Meowllo evewypawdy, da weekend’s finally here! Woohoo Yous askin’ yousselff why me be so ‘cited it’s da weekend since meez a cat and meez mommy be disabled and home wiff us all da time anyways, wight? You wuld be wight ‘bout boff those fings, but it seems eeven tho’ mommy dusn’t work anymowe hers still kinda wuns like she duz. She twies to put in hers 12 hours on da puter evewyday workin’ on meez bloggy and visitin’ wiff ow furiends, and facebook and all da udder stuffs we do. And now hers puttin’ in extwa time wesearchin’ fings ‘bout sis Lexi’s CKD/CRF. So when da weekend comes, she usually spends mowe time wiff us and less on da puter. It keeps us behind in ow visitin’, but she sez all this wuz stawted fur us, and ifin she dusn’t spend time wiff us, then all this wuz fur naught. So dat’s why meez so happy ‘bout it bein’ da weekend. And meez hostin’ a dance at Cat Scouts tomowwo. Yeah me be a little nervous cuz meez never dun this afur, but meez still ‘cited cuz it’s gunna be so much fun. Ifin yous been finkin’ ‘bout joinin’ up, no time like da purresent. Just click on da link (cat scouts) above.
As you all know weez now 7 weeks into sis Lexi’s diagnosis of early stage Renal Failure. Hers diagnosis wuz made wiff a simple urinalysis and altho’ mommy asked fur bloodwork to be dun, ow Vet found dat unnecessary. Dat did bodder mommy a bit, but she wuz so shocked by da diagnosis she kuldn’t weally fink very clearly and let it go. She came home and dug in and stawted wesearchin’. Evewy where she looked, blood work seemed very purrtant. Has sumfin’ to do wiff da nummews and all. So when mommy took Lexi in fur hers 6 week check up, she again asked fur a blood work up. Da Vet completely ignored mommy and sed she wuz duin’ what she needed to be duin’ and dat sissy looked gweat. Now mommy wuz fwustwated. We like ow Vet and we get a small discount which weally helps, but mommy feels she weally needs mowe infurmation to manage sissy’s illness. Specially when we heard fwum ow sweet furiend Brian dat Zoe had beat this pawful fing based on hers nummews. So mommy set out to learn how to make Lexi da next one to beat this pawfull disease. Turns out dat wuz easier sed then dun.
Don’t know what’s up wiff da Vets wound here, but getting’ one to do a CBC/Sr. Blood Panel wuz hawder than we evew spected. Evewy time we turn wound one of ow furiends is havin’ their blood stolen, but dat’s not sumfin’ kitties wound here have to deal wiff pawently. But yesfurday we finally found a vet dat wuld do just dat. Now we need to find da munny to pay fur it afur ow pointment on Monday. Da cost is gunna be $132.00. Dat wuld include da office visit, Full CBC and a new urinalysis. We kuld get by wiff $100.00 and skip da urinalysis, but mommy wuld like to get furesh tests as ifin it wuz da furst time so she wuld have a complete picture of where sissy be at. Mommy found dat there awe noms out there dat sissy will eat dat not be outwageously purriced. They awen’t purrscwiption, but mommy hasn’t had any kitty dat wuld eat those purrscwiption diets. As weez sed afur, it be da phosphowous content dat needs to be low, not da purrotien. Altho’ da purrotien needs to be fwum a “good” source. Ifin you can help wiff da Vet cost we wuld sure purreciate it. Ow PayPal addwess be on da PayPal link on ow sidebaw.
Here’s to wishin’ y’all a pawsum weekend full of sunshine and warm wedder. Weez got sum wain in ow furcast, but weez holdin’ out hope dat da sun peeks fwu anyways. But eevew way weez gunna be playin’ and havin’ fun wiff mommy and da Cat Scouts. Oh and as always weez joinin’ up wiff Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Pawade Blog Hop.
Till da next time……………….Be Blest!!!
Service Cats U.S. 
Mee-you Lexi yur lookin so fine butt wee knowss wee can look good an bee unwell at thee same time!!
Yur Vet iss like our new Vet…..an thiss wurriess Ladymum as it wurriess Lady A too. Bloodwerk wood help yur Mumma figure out how to care fur you an thee Vet should have been nicer….
if wee could help wee wood…mee iss sneezin an BOTH mee eyess are runnin so mee mite bee goin to mee Vet’ss thiss comin week iff mee doess not tern round….it iss $63. just to bee seen…reedickuluss wee finkss an LadyMum has to pay up front too.
