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I am very confused about kidney disease in cats.
What's the difference between acute and chronic?
Background: I have four cats: Molly Marie (12-1/2 years), Abby (9 years), Punky (5 years) and Henry (5 years).
I love all of my hooligans, but Molly is my favorite. I am her favorite too
. She's my Velcro cat and she loves to groom me. Plus, she's a chatterbox! She loves to have long conversations with me, chatting up a storm. (I think she's tattling on the other cats when we have those conversations).
She was diagnosed with IBD
4-1/2 years ago and doing great now with Royal Canine Hydrolyzed Protein diet.
Sometimes her weight goes up and sometimes it goes down with IBD. I have all of their weights checked everytime I take them in to the vet (which is monthly).
Now she is at the hospital because of her poor kidney function and UTI. I noticed she was having occasional nausea but her activity was normal, she acted normally but loss of appetite. However, she had lost weight. So when I took her in to get her monthly Solensia injection, I asked for a vet exam and blood test.
Long story short, the Creatine and bun are elevated so she is in the hospital today and should be there for 3 days total. I am so confused. How did I miss the signs? It looks like a UTI infected her kidneys. But I didn't notice her acting like she had a UTI (like frequency of peeing).
I feel so confused and so guilty. Is Molly going to pull through?
What's the difference between acute and chronic?
Background: I have four cats: Molly Marie (12-1/2 years), Abby (9 years), Punky (5 years) and Henry (5 years).
I love all of my hooligans, but Molly is my favorite. I am her favorite too

She was diagnosed with IBD
4-1/2 years ago and doing great now with Royal Canine Hydrolyzed Protein diet.
Sometimes her weight goes up and sometimes it goes down with IBD. I have all of their weights checked everytime I take them in to the vet (which is monthly).
Now she is at the hospital because of her poor kidney function and UTI. I noticed she was having occasional nausea but her activity was normal, she acted normally but loss of appetite. However, she had lost weight. So when I took her in to get her monthly Solensia injection, I asked for a vet exam and blood test.
Long story short, the Creatine and bun are elevated so she is in the hospital today and should be there for 3 days total. I am so confused. How did I miss the signs? It looks like a UTI infected her kidneys. But I didn't notice her acting like she had a UTI (like frequency of peeing).
I feel so confused and so guilty. Is Molly going to pull through?