Kiri's latest vet check--update post #120.

[Prairie Purrs]

Kiri and Kacey are staying with a friend about an hour away from here until I get my living situation straightened out.

My friend just called. She had to rush Kiri to her vet. They're running tests now, but it could be kidney failure. And it's possible that she (and my other kitties) could have eaten some of the tainted food.

Please send my poor Kiri your healing thoughts. I don't have any way to get to the vet's (an hour away, no car), and I'm so afraid that I'm going to lose her and not even be able to say goodbye. I'm also horribly worried about whether it is food-related and whether any of my other cats might be affected.

[Medusa]

Oh no! I'm so sorry! Prayers going out right now for your furkids that all will be well. A candle burns for you all.

[Prairie Purrs]

The vet thinks she's in total kidney shutdown. They're going to try to treat her overnight and see whether it does any good. But there doesn't seem to be much hope.

[kb2yjx]

O NO!!! Will keep Kiri and you very close in thoughts and prayers!!! I am so sorry to hear that tainted food might be the cause!!! Please take care!!!

[Catty1]

PT prayers for Kiri! Remember Pouncer? PRAYERS TO KIRI!

[catmandu]

The Pet Angel Hospital Squad is there with Kiri comforting her , and helping her through the pain.
If it is that Pet Food mess we hope that you can sue the people responsible for Kiris pain.
Bust the first thing is to pray that Kiri will be all right, and taht the White Coats will be able to help Kiri out of danger.
Prayers are coming from ALL OF US at the Hotel.

[Prairie Purrs]

Kiri still won't eat on her own, probably because she's got a nasty case of the sniffles and can't smell the food. I've been syringe-feeding her Royal Canin recovery diet mixed with some chicken broth (tried to get her to eat some of the chicken, but no luck with that). She's been drinking some water and using the litterbox. But she's still a sick little kitty, and I'm still very worried about her.

[Catty1]

How about trying a bit of really stinky tuna or a bit of canned salmon? Or a can of cheaper stinky cat food?

If you have some Vicks, let her sniff a dab on your finger...that might help too.

PT PRAYERS for little Kiri! You've come this far sweetie, keep moving ahead!

[Medusa]

We'll keep the prayers going. Don't give up hope. Kiri is a fighter.

[jenluckenbach]

It is so hard when our kitties won't eat. But keep up the force feeding, to keep up her strength, and she should come around soon. Sending more prayers.

[phesina]

More prayers for sweet Kiri from us all.

Hugs and purrs,
Pat, Peony, Sydney, Priscilla, Poppy, and Elmer

[Prairie Purrs]

Kiri is staying the same, which worries me. She still won't eat on her own, so I'm still syringe-feeding her. I don't know whether she's drinking much on her own, although I've seen her at the water bowl a couple of times--so I'm giving her water from a squeeze bottle every so often (plus I have to mix some water into the food to get it through the syringe.

She's using the litter box (no poops so far, though). And she's still got some fight in her--she's able to climb into my lap, where she spends a lot of time. And she tried to get out of the room I'm keeping her in when I opened the door this morning. But she's so thin and weak.

I've got a call in to the vet who treated her last week, to see whether he has any suggestions.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad to hear that Kiri is now home and eating. I hope that she'll cooperate and let you give her the sub-q fluids. When I had to do it for my RB Pepper and Storm, I did it in my bathroom and closed the door so they couldn't run away. Good luck.

[AbbyMom]

So glad she's feeling better. I did subq fluids for my RB girl Quasar. I was so worried about it but she always took it with no problems.

I think for cats that subq is a lot easier to deal with than pills.

[Prairie Purrs]

Kiri's not eating as much as I would like--on top of everything else, the poor girl has a bad tooth, and I think it's bothering her a lot. But she is eating a little bit at a time, several times a day. And I was able to get the subQ fluids into her this morning. She didn't like it much, but we managed.

And she's getting restless enough to be a bit nawtee! I had to block off access to the electrical cords under my computer desk because she wanted to mess with them (not something she's done before)! I think she wants to get out of here and find one of her favorite spots elsewhere in the house, but she needs to stay in confinement for awhile.