LadyMum contacted Doc Dave an hee reeplied onlee once an hee did not even ask bout mee 😦
That hert!
Good luck with thee Vet vizit Lexi!
paw kissess Siddhartha Henry xxxx
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Sowry ’bout Dr. Dave, but purrawlly best hims not asked ’bout ya’ ifin hims not wanna tweat ya’ And altho’ we purreciate yous offer we know yous can’t afford it anymowe than we can. We don’t spext anypawdy to help and awe purrleasantly supwised and blest when sumpawdy duz. Altho’ mommy sez she will always ask when it comes to us. Hope and purray yous get better and not have to go to da Vet.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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No blood taken until you were begging?What is up with that. Here to the vets think they need to steal our blood fur the strangest reasons…so then we have the opposite trouble, we just say no…well, meowmy does if she thinks it will not be helpful…Minko will be needing some labs again, and meowmy is sure the vet will want to do way more than meowmy wants…sigh…
We sure hope that this CRF will be held at bay fur a long long time.
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Yep dat’s wight. we don’t know what’s up wiff dat. Fank you, we hope we can hold it off and get wid of it. We hope dat Lexi is one of da one in a million.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Yous guys looks marvelous darlings. Sending yous Lots of Purrayerts, and Kisses
Nellie
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Fank you sweet Nellie.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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That is so odd that no one wanted to do blood work. Around here, they ALWAYS want to do every test possible, I wish you had a low cost clinic near you, there is one about a half hour from us that goes by income and will do a full panel for about $40. Those should be available everywhere, I wll try to make a donation.
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We agwee Miss Ellen. There shuld be more of those kind of clinics. But it’s not weally da blood test dat be so spensive. It’s not cheap, but it’s all da udder fings yous gotta pay too. You know da 60.00 office visit evewytime takes a chunk afur yous ever had anyfin’ dun. We purreciate all you do and hav dun fur us.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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I think it’s always best to put a cat with renal disease on a special diet, even if it’s still in the early stages. Better keep it in the early stages…
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Fanks fur yous input, but studies don’t weally purrove dat. And fur dat matter da only studies dun on RX diets be dun by da makers of dat food. We fink dat makes them a bit skewed.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Merlin was diagnosed with CKD four years ago and he’s 20 so there is hope! There’s are lots of great resources online and finding a good vet helps.
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Fanks Miss Layla, weez hopin’ fur a lot longer wiff sissy.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Purrs and hugs from all of us. We totally agree, the bloodwork is an absolute necessity.
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Fanks Brian, weez glad weez finally gunna be able to get it dun.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Hoping your Mom can get the money for Lexi to have proper tests…..it’s so expensive we know – I’m going today for blood work and we know it won’t be cheap but we must do it. Our vet lets people pay bills off “as they can” which is helpful – not all vets do that but we’re lucky that way. Can’t wait for the Sadie Hawkins Dance tomorrow Dezi! Sundae and I are ready!
Hugs, Sammy
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Yep Sammy yous awe lucky. Da only vet we found dat wuld do dat wuz da one we use. But pawently dat means hims won’t do da test we want. Don’t know, but we still owe him munny and now weez gunna hav this bill too. Anyways weez’ll be purrayin’ fut ya dat all’s good wiff yous test.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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I know the dance at Cat Scouts will be awesome with you hosting it. I sure hope you have a great time.
I pray Mommy can get the funds to take Lexi to a new vet. I believe that’s what is needed for Mommy to know everything that’s going on with her.
Have a wonderful weekend girls. Love you all so very much. Hugs and many kisses.
Mary
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Fank you awnty Mary. It’s gunna be gweat fun.
Mommy will do it even ifin her has to use da lectwicity munny cuz it’s needed to make da wight decisions fur sissy. And then she sed she’ll worry ‘bouot what we do when da lectwicity gets shut off and we get evicted later. So don’t worry, sissy will as always get what she needs. Mommy wuldn’t have it any udder way.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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This is a good thing!. Our mom was shocked and worried that no blood work was done originally, so many levels of things that it measures. Nothing good said about the prescription foods here either. High paw to your mommy for doing all the research and finding the right foods and vet for sisfur Lexi. Crossed paws and lots of purrs for all of you.
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Fanks awnty Ann and da Highcats. Mommy didn’t worry too much da furst pointment but when hers kep askiin’ and wuz ignored she got worried. And fanks fur yous help wiff sis Lexi’s noms and ow pawdee. We weally purreciate evewyfin’ yous dun fur us.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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