It's been a bad year for pets in the Collins' household.
First Sea King's untimely demise, then the unfortunate incident with the amputee Ow! and now it is Snowball's turn. Following a few rather inconvenient peeing-on-bed events coupled by her extreme thirst, we took her off to the vet. $300 in blood tests later, good news - she is diabetes free! The bad news - she has feline chronic renal failure.
So she is now on a low protein diet, medication and a powder to reduce her phosphorous levels - to be administered every 12 hours for the rest of her life - oh joy!
She is very young to have this so it is likely hereditary. It is terminal and she will get only another couple of years. Fear not, we wont be joining a support group or dedicating a blog to the "emotional roller coaster" or even giving up weekends away. But, as she is responding really well to treatment, we have committed to juggle for a while and see how we go. Dad's one shot solution is always an option!
First Sea King's untimely demise, then the unfortunate incident with the amputee Ow! and now it is Snowball's turn. Following a few rather inconvenient peeing-on-bed events coupled by her extreme thirst, we took her off to the vet. $300 in blood tests later, good news - she is diabetes free! The bad news - she has feline chronic renal failure.
So she is now on a low protein diet, medication and a powder to reduce her phosphorous levels - to be administered every 12 hours for the rest of her life - oh joy!
She is very young to have this so it is likely hereditary. It is terminal and she will get only another couple of years. Fear not, we wont be joining a support group or dedicating a blog to the "emotional roller coaster" or even giving up weekends away. But, as she is responding really well to treatment, we have committed to juggle for a while and see how we go. Dad's one shot solution is always an option!
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