Dear Friends ; My lovely cat Munga is sufferent kidney failure right now . He is 12 Years old . We were already aware of his chronic kidney problem . We check everymonth his blood test , creatine , bun .. etc . We also support the kidney supplement and daily transfuse ( 200ml ) He was quite good condition , running , playing and eating well . 3 day ago ; suddeny he stopped urinate . We took him hospital and we shocked because creatine and Bun was +10 times higher than normal . ( last check was 7 days ago and everything was normal ) Doctors suspect for obstruction but CT result show no obstruction . Immidiately we toom him dialysis . First session was succes . He is doing well but still no urinate . Our purpose of dialysis give some time to kidney to rest . Because it wasnt totally functional but at least was working . There is also water in the kidney . Its expanding . Looks like bladder also leaking because there is water in abdominal . His immune system is fine . We used to do steamcell therapy sometimes I believe that it makes him healtier . We dont know what to do . What happened in one night and we ended up in here . Questions .. Questions .. I'm not ready for this .
Hey guys I just thought I would share a link to a very good resource to help member understand,
Chronic renal failure and its progression (CKD)
I hope this helps explain the above for you.
Species: Canine
Age: 14
Sex/Neuter status: Intact (neutering is no longer an option with his murmur)
Breed: Mini Schnauzer
Body weight: 19
History: Grade 4 heart murmur, BPH, seizures, anxiety
Clinical signs: Bad breath, decreased appetite, tremors, weight loss (3lbs)
Duration: 1.5 months
Your general location: Florida
About 2 months ago, my boy had a seizure. He has them a few times a year. They’re normally not that bad, but this one was, and he ended up aspirating some vomit.
He developed pneumonia, and was treated with Marboquin & Lasix (20mg BID x2weeks). He had blood tests & X-rays. Everything was fine except for the cloudy spot in his lung, the BPH, and his WBC.
He was great after a week, and then he wasn’t. His appetite changed, he started drinking way more water than normal, and he was lethargic. I figured it was the lasix making him feel crappy. I stopped the lasix treatment early, his activity improved a little bit, but then he stopped wanting to eat altogether and then the tremors & bad breath came. He was still drinking a lot, was walking fine, & peeing was normal. He’s only vomited once at this point.
Made an appointment with the vet. They tell me he’s in chronic renal failure. They IV flushed him for 3 days. They had to be careful about it because of the heart murmur. (They also mentioned his lungs sounded good, and another blood panel showed WBC were normal). They told me his numbers improved a bit after the first treatment, but he was not in the clear.
Got a second opinion from another vet because, at that point, I was like what do you mean he’s in chronic renal failure? He was fine a month ago?? This vet was better at explaining how chronic renal can seem sudden. I’m not in denial anymore. The first vet was optimistic about his recovery. The second vet gave a very grim prognosis.
Anyway, after his flushing, his appetite is better (but definitely not where I’d like it, and he’s become extremely picky). Still drinking just fine. Still walking good. Still peeing & pooping good. Not as energetic, but still excited when he sees other dogs. Will chase me a little. Will howl at strangers. His breath is still horrible. Still has tremors.
Currently taking:
Pimobendan 2.5mg BID (for murmur)
Famotidine 10mg once daily
Mylanta 10mL once daily, both to prevent nausea, vomiting, and ulcers due to renal failure. And to help extract phosphorus.
Galliprant 20mg once daily for BPH
Tramadol 50mg
... keep reading on reddit ➡51F, 5’9, very thin, getting thinner fast, white, USA. non-smoker, non-drinker; no prescriptions; occasional Tylenol; was very active, fit and healthy until roughly 6 months or so ago when her health started taking a nosedive; she looks worse every week now. It started with vague abdominal discomfort and episodes where she was freezing cold but her face would get hot and tomato red for hours. She didn’t think much of this, she’s not a worry-wart. But then everything went to shit, fast. Overwhelming sleepiness. Shortness of breath. Rapid weight loss w/o change in eating habits, intermittent severe hypoxemia requiring supplemental oxygen, and now total weakness/zero stamina. Elevated 24-hour urine 5-HIAA. Several Covid tests - all negative. (I might xpost for visibility)
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At Christmas 2020 mom was great/healthy. Starting in January she began to feel unwell and as of now, she's dropped at least 25lbs since then - probably a lot more - w/normal appetite; she looks seriously ill, her face is wan, eyes are “dull,” and she’s gaunt. Her former vibrant energy is gone, she’s tired all the time, just completely spent. As the weeks go by, over the past 6 mos, she has gotten progressively weaker - by this point she can't stand for more than a few minutes without needing to bend over with her hands on her knees or sit down. She’s out of breath so easily. The only time she feels relatively okay is when she’s eating lol (I’m sorry but we both find that funny and we have to focus on the funny when we can). But while she eats plenty, even eating takes a toll on her energy tbh.
