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Havent posted in here for quite awhile, sticker who is the cat who has been my avatar since I joined the site is now about 11 years old and the oldest of my 3 cats. Keep in mind im not very good with medical stuff or the terms and also im not in america so im being explained to by the vet with not the best of english.
I took her to the vet 3 days ago because she was vomiting just liquid which is abnormal for her, she would sometimes vomit but usually just food that would only be on some occassions because she sometimes eats too much. They initially did blood tests and said her creatine and bun levels were quite high about 5x over what is normal... so they also did an xray and her kidneys are also larger then they should be. Overnight vet said she didnt touch food or drink any water or urinate.
Day 2: They gave some more fluids and some medicine to help stimulate urination, but no liquids were making it to the bladder. They suggested doing an ultrasound at another vet clinic which I did. Apparently one of her kidneys the outer lining is very thick which means the inner part is quite small which they said its basically not working so all the load is on the other kidney. That 2nd day they suggested for me to take her home in the evening to relieve stress and it might help urinate or drink on her own. I setup a camera to record all night when asleep, she never did eat or drink just had saliva from her mouth quite a bit. Also the levels of creative and BUN were higher then the previous day.
Day 3: Took her to the vet again in the afternoon for medicine and fluids, they said gave her 200cc of water and again the medicine to help urinate. The only difference was when I got her home from the vet she immediately went for water and drank quite a bit, also seen her drink again about 3 hours later but still havent seen her urinate yet. One other issue is she is not eating at all, although she has a lot of body weight (she is 6.5kg).
Right now they are waiting for test results for Leptospirosis, although looking at symptoms it just seems unlikely to be that. So at this point I wonder is there anything additional I could do? The vet said if the cat vomits often with this issue its generally not a good sign and mentioned about euthanizing the cat if that happens. He also mentioned there is no Dialysis machines here for pets, there might be but its rare and probably quite expensive.
I took her to the vet 3 days ago because she was vomiting just liquid which is abnormal for her, she would sometimes vomit but usually just food that would only be on some occassions because she sometimes eats too much. They initially did blood tests and said her creatine and bun levels were quite high about 5x over what is normal... so they also did an xray and her kidneys are also larger then they should be. Overnight vet said she didnt touch food or drink any water or urinate.
Day 2: They gave some more fluids and some medicine to help stimulate urination, but no liquids were making it to the bladder. They suggested doing an ultrasound at another vet clinic which I did. Apparently one of her kidneys the outer lining is very thick which means the inner part is quite small which they said its basically not working so all the load is on the other kidney. That 2nd day they suggested for me to take her home in the evening to relieve stress and it might help urinate or drink on her own. I setup a camera to record all night when asleep, she never did eat or drink just had saliva from her mouth quite a bit. Also the levels of creative and BUN were higher then the previous day.
Day 3: Took her to the vet again in the afternoon for medicine and fluids, they said gave her 200cc of water and again the medicine to help urinate. The only difference was when I got her home from the vet she immediately went for water and drank quite a bit, also seen her drink again about 3 hours later but still havent seen her urinate yet. One other issue is she is not eating at all, although she has a lot of body weight (she is 6.5kg).
Right now they are waiting for test results for Leptospirosis, although looking at symptoms it just seems unlikely to be that. So at this point I wonder is there anything additional I could do? The vet said if the cat vomits often with this issue its generally not a good sign and mentioned about euthanizing the cat if that happens. He also mentioned there is no Dialysis machines here for pets, there might be but its rare and probably quite expensive.