Sebastian - *No Dental Today-High Kidney Level*Crystals, High pH* Re-Check *UPDATE*

**krazyaboutkatz** · 12-31-2009, 01:44 AM

I'm so sorry to hear this.

Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent his way. He sure is a very handsome boy and he reminds me of my Storm.

**Anikaca77** · 01-01-2010, 09:43 PM

Thank you all for your prays for Sebastian. Sorry I haven't updated this till now but things here have been crazy.

On Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 Sebastian stayed at the vets till about 7 p.m. They were hoping he would pee for them so they could look at his urine but he didn't give them any. They did try to get some from him but he didn't cooperate with them so they decided not to stress him out.

I figured bringing him back home for the night he would feel more comfortable than siting in a cage. Once we got him home we fed him and gave him some water thinking that would help him want to go to the bathroom.

Well by 6:30 a.m. on Thursday still no pee from Sebass. I tried to get him to go by putting a little litter in the box and then I'd lift his tail trying to get his pee into a cup. Well he started but as soon as I touched his tail he stopped peeing. So after about 3 hours I tried to do the same thing again and it worked

I took the pee sample to the vets and they found Struvite crystals in his pee and his pH was 8.8 but his Spec. Grav. was 71.040 which is good because that means his kidneys are concentrating his urine so that means there shouldn't be a problem with his kidneys but he could have a bacteria infection and that would explain the high pH and that's probably why his kidney level which was the Crea. 3.1 and the average range is 0.8-2.4

So after testing his pee the vet put him on C/D food and she wants to retest his blood again in 2 weeks along with his pee. Hopefully his pH will be down and the Crea. kidney level will be down and then we can get his dental done.

All I wanted this past Wednesday was to have his dental done but now between the blood test, urinalysis test, and the Convenia 10 ml they gave him on Wed. and Thursday, oh and not to mention we had to have him in there on Monday for an annual exam so they could re-check his teeth. They also gave him FVRCP+Ch 1 year and Rabies so his total visit for Monday was $57.00, then on Wed. for the blood test it was $45.25, then Thursday it was $56.50. So the grand total in just a few days was 158.75 for just the vet and the cost for the food for him was $20.07.

Then in 2 weeks we will spend another $100 approx on getting his blood re-checked, vet visit, and another re-test of his pee.

I'm just hoping the levels go down in 2 weeks.

Thank you all again for your prays.

Melissa

**Catty1** · 01-01-2010, 11:04 PM

Good news on Sebastien. Wishing you and all your kitties a healthy New Year.

**Medusa** · 01-02-2010, 07:44 AM

Prayers going up that Sebastian will continue to improve......

**Catlady711** · 01-02-2010, 08:43 PM

Hopefully the C/D food will fix things. 6 of my cats have to be on that food also for high Ph and crystals. Since switching them to that food, I've only had one get a UTI since, which easily cleared up with a round of antibiotics.