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I need fast Advice.. My 7 Mo. old Cat is Dying...

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My 7 month old Black male cat is in my Vets office dying as we speak and it's killing me, my Wife and my Cats Sister. We brought him in 12-30 for Neuter, Declaw, Rabies, Distemper, and Feline Leukemia. He came home the next day and was just fine like nothing happened. 2 Days later he started projectile vomiting, and not eating or drinking and looked depressed. I brought him in Sunday 1-4-09 and my Vet kept him. He was a bit dehydrated and one paw was a little red from Surgery. My Vet called me today and asked if he could do Exploratory Surgery or an extensive Blood test. I said ok. He called me less than an hour from then and told me he thinks my Kitten might have accute Kidney Failure. He said the first numbers that were suppose to be like 2.4 were 9.5 and the other set of numbers were suppose to be something like under 20 and his were over 100. He told me he needs to keep him a few days and run an IV and try to flush his kidneys or he will die. He was so happy, lovable and normal before his Surgery and now.. I may lose him. SHould I seek a second opinion or should I keep going with this Vet or.. I need help. He is an Amazing Cat with such wonderful personality and I don't want to lose him.. Please help!!

One Response to “I need fast Advice.. My 7 Mo. old Cat is Dying...”:

  •   Allison Williams, DVM says:

    January 05th, 2009 at 08:33 PM

    Your vet seems to know what is happening and how to treat him and that is the most important thing.  I would stay there since they know him the best.

    Acute kidney failure can happen for many reasons.  Infection, certain drugs and congenital (born with) problems can occur.  Acute disease is serious BUT in many cases, reversible with proper treatment (aggressive fluid therapy / antibiotic therapy).  If it is a problem that he was born with, the prognosis is not as good.  Keep positive - if they can't provide good intensive care, that is when I would think about switching clinics.  I am not sure that the exploratory is necessary if he already assumes the kidneys are failing since the anesthesia will put more stress on the kidneys. 

    Again, stay with your vet - they have not done anything wrong.  Sometimes life throws us these curve balls and we just have to do our best to overcome them.   Not every procedure is routine and again, he may have had an infection (that he could've picked up anywhere) that is now exacerbated due to the stress of surgery. 

    Please let me know how he does. Best of luck to you - Allison Williams, DVM

     

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