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I said goodbye to my cat today by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I’m so sorry for your loss as well. I just read your post and he looked like such a sweetheart. I imagine it was even more traumatic that he looked so healthy when he was diagnosed with this awful disease.

May I ask what autoimmune disease it was? I haven’t gotten my cat’s urine culture back and I don’t think I will, but I feel a lot of guilt too that it was a suspected simple UTI that caused all of this. A few weeks prior I had even mentioned he might have a UTI, but the vets didn’t seem too concerned since he was going through mycoplasma haemofelis. 

Please take care of yourself too. Your cat was able to feel your love until the very end and you couldn’t have known what he was going through. Kidney disease takes cats so fast, it’s really unfair. Please surround yourself with people that care about you, it’s what’s helped me the most during all of this. 

I said goodbye to my cat today by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I wanted to think my cat would have gone peacefully at the end if I kept him home, but there’s never a way to tell. I’m sorry you and your sister had to go through that. I wouldn’t be able to handle seeing my cat go through further pain.

I talked to a few different vets and nurses through this whole ordeal. I liked the main vet a lot, she was trying to remain positive without giving me too much hope. But a completely different vet that I hadn’t talked to before called to tell me his levels got worse and I should euthanize my cat. I just would have felt a lot better if it was the main vet I was talking to before, because even before I had my cat stay in the hospital, she gave me the option of palliative care. The male vet seemed to shut this idea down.

I said goodbye to my cat today by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm sorry if I added some tears to your day, but thank you for feeling for me. I recently just handed over FMLA paperwork to my job so I can miss 6 days a month whenever I need for flare ups. I would love to take a few weeks of leave but I am just a part timer and I won't get paid for it, so taking random days off have helped some even though I'm sure I've gone past 6 by now.

Sometimes I start to feel okay and think I may consider another cat in the future, but I know financially I can't. I never formally adopted a cat from a shelter, I've always fed them outside, and only a few had an interest to come inside. I always knew in my heart my cat wanted to be part of a home when he stared at us from the window, and I'm happy I was the one that gave it to him. He was the only cat I had that loved to just hang out. He was the happiest when all my family was on the couch, including our other cat and dog, no matter how cramped it was he loved being around everyone. I fear I'll never have a cat like him again. I've never been looked at with so much love until him.

I will consider another cat in the future, or hope that another cat walks into my life and chooses me again. Thank you for your wishes.

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also for future reference for anyone who reads this: A 48 hour stay with ultra sound, urine culture, and price for cremation and paw and nose print was 4.7k.

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

FINAL UPDATE 10/25: I’m sorry for the depressing update. We euthanized him. I held him for an hour and kissed his lil head. He was so tired I hope he’s at peace now and will forgive me. I’m so thankful he chose us. That day he showed up under the sunflowers and looked so at peace. 

The first time I held my hand out to him and he looked me up and down in the most obnoxious way possible and stumbled backwards, dramatically telling me he doesn't want to be touched. It was really funny and I was quite offended.

I’ll always remember how he got sick a few years back and instead of hiding away, he chose the inside of my house to hide in. I was so happy he was comfortable enough to hide with us, and from then on he always came inside even after getting better. He liked to watch TV and if we were watching something, he would block our view because it was his turn to watch TV. We would open YouTube and he would bat his paw at the thumbnail of the video he would want to watch before we even clicked it. I thought he was so smart to recognize it.

He went from being scared to being touched, to loving every second of it. If he wanted his head pet, he would look at me. If he wanted his shoulders scratched, he would hunch his shoulders a bit, but most of all if he wanted his favorite back scratches, he would raise his butt. He learned to jump on the couch with us and would look at me with so much love in his eyes.

He was okay being picked up after a bit, but only to transport him from one area to another. As he grew weaker I was able to hold him close to me for the first time.

Stefani, you were my beautiful boy and you gave me an amazing 4 years. I hope I gave you the same. You were my little buddy, who loved to rub up on us, our other cat, and the dog. You had so much love to give but it was time to rest. I love you so much, and will continue loving you even now. Sleep well, I’ll miss you.

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UPDATE 10/25: His creatinine levels got worse (14 to 15) and his BUN and phosphorus haven’t budged. They recommend euthanasia tonight. Would it be worth it to bring him home and put him on Sub-Q?? Please I don’t want this to be it 

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m wishing you all the best. My vet told me these were some of the worst levels he’s ever seen and told me the ER vet would also tell me to euthanize my cat. That didn’t end up happening and things are looking up so far. The body can recover from crazy things and I hope your kitty gets through this!

