shipperx | My Kitty is Quite Ill

So I took Carly to the vet and had bloodwork done. She was diagnosed as being in chronic renal failure.

The good part was that her numbers weren't so high that they had reached critical state such that there had been irreversible crystalization in her kidneys but... well... she isn't going to get 'well' either.

They said I could leave her for IV fluids for several days but Carly is really crazed and unmanageable at the vets. They'd have to sedate her to treat her. They also said I could give her subcutaneous fluids at home which means that I basically hook her up to an IV and give her saline, just beneath the skin rather than actually intravenously.

I opted for the latter because I think leaving her at the vet would only leave her highly stressed and would kill her sooner.

Her creatinine levels hadn't reached critical levels yet, which is good. But her phosphorus is quite high (though also not quite to critical). Still, reading up online, yeah, all her symptoms fall under the symptoms of too much phosphorus. So the vet gave me a bag of saline, some hypodermics with anti-nausea medication, special food, and a demonstration and instructions for what to do with instructions to come back in 10 days or so to have more saline and quite probably to do more bloodwork (though this time alone cost me $200! YIKES!)

Basically I'm left with the impression that Carly isn't going to die any second now, but she's nineteen and...well... she's nineteen. This should improve her quality of life for the immediate future, helping her feel better, and lowering her phosphorus should help lessen her symptoms, but it's no cure. And eventually...

For the time being, however, she's treatable. And she's still physically okay in most respects so she's definitely worth treating as long as it improves her quality of life. Poor baby.