My best friend and kitty Samantha has been with me since I was born. She and I are both 20 years old. Ever since I moved out (2 years ago), she had slowley started to lose weight. My mom and I figured it was becuase she WAS so old and she's was starting to show her age, and she didnt have worms...I wasnt sure about it since Sam has never looked as old as she really was. I visit my mom often and noticed that she had gotten a cold, but not to long after pulled through and was her normal self, except she was still getting thinner! My mom noticed that this wasnt just Sam getting old and noticed an abscess WAY in the back of her mouth and it had poped! We have delt with abscess's before, but with it being in such an odd place and understanding her age we took her to a vet to get it cleaned out. The vet we took her too said it was her tooth...and not an abscess! My mom wasnt to sure about it, but took the vets advice and had Sammy put on an IV. After three days being there on an IV and $200 a day, my mom got fed up and said either you remove this "tooth" or let me take her home. The vet said that she wouldnt do anything for her because of her age and thats she may die during the surgery. My mom was pissed, and basically gave the lady the finger! GO MOM! Anyways, my mom rushed Sam to an emergency vets and they said it was indeed an ABSCESS! Just like we thought...they pointed out that Sam had lost her site and that her kidneys were shocked! There had been no such problem before we took her to that first vets!!! They put her under anesthesia, cleaned out the abscess and she was ready to come home. They said that she can either have her on fluids for the rest of her life and blood tests have done everyweek, or we keep her at home and when it looks like shes not having a good quality of life, we can have her put down. My mom and I dont want to put her through all that...having shots everyday and GRRR! Just thinking about all this is not fair. After hearing about Samm, my boyfriend had told me of his Grandpas old dog, and how he took him to the first vets we took sam to and three days later...what do you know, the dog looses his eye sight and his kidneys start to fail? The vet had given him some sort of medication from what I heard. And looking back, when I had taken on of my rats to her, she said that he had a respiroty infection and that she keep him in an oxygen tank for about 2-3 days and died right after...now that I have had rats for over 6 years, all she needed to do was put him on baytril and he would have pulled through just fine. Something fishy about this and I plan on looking into it some more!!!
Anyways, sorry for going on but I just needed to vent! lol
Sammy is eating (the have her one formula food to help the kidneys), drinking, talking (kitty talk
) and is moving about. My mom says that she has gained a TINY bit of weight. My mom says that as long as she is comfortable and isnt in pain we will keep her with us and see if she can pull through. She has threw up once or twice but otherwise looks like she slowely getting better. The vet had said she is loosing protein so she may start loosing her hair.
My question is, is there any certain foods that can help her gain weight as well as help her kidneys and get protein. I really dont want to lose her. I understand that she is 20 years old, but she has never had any problems in her life, never like this. She has ALWAYS been a healthy active cat, and I think that its not just her getting old...something happend at that first vets office. But anything that may save her, I would really appreciate it. She is such a strong cat, I only hope she can pull through. Shes big sister and life will never be the same witout her.
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Anyways, sorry for going on but I just needed to vent! lol
Sammy is eating (the have her one formula food to help the kidneys), drinking, talking (kitty talk
My question is, is there any certain foods that can help her gain weight as well as help her kidneys and get protein. I really dont want to lose her. I understand that she is 20 years old, but she has never had any problems in her life, never like this. She has ALWAYS been a healthy active cat, and I think that its not just her getting old...something happend at that first vets office. But anything that may save her, I would really appreciate it. She is such a strong cat, I only hope she can pull through. Shes big sister and life will never be the same witout her.
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