Well wishes please.

[joepythons]

I haven't been around much but thought I'd drop in an update. He's doing better. Still not 100% but much better. I just hope he's completely out of the woods by the time we run out of his antibiotics.

I meant to post the other day wondering how he was doing.Now hopefully he gets better day by day

[tigerlily]

That's wonderful to hear.

[~Elise~]

I know you said he is getting better, but is he peeing alright? My cat was on a special diet because he would get clogged with urine crystals. The first time he had syptoms very similar to your cat's, and was getting blood poisoning from the retained urine. That would explain the weepy eyes, because the body goes into anti-infection overdrive.

[Entropy]

He's always pee'd alright.

I was browsing the net last night and came upon a rather depressing site. Sadly Marz matched 90% of the symptoms so after switching vets I'm waiting on the results of a bloodtest to see if he's got CRF "Chronic Renal Failure" which is terminal and has it's ups and downs.

We'll see.

[slartibartfast]

It would be extremely unusual for a young kitten to have "chronic renal failure" but it's not unheard of. Basic bloodwork should tell you if his kidney values are elevated.

The good news is that with advances in medicine, these animals are able to have a longer and better life than previously. I went to a phenominal seminar on this very subject last weekend and can give you some of the latest management info if that's what it turns out to be.

I worry also about FIP, which is almost impossible to test for (vets who say they can are outdated) and can manifest in a variety of frustrating symptoms.

Edit: Also, "a blood test" cannot tell you offhand if he has chronic renal failure...it will give you a snapshot look at what his kidney values are at the time the blood was drawn. Repeated samples over a period of time (days, weeks, months) will let you see if the values remain elevated, or if they were affected secondary to some other condition.

[tigerlily]

Oh that's just terrible. I hope that he'll be ok. When will you get the results? *keeping fingers crossed*

[Entropy]

Jess, CRF came up in my early searches but they said it mainly was a problem with older cats so I didn't really check it out. However after looking around last night due to some other symptoms of his which have recently started and I read through all the symptoms...I can positively check mark almost all of them. And recently he's had blood in his iris's. A sign of hypertension or so I read.
I really really hope this is just a case of nutty owner misdiagnosing at home since I'm not as experienced with cat ailments as with say horses and dogs.
Thanks for posting Jess and thanks so much for the well wishes Christie.

[slartibartfast]

Eeeep! Blood in his iris? Does your vet know? If not, call them and tell them ASAP. That is -never- a good sign and he needs a more agressive work-up immediately.

[Entropy]

Yes the vet knows.

[Entropy]

After extensive bloodwork and tests Marz was put to sleep today at 12:42 p.m. Pacific time.
Bye Marz.