Meowllo evewypawdy hope yous havin a gweat week. Weez late getting’ meez posty out today cuz mommy wuz dog tired after all dat cleanin’ yesfurday. Da manager and exterminator wuz here this meownin’ fur ow mumffly inspection. They wuz makin’ all kinds of noises and spwayin’ poisin’ all over evewyfin’. Mommy always waits to mop till after da exterminator comes cuz fur sum weason hims finks hims needs to spway da fwidge, da oven and fwunt of cabinets and 6 inches away fwum da base boards. Sheesh, He makes such a mess. Anyways as you know meez joined up wiff da Bloggin’ A to Z Challenge fur this mumff and today is da letter G. G kuld stand fur so many fings, God, gwatitude, genewosity, and so on. So today weez talkin’ ‘bout those 3 G’s.
Weez’ll stawt wiff God, after all He is furst in ow house. We luv God wiff all ow hearts and purray evewy day fur all ow furiends and furmily. Dat includes all of you hoo be weadin’ this. And mommy purrays fur us all da time. Evewynight when we get into bed mommy puts hers hands on each of us and she purrays fur ow healff and happiness, and then we purray fur all of you. We ask God to keep you all safe and heallffy and blest. And sumtimes we send up extwa purrayers when one of you be goin’ fwu sumfin’ and need ‘em. And we have been purrayin’ fur Lexi a lot lately. Sumtimes duwin’ da middle of da day ifin we fwo up or look like weez not feelin’ so good, mommy will stop evewyfin’ and purray fur us wight then. Same wiff y’all. Ifin we wead a posty yous all puts out askin’ fur purrayers; mommy dusn’t wait till night time, hers duz it wight then and there. And of course yous wequest gets added to ow nightly purrayers too. We awe so Gwateful fur God’s Genewosity.
God bless mommy and sis Lexi and all our furwiends and fwamily. In Jesus Name, Amen
And dat’s not all weez Gwateful fur eevew. We awe also Gwateful fur da luv and Genewosity of all of you. You have helped us and so many udders in da blogosphere and world. Sumtimes wiff gween papews and sumtimes wiff purrayers and sumtimes wiff shawin’ and sumtimes just bein’ there to lissen when anudder needed an ear. We awe so purroud to be a pawt of such a wunnewful gwoup of animal luvvers. It gives us faiff dat there is still a lot of Good in this world.
And dat bwings us to a bad fing dat goes on sumwhere in da world evewyday. Today be a day fur awareness ‘bout dog fightin’. This bawbaric purractice is still going on today. In spite of laws and media and awareness dat this will no longer be tolewated, peeps awe still bweeding, abusin’ and fightin’ poor defenseless doggies. Mommy has always sed there’s no bad doggy or kitty in da world, just bad peeps. These dogs dat awe made to fight weren’t actually born to fight and kill, they were made dat way by peeps. So get da word out…Weez not gunna take it anymowe!!!! This behavior is not acceptable and weez wont support it in any way. No bweed of dog deserves to have a bad name because of irresponsible peeps. All dogs awe good dogs and deserve to have a good life.
I’z lubz youz mommy. Kin I’z habz sum mower treetz purrleez? Member itz minez Birffday mumff. (mommy didn’t want youz too seez herz legz soz datz da reezun fur da paynt)
Fanks again fur all you do evewy day to make life better fur anipals evewywhere. We awe so gwateful to have you all in ow lives. Fanks fur bein’ ow furiends.
Meowllo evewypawdy, we hope you had a wunnewful Easter weekend. Mommy took most of da day off yesfurday to spend wiff Lexi and me. Weez even got a little supwise fur ya’ later on. Now ifin yous member weez joined up wiff da Bloggin’ A to Z challenge fur this mumff and we left off wiff da letter D fur me. So dat means today is E’s day. And we told ya’ we wuld be writin’ ‘bout da test dat da doctow used to diagnose sis Lexi’s kidney disease. Ifin yous missed ow udder posties on Kidney disease yous can wead them here at The 3 A’s and B is fur…. So wiffout further adieu let’s get this show, or post on da road as they say.
Heska E.R.D. – Health Screen Feline Urine Test is a tool that can be used to help diagnose Kidney disease in not only cats, but there are also tests for canines and humans. It is a rapid immunoassay that detects low levels of albumin in the urine. It is specific and easy to use, and only takes about 5 – 10 minutes and requires only a small amount of urine. It is intended to be done in house for quick results. It is said to be able to detect the lowest levels of microalbuminuria in the urine, thus resulting in diagnosing at approximately 25 % of kidney function loss. Early detection, means longer life possibility and more management opportunities.
