Good afternoon felinity assembled!
Daddy took me to the vet for my first real checkup since his eye issues cropped up in November. I had lost weight from 12 to 10 lbs. and was not eating as much as I needed to.
Hey, I don't understand it either, and it's been an issue for over a year or so.
A physical check found only a heart murmur, and my arthritis had moved to now include my shoulders (Well, hell, at least I knew THAT!). No teeth issues or other outward signs of problems.
The vet suggested the next thing to try would be blood work and a urinalysis. I agreed with daddy, and so the Doc and 2 assistants put me in a blanket to help manage my, um, co-cooperativeness, and, as I cussed up a storm, they went to work to get samples.
I won't repeat what I said, here, as I don't want to encourage Elvira, or any young'uns in the readership.
Since I was in no mood to, um, perform, I had to come back another day to pee to their satisfaction. The indignity! I swear.
The upshot is, $280 later, they found no signs of diabetes, or liver disease, but my kidney values were mildly elevated showing signs of mild kidney disease. Urine was clear, and my blood pressure was a little high.
The weight loss and loss of protein might be related to inflammatory bowel disease, so to they are returning me to Prednisolone, but twice a day, and 1 Aller G-3, Omega 3 liquicap a day. All this to stimulate my appetite.
The good news is that I ain't dead, yet, and am still a reasonably active old geezer. :-D
Oh, and neither is daddy!
He got some potentially good news related to his situation, as well.
Medical Update: An interesting, Positive, Developement.
http://www.madmacedonian.com/2013/01/medical-update-an-interesting-positive-developement.html
I hope the meds help you out, Nikita - I am sending some purrs your way!
Posted by: Sparkle | January 30, 2013 at 01:28 PM
Purring that you gain a little weight and start feeling better!
Posted by: Andrea and the Celestial Kitties | January 30, 2013 at 03:10 PM
Thank you Andrea and Sparkle!
I feel fine other than the chow time issues and Ol' Arthur...
Why, just last night I spent most of the night pestering daddy, keeping him awake for hours after midnight, trying to pull his hair out because I was hungry!
Then when he fed me I did my usual, of late, and only ate a little of it before going back to chewing on his hair when he went back to bed. :-D
Posted by: Nikita | January 30, 2013 at 04:08 PM
Thank Cod for the good checkup, Nikita. We hope those meds are just what you need to feel better and put on a couple of LBs.
We're going to go read about Daddy Kiril now!
Hugs!
Posted by: meowmeowmans | January 30, 2013 at 07:58 PM
I hope the meds work too, should stimulate the appetite and help you gain back those pounds. Glad you are feeling fine especially since you have arthritis, not the finest feeling disease. We be purring for you.
Posted by: Mog | January 30, 2013 at 09:59 PM
We're glad you got a good checkup!!
The Florida Furkids
Posted by: The Florida Furkids | January 31, 2013 at 07:48 AM
Hang in there, kittie.
Posted by: Lee County Clowder | January 31, 2013 at 10:25 PM
We hope the pred works to get you noshing up lots of lovely fuuds Nikita!
Gerry & Mungo
Posted by: Everycat | February 05, 2013 at 08:27 AM