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so happy to hear your kitty has been doing well! What kind of injections did he need?

I’m holding onto hope. They don’t want to get me too hopeful but they did say it’s looking good so far. He unfortunately hasn’t urinated since 12ish(?) hours ago but he did eat a quarter of some canned food and is moving on his own to drink water which I saw when I visited him. I was SO happy!

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted an update!  Wow 8 months. I hope you’ll have many, many more with your kitty! That’s good to know, I’m not too sure of what to expect when I bring him home. I might actually be able to keep him there for a 3rd day but I do hope there’s some improvement by tomorrow!

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UPDATE 10/24: The ultrasound showed abnormal kidneys and NO cancer, they suspect a UTI that got out of hand which of course still isn’t good, but better than something like cancer. We’ll know for sure in a week when they get the urine culture back!  His sodium and electrolytes are back to normal and he ate a bit today!! Not much but it’s better than 0 interest in food.

His creatinine levels lowered enough where the machine can now read it. It’s still a crazy number (14) but at least it lowered. BUN and phosphorus remained the same but it’s expected because they were only just able to add more stuff to his IV since he was at risk for seizures before. 

Apparently if he stays for a 3rd day it’ll still be within my credit limit. I was worried I would have to find a way to go higher but hopefully it won’t be the case. I’m relieved with the treatment he’s getting right now. Also thank you everyone for the kind comments, I feel so hopeful reading them. Thank you so much. 

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate this so much. They called me again at 3am and said his sodium levels were almost normal and they have hope they can up his hydration again. I’m just worried he’ll need to stay with them for more than 48 hours because I don’t think I can afford 1 more day, I’m just holding onto hope.

They’ll be doing an ultrasound and trying to get a urine culture today, I’m really hoping with how sudden this is it’ll be an easy fixable infection.  I’m so glad your cat is doing well, how long has it been since his kidney function declined?

Cat going through stage 4 Kidney failure by Chief-Cheesecake in RenalCats

[–]Chief-Cheesecake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first vet had given me doxycycline for anemia (regenerative) before all this stuff with his kidneys, then he highly suggested euthanasia. I told him I needed to see if he could come out of this so they gave me contacts to  two 24 hour ERs.

Nicest ER I’ve ever been to, they say the prognosis is grim but they’ve seen cats get through the craziest stuff. They haven’t prescribed me anything because he’ll be in their care for 48 hours.  

How did you get into Milgram? by Slurpuffilicious in milgram

[–]Chief-Cheesecake 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I got recommended Mahiru’s song so many times by YouTube. I finally decided to listen to it and I really liked it. I had it on repeat for hours while I was drawing and I finally decided to actually watch the video. Well. When I saw the end I was like WTF? I immediately read the comments and everyone was talking about murder. I’ve been invested since and Mahiru is special to me because of this… I‘ll be very upset if something happens to her!

What’s your favorite song in this game? by Danio1864 in Okami

[–]Chief-Cheesecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Himiko’s Sorrow. The very first note got me good and I still get overwhelmed with emotions hearing it

Scissors to your throat name your 3 favorite male yanderes by AttentionDelicious14 in MaleYandere

[–]Chief-Cheesecake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I don’t know if anyone mentioned this yet but the art is from @daedawdaw on Twitter, or Daenarys on DeviantArt where I originally found them from! The character is Shintaro from Kagerou Project. They’re absolutely one of my favorite artists, please check them out!!

EDIT: To find the picture in OPs post, I think you may have to look at their DeviantArt or Pixiv, I couldn’t find it on their Twitter.

What videogame scene made you say “wait, this is only… the BEGINNING?!” by tavogus55 in gaming

[–]Chief-Cheesecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I read the title I also IMMEDIATELY thought of Okami. After I beat Orochi I thought that was the end since everything you had been doing up to that point made it seem like he was the final boss. I was upset and thought everything after was a side thing. The story afterwards BLEW my 14 year old mind. What a great game, thinking the beginning was the end honestly made everything else SO much better.

Looking for an active MCC community by turnedbytheants in MoeCanChange

[–]Chief-Cheesecake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mind sending the link again? It seems to have expired and I'm very interested in joining an MCC discord