Unthankful Thursday, Thankful Thursday

MARLEY:   Well actually it was yesterday, but I am still not happy taday either!  I went ta the vet.  TBT put me in the open-top carrier (which lately means I get water injected) and I don't mind that too much since I stay at home.

But this time it was the vet!  I was upset to be in the car.

I was a good kitty and stayed quiet all the way there.

The place is kinna fancy.  Nice decor.  Kitty pictures on the walls too.

TBT said they needed some blood ta see if my new "kidney care" diet and the water injections were helping my health.  OK, I want to be healthy..  

But I was a Very Bad Kitty when the vet took me to "The Back Room".  I hissed and spit, struggled, and even pulled the needle out and made a mess of their table and my furs!  So they had ta clean me an I dint like that either.

When they brought me back ta TBT, I grumbled/mumbled/growled...

Well, look, I hadn't been fed in 15 HOURS!  I had been carried around in a strange place.  I'd been stabbed...  You wouldn't be happy either.

TBT:  I don't know what triggered his anger this visit.  He is usually quite calm and subdued at the vet.  In fact, he was so upset when they brought him back to me that he would even stop growling when I talked to him.  Well, some visits go better than others...

When we got home, I fed him immediately.  I'm really glad he loves the Hills's kidney care canned food and the Royal Canin "Renal T".  The vet says a lot of cats don't like it.

In spite of how upset Marley got this vet visit, there is some good news.  First, being kept away from kibble for a month, he has lost 5 ounces.  His BUN has gone from 63.7 to 46.7 (a very good improvement).  His creatinine did go from 2.4 to 2.8 and that didn't bother the vet much.

In fact, she suggested not needed to test him again for 6 months.  However, I'll be watching his weight, observing how much he eats (I weigh The Mews every couple of weeks anyway), and will schedule a blood panel again at 4 months at the most.  Maybe 3 months.  

But for now, it seems like the special diet and the sub Q injections are helping him quite a lot.