Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: candyshandy on June 09, 2007, 20:22:40 PM
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Thought it was about time I updated all my old mates from CC on my Fabes.
Fabes lost a lot of weight again in November and since then has been having many many tests - first from the vet and now he is under the care of the Uni of Liverpool Small Animal Hospital.
He basically has extremely high levels of ionised calcium in his blood which now seems to be causing him to go into the early stages of CRF. He also has kidney stones and one of his kidneys is shrinking as the other one is getting bigger.
He has had exploratory ops to search for any tumours (this is main cause of high calcium) but none have been found.
He is now on steroids and hopefully these will help bring those calcium levels down and slow down the CRF.
In himself he is absolutely fine, playing with the other 2 and eating well. So at the moment I'm quite positive but obviously know that he won't be like this all the time.
Anyway - one of the reasons for posting was to update you all but also to stress the importance of asking to be referred to specialists if the vet is hitting a brick wall! Fabes started with this over 2 years ago and I accepted the vets acceptance that it was 'one of those things' and just changed his diet.
Its very expensive but luckily I'm insured and feel confident that he is receiving the best care. :)
For those of you who can't remember him here he is!
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im sorry he is porley candy , i hope they can get to the bottom of it
its frustrating i know as mango has a ongoing prob we cant get to the bottom of
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Sorry to hear Fabian is not well and hope they can get it sorted,
Great advice about the specialist, thanks ;D
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Aww, thanks for the update - are they suspecting PKD? Fingers crossed that they can keep things under control - how old is he again?
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PKD has been ruled out thankfully - they think its something called Idiopathic hypercalceamia - in English that means unexplained high calcium levels!
Fabes turned 7 last month ;)
x
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Fingers crossed they can do something for it then, esp as he isn't old.
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Another update!!
Fabian has been attending Uni of Liverpool every 2 to 3 weeks since I last posted on this thread having bloods done and medication changed etc.
Just before Christmas we went along for a check up and she found a heart murmer and he had to have a heart scan. He is now in the early stages of heart disease and at the time his blood pressure was sky high.
Well, we went again yesterday and his calcium levels have gone down again to 1.38 - normal levels are about 1.32 - so a huge improvement!!!!! ;)
His blood pressure is also back to normal, weight is again normal and he is as bright as a button! Chuffed to bits!
I took the decision for him to have a lion cut a couple of months ago as he wasn't coping well with being groomed and he seems to have perked up no end since then - strange!
Here's a piccie of him in his t-shirt 8)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/candiceh/Fabian/001.jpg)
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all sounds good. I have to say I was half-expecting this to be an update from a proud mum, what with him off to university like that! :rofl: But no, my lack of local knowledge has sent me off on a tangent once more. Glad to hear he is making positive progress and i have to say, in that T-shirt, all he needs is a couple of tatts and he would scare off the local hoodies ;)
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Awww CS, I just love that piccie of him......I've looked at it so many times in the last few weeks :Luv2: :Luv2: :Luv2: I'm really chuffed the gorgeous Fabes is doing so well and putting on weight, he is gorgeous bless him, give him a cuddle from his Aunty Dawn and tell that FooFoo to be nice to him ;)
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Drop dead gorgeous and beautiful. Glad he is doing well
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Aww, bless him.
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Fabian looks so sweet :Luv:, glad he is better now. :hug: