Please keep Luna in your thoughts: Crystals! (blood test results: opinions please!!!)

[Kirsten]

Luna and I will leave here in a couple of minutes, please keep your fingers crossed for us! I'm very nervous! I will stay with her, and I'll take her home with me afterwards.

Thank you everyone for your support, this helps a lot.

And thank you very much to Catty1 for starting the paypal thing to help Luna. (reg. the currency, it's the other way around, 1 Euro is 1,36 USD, which makes 1 USD to be 0,77 Euro).

Emeraldgreen, your Jade lived a VERY long life! Unfortunately, I think we don't have these sub-q-fluids over here, maybe Barbara (who also lives in Germany, and who has a kidney cat) knows more about this). But I will ask about the reversable sedation.

Well, have to hurry now. Luna is sitting next to me and looks so cute, she doesn't know what's awaiting her in a couple of minutes! It breaks my heart!!

There are two things I really fear: kidney failure and (even worse) cancer. Please keep your fingers crossed that it's none of this!!

Thank you,
Kirsten

[Medusa]

Extra special prayers going out for your sweet Luna and you.

[jenluckenbach]

More of those extra special thoughts and prayers coming your way.

[Donnaj4962]

I am just catching up with this today. Oh Kirsten, I am so sorry you and Luna are having to go through this.

Many prayers coming from me and the girls in Indiana that all goes well today and they find the problem and are able to fix it.

Bless both of you!

[Randi]

Kirsten, I'm sitting here thinking of you and Luna with my fingers crossed that she will be OK. I know how worried you are - I would be too.

Best of luck - and let us know what's going on when you get home, please.

Wish I could help with money, but I'm struggling as it is.

[Catty1]

Big PT prayers - you and your heart kitty will get through this!

[Kirsten]

Just coming back from the vet, and it was a terrible ordeal for Luna! She got sedated, but not as much as for surgery, so she was totally aware of everything happening. First, they draw blood from her, and Luna growled and whined while they did that. She was so scared. After that, they shaved her belly; she didn't like that either. When they tried the ultrasound, it turned out her bladder was almost empty. So she got fluids (saline solution) to make her bladder filling quickly. After a while, they could finally see her bladder. There were no tumors or stones to be seen, but lots of crystals. You could see them swimming in her bladder, it looked like a snow globe! They checked her kidneys also, but they looked fine. *big sigh of relief*

But of course we will have to wait for the blood test results, which won't be back before Thursday. I know I won't be relaxed before they are back!

For the crystals, Luna will get a special diet (which has to be ordered first), and a new paste that contains cranberry extract. Finally cranberrie products are available here!!

Right now, Luna is stumbling around, still very dizzy. She just crawled onto my bed, and I think I will now lay down next to her, she wants to be with mommy. Right when she crawled out of her carrier, she gave me headbumpies. She's such a cute girl!!

Thank you everyone for your support. Please keep her in your thoughts for the results of the blood test.

Randi, don't worry about that, I totally understand!

Kirsten