Harry has a reason to hate the vet.
Aug. 7th, 2007 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llcoolvadOh boy, back on the cat health roller coaster. Harry just got diagnosed with renal failure and anemia. He has to begin the classic kidney regimen of Pepcid, a special diet, and daily fluids. It's Xing all over again, and with an added dollop of GreyKitty (the anemia). He's got to get started the anemia medication, too (erythropoietin), although we're waiting a couple of weeks to start that. Since he's already on twice daily thyroid meds that's a lot of stuff he'll have to deal with. Poor guy.
I'm sad, of course, but I'm also pissed off. There was no indication of any kidney issues at his last blood test. My vet said that his thyroid meds weren't keeping up, so she increased the dose (not a lot, but some). He was fine for a while, but now this — and one of the things she wants me to do is lower his thyroid med dose back to where it was three months ago. So as I sit here I think — did the increased thyroid meds screw up his kidneys? I probably should have done the radiation therapy last year when the thyroid thing first happened. I am no fan of medications that you are on for life — they seem like a bad idea. If we'd done the radiation therapy he wouldn't have had to take the daily meds. Ugh.
So when Xing started on her kidney regimen she had a few good months, then faded pretty quick. Beginning to end, six months. Here's hoping Harry responds well and bounces back. He lost two pounds in the last three months, though, bringing him down to 9 pounds (from a high a few years ago of 14 pounds). That doesn't leave him a lot of reserves.
I'm sad, of course, but I'm also pissed off. There was no indication of any kidney issues at his last blood test. My vet said that his thyroid meds weren't keeping up, so she increased the dose (not a lot, but some). He was fine for a while, but now this — and one of the things she wants me to do is lower his thyroid med dose back to where it was three months ago. So as I sit here I think — did the increased thyroid meds screw up his kidneys? I probably should have done the radiation therapy last year when the thyroid thing first happened. I am no fan of medications that you are on for life — they seem like a bad idea. If we'd done the radiation therapy he wouldn't have had to take the daily meds. Ugh.
So when Xing started on her kidney regimen she had a few good months, then faded pretty quick. Beginning to end, six months. Here's hoping Harry responds well and bounces back. He lost two pounds in the last three months, though, bringing him down to 9 pounds (from a high a few years ago of 14 pounds). That doesn't leave him a lot of reserves.
