHING from her bladder, and she came down with an infection(bladder)caused by e.coli!! I really freaked out when I got that c&s report from the vet!!!

[kb2yjx]

How many cc's per unit? Funny, I never heard it refered to like that...I just learned something new, Thanks, Pat and Priscilla!!!
I think I was giving Boo 100 cc's twice a day...

[phesina]

Sandra, by "unit" I meant the amount in the spaces marked off by the numbers 1 through 9 (with the fluid left after that as the 10th). I'm not sure if I heard that at the vet's or I just made it up because it went with the numbers. Each unit is 100cc or ml, and the whole thing is 1000ml or 1 liter.

I stopped by the vet's today to exchange a leaky fluid bag for one that didn't leak. I asked the tech who helped me about the problem you mentioned with everything being flushed out and your cat getting a bladder infection from e.coli. She said something like e.coli is everywhere but was quite firm that if I'm doing as the vet advised (which I am), that won't happen. I'm not sure about her. I think I'll ask Dr. Lewis about it.

Pat

[kb2yjx]

OK, I understand!!! It could have been a fluke with Boo getting the e.coli UTI, but it did happen at the same time I was give her a total of 200 cc's/day! It will be interesting to hear what the vet has to say. I hope Priscilla is doing well....

[phesina]

Lorraine, Priscilla says thank you and I do too for the compliments.. isn't she just such a darling girl?! Thank you for putting her picture in the message regular size, too.

And thanks, Sandra.. She continues to do well. She comes running when I start serving up the food. She may not actually eat a whole lot of it, but she at least licks off the flavoring as much as she can, and I supplement when needed with syringed MaxCal.

A few days ago I opened a can of a new treat: Max Cat Gourmet Classics Seafood & Tomato Bisque.. She was the first one there (followed immediately by 4 others, of course). I served her first and she dove right in. It's little chunks in a sauce, and she licked off all the sauce, then would pick up a chunk and work it in her mouth, then drop what was left of it back in the dish and pick up another one, until they were all milked (so to speak). (Her leftovers did not go to waste, by the way.)

She goes back next Wednesday for her next checkup and weighing-in.

Another thing I want to have checked out then: She has worn a collar and ID tag for years.. Well, when she got so thin and scraggly I took it off her. Then, when she started regaining weight and getting more chipper, I put it back on.. and noticed that the fur had worn away where the collar had been, mainly on the top of her neck but some all around, so I took it back off. I assume that has just occurred since these recent ailments, though I had no reason to check under her collar before this all happened. But I want to find out just what this is and if we should do anything.

That's the latest! Thanks, everyone, for all the love and support and good energy, and love and purrs to you too,

Pat and Priscilla

[Barbara]

Priscilla looks soooo cute!

Filou's kidney problems have been detected April 2005- at an early stage. He'll be 11 on Sunday. He only gets the fluids once a week and his vet feels rather sure he'll go the next year.... but you never know....
I' happy as long as he is happy........
Obviously Priscilla is in a later stage- but right now she's getting a delay thanks to all the TLC she gets from you, Pat. So we'll hope we can get them a happy life as long as possible.