Hi everyone, my name is Teresa and I'm 19 years old.
I have a beautiful and sweet cat name Honey. She is 10 years old and she's seriously my everything. Honey has always been a healthy cat, and before 2 years ago, she never went to the vet simply because it seemed like she didn't have to.

However, 2 years ago (2009) I noticed my cat starting losing a lot of weight, and throwing up white, liquid foam. After much nagging, I convinced my parents to take her to the ASPCA to see the vet. The vet took blood work, and when he got the results he said her kidney levels were off, and prescribed her Hills K/D Food. She was on the food for about a year, and then the prescription ended (2010).

I have now noticed again shes extremely skinny, even more so than before. Also she's been throwing up white foam again. After 2 years from her last vet appointment, I took her to a new vet because I feel as though the ASPCA didn't really help her.
This new vet did blood work, and 4 days later his assistant called and told me she's in early stages of kidney failure. I researched about it and read that it's called Acute Renal Failure.

His assistant also told me he has prescribed that Hills K/D Food (which obviously didn't help the first time, plus its expensive), and that her kidney failure can be treated with a lot of fluids. I asked her what she meant by fluids and she said my cat needs to come in twice a week to get intravenous fluids.

I told my mother about this and she completely opposes with the idea. She said what they're going to do to my cat is called Dialysis, and she has heard many people become sick off of Dialysis and it will only kill my cat later on. She also said Dialysis is only used while a patient waits to have a kidney transplant. She told me it's a waste of money, and the cat will become so stressed out and feel so sick that she will die faster. My mother told me to only take the prescribed food and hope for the best.

Has anyone ever dealt with early stages of kidney failure with their cat? Did you do this intravenous fluids (or what my mom called Dialysis), and did it work?


Also if anyone is wondering why I don't really take my cat to the vet often is because I'm a pretty young student living with my parents, so I don't really have the money to take my cat to the vet. Also she becomes very stressed out and starts panting and yowling when shes in a car and that makes me sad.
My parents also don't really agree with spending money on an animal (they're traditional) so I always have to put on a fight for her to go to the vet.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!