Hi Nina,
No, no feeding tube yet. He has a heart murmur nos something he
didn't have two weeks ago, everything else for the most part has
improved. Creatinine is high normal (2.4 was 3.3), BUN very slightly
high (40 was 52), potassium a little low (3.7), getting supplements for
that, phosphorus normal (3.6 was 8), his extremely high blood pressure
is way down from 284 to 173 in about 3 weeks. His sodium is low and
chloride is low, so adding salt to his food. My vet is coming by
Friday to listen to his heart and see if she still hears the murmur and
we'll see how his weight goes, so far he's holding at 8lbs 9oz, was 9lbs
about a month or so ago. Poor guy seems like every time I feed him I'm
shoving pills down him, he is so good about it. She talked with a
feline specialist about the feeding tube for CRF kitties and the
specialist said yes she would use it if needed. Reason we were
wondering is because at some point in CRF progression, the metabolism
changes and a catobolic state occurs, they don't know what causes it or
how to stop it, but it basically means they lose weight and muscle
wasting happens. My vets cat was eating like a piggy, her words, yet
only weighted 4 pounds when she finally euthanized her, she was slowly
starving to death because of the catabolic state. Something to do with
not absorbing the protein and nutrients in their food if I'm
understanding it correctly.
We'll see how things go Friday.
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