Kidney Disease is the number 2 cause of death in pet cats. And in the past it’s detection went undiagnosed until symptoms started appearing. A few of those symptoms are prolific drinking, and therefore an increase in urination, weight loss, reduction of appetite and bad breath. By the time symptoms appear typically kidney function has been decreased by 65 % in canines and 75 % in felines. At which point the assumption is the condition can’t be reversed, only managed as it progresses. So early detection could mean reversal and prolonged life for your cat or dog.
While the Heska E.R.D. is a wonderful tool used in the early detection of albumin in the urine, it is important to remember that there are other causes for those results and further testing should be done to confirm the proper diagnosis. Again you can read our previous posts by clicking the links above for more information on the importance of other testing and types. It is important to know that the method of urine collection can have an effect on the outcome of results. Urine can become contaminated very easily therefore the preferred method of collection is through Cystocentesis. This is where a doctor inserts a small needle through the skin and into the bladder to withdraw the sample. As horrible as it sounds there is little to no pain associated with this method and can be done quickly without anesthesia.
So Lexi has now had a general urinalysis that led to the E.R.D. where she was diagnosed with Kidney disease. We believe the fact that she was 15 led our VET make that diagnosis without further testing. And altho’ he was correct, we do think it was a bit unprofessional because the presence of albumin in the urine can also be caused by inflammatory, infectious or metabolic diseases. Further testing is and was required to properly diagnose and formulate a plan of treatment. So early detection of albumin in the urine is a great step in feline medicine and a great tool for early detection of a deadly disease. Just remember further testing is always a good idea. If there are underlying problems such as diabetes, IBD, dental disease, etc., the E.R.D. should be repeated 4 weeks after treatment to determine if albumin is still present.
Well we hope we shed a little mowe light on da scawy subject of Kidney disease. And now fur da supwise we purromissed. And we hope you enjoyed da fotos featurin’ sissy today. Ain’t she just bootyful? While playin’ yesfurday mommy wuz able to get a little video of sis Lexi havin’ a good time. She’s fixin’ to be 16 years old da 29ff of this mumff, and meez gotta tell ya’, meez sissy…she’s still got it. Fanks fur all yous luv and supppowt and purrayers. Kidney disease or no, meez sissy is da bestest!!!
Ifin you can’t see da video, purrlease click here.
Meowllo evewyawdy it’s anudder session of Blest Sunday. But not just any blest Sunday, no, this is also Easter Sunday. So of course ow biggest Blessin’ today and always is dat Jesus gave His life fur evewyone and rose again and lives so dat evewypawdy dat believes on Him can be saved. As we told ya’ yesfurday sissy had a weally bad weekend. Well fanks fur all yous purrayers cuz she ate a purretty good dinner last night and wuz able to keep it down. So a big WooHoo fur dat. Sissy be duin’ okay and me is okay too but mommy sed weez gunna take da day off so her can sppend da day playin’ wiff us and luvvin’ on us. But we did want ya’ to know dat it’s not cuz anypawdy be…you know; Weez okay. We have been blest wiff all of you who unnewstand mommy wantin’ to spend a day wiff us. It’s turned cold again so weez purrawlly not goin’ fur any stwolls. we went out da udder day and nearly furoze, so mommy learned hers lesson. Stead of lookin’ at da sunshine, check da wedder. MOL Anyways, we wanna wemind ya’ dat we will be back tomowwo wiff an explanation ‘bout da ERD test dat can be used to help determine CKD early. Now here’s to a happy and blest Easter.
Meowllo evewypawdy how ya’ duin’? We wuz finkin’ our last kupple posties have been purretty deep. So weez fawt we wuld take a little bweak today and tell ya’ ‘bout a new purroduct weez twied. As da west of meez posties this mumff it’s pawt of da Bloggin’ A to Z Chanllenge. And today da letter is C. Well obviously C stands fur Cat, wight?. And what C words kuld be used to descwibe a Cat? How ‘bout Cute and Cuddly. Yep those awe 2 words dat descwibe a kitty purrfectly. And ya’ know what? it’s also da name of da company dat makes da purroduct weez wanna talk ‘bout. Y’all member back this summer when me wuz piddlin’ on da floor stead of da pawdee box wight? Well ifin yous member mommy asked wound ‘bout what to use to get wid of da smell and make me go back to usin’ da pawdee box. She finally twied one of da better known purroducts on da mawket. But soon ow pawtment wuz wedun and da smell wuz gone. Fank catness cuz da stuff mommy had used didn’t work. And me had been weally good ‘bout usin’ da pawdee box since then.