She has been diagnosed with “Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia” and is on supplemental oxygen as needed; but her oxygen desaturations (which are severe) only happen when she’s up and moving about, moves too much or is walking. If she’s resting her oxygen is fine. She feels exhausted just resting too, though. VQ test normal btw.
Quick notes: She recently had an elevated 24-hour urine 5-HIAA test that was ordered for possible carcinoid tumor/her flushing - it could be a false positive because her colonoscopy was normal and so far imaging hasn’t found one. GI doc wants to do an endoscopy now but will not go ahead with it until she gets clearance from the pulmonologist. And as you might tell from all of this - it will be a miracle if they can find out what’s causing the hypoxemia. So we are stuck for now :(
We are lucky to live in a city wit
... keep reading on reddit ➡Species: Canine Breed: King Charles Cavalier mix Age: 10.5 Weight: ~45lb Sex: male
Brief medical history: No real issues, he is a ravenous eater typically. He has lymes disease and he is a bit overweight, but he’s also very large for his breed. We suspect he is mixed with something larger.
Time since symptoms: it’s been about 4 weeks now since I first noticed he was having trouble pooping. He has gotten into the trash before and eaten paper towel etc. that has blocked him up so I didn’t think much of it. A few days later is when he started to act disinterested in his food and I finally took him to the vet. I’ve been beating myself up for waiting that long.
My dog stopped eating and was having trouble pooping a few weeks ago. We took him to the vet and the bloodwork showed extremely high levels of Creatinine, BUN, and Phosphorus. The immediately put him on IV fluids and kept him for a week. His levels were dropping but not to the point where they really need to be so they sent him home with us. We have to do subcutaneous fluid therapy twice a day and feed him a paste made up of Hills Urinary Care wet food, water, and a powdered phosphorus binder. He absolutely hates the food and that makes it so much more difficult as I have to force feed it to him. The vet says it’s chronic, but it really feels like it came on so suddenly. He still seems so happy and lively. I know he’s not ready to go but I’m afraid we will need yo put him down soon. Is there anything we can do to help him? He also seems to be slipping and nearly falling over somewhat frequently since we got him back. Is this a sign that he is too far gone? Like I said, he still seems so full of life and love. We aren’t ready to let him go. I just want to know what we can do to extend his life in the most comfortable way possible and make sure he isn’t in pain. If he is on his way out, I’d rather feed him food he enjoys. He loves carrots and watermelon and of course meats like chicken or fish. Can he eat these things ?
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Hi everyone, As part of my final year dissertation project, I am investigating what influences owners/previous owners of dogs diagnosed with chronic renal failure choose to feed a homemade diet or a veterinary formulated diet. I would really appreciate your time in completing this survey, it should take no more than 10 minutes and the responses given are completely anonymous. Thank you so much!
I am currently a giant mess, so I'm sorry if this is gibberish. On Friday my dog got diagnosed with renal failure but we didn't know which kind. Today it turned out it is chronic renal failure. Our vet said it's fifty-fifty if our boy survives this. I beg you for some survival stories to give us at least some hope, also any adive on the matter would be greatly apprecieated.
I get that in AKI, the tubules are damaged hence unable to reabsorb sodium leading to high sodium excretion and thus high urinary sodium.
What about chronic renal failure? Wouldn't GFR fall -> RAAS activated -> sodium retention leading to low urinary sodium?
Is ESRD a terminal consequence of Chronic Renal Failure? What is the prognosis in each of the case?
As title explains, a month or two ago, me and my SO adopted a kitty from our local shelter. We make a point of adopting older, difficult to place cats. Our first cat died a few month ago from heart failure after 1.5 years with us.
We now adopted an even older cat with stage 2 (going on stage 3) chronic renal failure. This is the first time we adopted a cat with a known medical condition. Although we knew very well that the cat was definitely not going to stay with us long, at the shelter they said maybe two years or so, we are now dealing with the issue of how to deal with his end of life care.
Our last cat had a tough last 2-3 months of his life, as his condition suddenly deteriorated and we kept treating him without results, causing a lot of stress in our cat before we euthanized him. I am happy with the choices we made with our previous cat, however, he definitely did suffer in the end, which he did not deserve.
We have decided that we do NOT want to let our new cat progress into end stage renal failure, as we decided this is not an acceptable quality of life. We'd rather have him euthanized 'early' than have him suffer. He already has a lot of stomach/digestion issues and vomits often, and I even think he is in pain at times (though definitely not all the time or even often) as he sometimes hunches away all tensed up and doesn't react to things happening around him like he usually does. He also tries to pee quite often without being able to. Obviously, the renal failure is already getting to him, even if it's not end stage yet.
This brings us to the question: when to decide up front when to euthanize your cat?
There are very little resources on the internet of people discussing this topic, especially with regard to chronic renal failure. Every blog/forum post I find is about cats being in absolute distress and experiencing significant issues due to their renal failure. What I am looking for is input and maybe experiences from others on how to decide up front when it is time to say goodbye and what kind of symptoms/criteria would be a good indicator for this.