So when we wuz asked to weview a purroduct fur cleanin’ up accidents or accidently on purrpusses, we almost sed no. But mommy fawt better and besides she had dat amonia smell in da caw fwum meez last Vet visit and sed okay. So Cute and Cuddly Pet Products sent us a bottle of their Bio-Enzymatic Odor and Stain Remover. And da day afur it awwived me had a accidentally on purrpuss piddle in da floor. Me kep meowin’ and tellin’ mommy da pawdee box had sumfin’ in it but she wuz eaitin’ sum taters and didn’t wanna get up and clean it. So me had to go in da floor. Okay so maybe me didn’t have too, but me didn’t wanna get in da dirty box. Never mind dat it was only at one end and in da corner. You hoomans wuldn’t wanna sit on da hooman pawdee box ifin sumfin’ wuz in there wight? And you don’t even hav to touch what’s in there. So why is it dat you fink we wanna step over and on da fings found in ow pawdee boxes? So me went in da floor.
Mommy wuz upset, but as always she didn’t get on to me. She might have sed a foo fings like, “it’s not like I eat that often Dezi, you kulda waited a few more minutes.” And, “Honey, the box is huge, and the other box was completely clean.” To which meez wesponse wuz, “ Mommy, me didn’t wanna use da udder box, me wanted to use this one.” And, Me knows yous not eat offen mommy dat’s why me dusn’t know why it wuz so purrtant yous finished afur cleanin’’ da pawdee box fur me.” Anyways, mommy cleaned da wet piddle off da floor and looked wound. Then she membered we had just got a purroduct fwum Cute and Cuddly Pet Supplies dat wuz posed to take cawe of just these kinds of fings. So she gwabbed da bottle, put on hers glasses and wead da instwuctions. Purretty stwaight furward, clean up da wet spot, pour sum water on it to dilute any wemainin’ tinkle and wipe dat up. Spway or pour a genewous amount of da biological solution on da awea and let sit fur 15 minutes. Now weez’ll tell ya there is a distinct smell to this solution but it dissipates quickly. It also appears a little oily, but there dusn’t appear to be any slippewy left behind. After 15 minutes, soak up as much solution as possible wiff a towel or wet vac. Then put a towel over da awea and apply weight (step on it). Leave da towel fur 3-4 hours or overnight. After wemoving the towel wepeat ifin necessary.
Now da ingwedient list is: Water, Bacteria/Enzymes, Nonionic Surfactant, Fragrance, Odor Neutralizer and Opacifier. There is da nowmal Cautions but it sez it’s safe to use wound kids and pets and be earth furiendly. The bottle we got is a genewous 32 ounce size wiff a spway nozzle included fur easy application. So what do we fink? Mommy sez it works! Da purroduct she twied this past summer dusn’t hold a candle to it. And we can welkum Summer’s hot temps beamin’ down on da caw, cuz da smell is gone. Mommy has a nose as good as ours and she sez da smell is gone. And she knows it cuz me and sissy don’t linger sniffin’ da awea of da offense. She takes dat to mean we don’t smell it eevew. Cuz afur we wuld boff keep on sniffin’ and sumtimes even flemmin’. Ya’ know da open mouff sniff. Mommy’s purretty happy dat we ‘cided to twy da Cute and Cuddly Bio-Enzymatic Odor and Stain Eliminator. She even used it on a foo aweas where we had chucked up hairballs. You know dat duz leave a smell. And those wuz old stains. It worked gweat on those as well. We and da company wecommend testin’ a small awea of yous cawpet furst to make sure yous not pullin’ out da color, but we used it on boff cawpet and da new hawd fake wood floors successfully. You wanna know where to buy this stuff don’t ya’? Well you can head on ovew to amazon.com and get you a bottle. #Cuteandcuddlypetsupplies made mommy’s day wiff their enzymatic cleaning solution.
Disclaimer: We received a 32 ounce bottle of Cute and Cuddly Pet Supplies Bio-Enzymatic Odor and Stain Rmover for free. However we didn’t receive any green papers for our honest review. We only review products that we use and/or think you our friends and readers would be interested in.
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