I’z Neck Neckid Again

Hey Y’all hope youz habbin’ a grayt week. Yep itz stormin’ heer agin’ but itz not like weez didunt spekt it. And yep, itz me Lexi. I’z gunna tell y’all ‘bout minez VET vizit and our mommy and Lexi day out. Well stardid out purretty good, da sun waz shinin’ and there waz no rain in sight. WooHoo!!! Mommy had checked da wedder and saw dat we waz in fur flash floods and more tornadoes but not till da night time. So mommy got me in da stroller and got minez medz toogedder and we waz off. Leazt we fawt we waz. We turned outta our partmentz and ontoo da road only to be met wiff signs and blocks dat told mommy too be carefool cuz of floodin’. And dat da street was closed. So we had too tern rownd and much too mommyz chagrin da street waz closed dat way too. Fankfooly da road blocks was placed at da entrance of da drive at da hospital so mommy went round ‘em. There went our attempt to make it on time. Yep we wuz late agin’. Mommy and I sung songs all da way there. I’z getting’ purretty savvy too this “goin’ to da VET” ride and after da last fiasco I’z not in any hurry too repeat dat scenario so I’z waz a bit nervous. But we arrived and I’z recognized it waz Doc C’z office and not da torture chamber. 

 

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We went in and course da furst fing they wandid too doo waz weigh me in. Youz wood fink I’z sum purrize fighter or sumfin’ da way theze peepz are ’bout dat weighin’ stuff. I’z lost more weight. Now afur youz go and git all beside youz self mommy sez datz not real surprizin’ sinz mozt of da mumff I’z didunt eat much. Itz not till da lazt week or so dat I’z bin eatin’ real good. So eeben doe mommy wazunt happy bout da 1/8ff of a pound I’z had lozt, she wazunt shocked and sed it waz okay, I’z wood be puttin’ it back on soon. (weez’ll tell ya’ why and ‘bout minez medsinz in anudder pozty. So I’z all weighed in and they took us too a room too wait fur doc. A kupple minitz passed and doc poked hiz head in and azked how mommy waz and ibin she wandid sumfin’ too drink cuz it waz gunna be a little bit afur himz gawdid too us. A cup of water fur me and a coffee fur mommy and we settled in fur da wait. We didunt wait too long and he came bustlin’ fru da door azkin’ what mommy wandid too doo tooday. Funny how different fings are now dat himz takin’ mommy seriouzly cuz herz wendid elzwhere when he woodunt coopurrate and doo da teztz mommy wandid da furzt time round.  

 

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Mommy showed himz all minez medsinz, cuz eeben doe himz signed off, he didunt know anyfing bout ‘em. Mommy had also took copiez of da explanations of them fur himz too keep and a flyer fur Tanya’s CRF website. And then she told him she wandid a T4 tezt and sinz dat meant takin’ blood then weez didunt wanna waste it cuz we wazunt dooin’ it agin fur a while; and weez wandid a full panel incloodin’ da chem panel. Himz didunt bat a eye and sed okay. And then himz azked ibin mommy wandid too doo a urinalysis, and she sed, yes, while weez dooin’ letz doo. So himz left da room too git da fur stealer and an assiztant too help. Mommy azked fur a blood purresure but da machine waz broke and da repairman hadunt come too fix it yet so no takin’ of minez blood pressure waz dun. Himz plugged in da fur stealer and then shaved up minez neck. And right here afur BlogPawz too. Kin youz believe it? I’z gunna habz too go too BlogPawz neck neckid. Hmmmmpht Himz stole minez blood and then stabbed me in da kidneyz too steal sum peepee fur teztin’ too. Fank catnezz himz much better than da torturerz frum lazt time. Himz hit da mark da furzt time on boff stealz, and then took them too da back fur teztin’. I’z waz da purrfect angel mommy sed. I’z didunt fight or growl or hiss or nuffin’. I’z kinda figger da nicer I’z am da quicker weez’ll be dun.

 

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A few minitz later little helper girly azked ibin we kuld wait in da waitin’ room fur da teztz too finish and let anudder patient habz our room. I’z waz all fur dat, cuz I’z didunt want ‘em stealin’ anyfin’ elze. So weez went round fru da lab back out too da waitin’ room. While waitin’ a poor little doggy came in dat had taken on a big doggy so I’z tried too kumfurt him a bit. But alll himz wandid too doo waz whine and scream. No dignity let me tell ya’, dat doggy had no dignity. No self respektin’ cat wood ebber cry out like dat fur eberpawdy too hear. Bout a half hour later doc came out wiff paperz and went over them wiff mommy. Sum of minez nummerz surprized him, but minez T4 waz good. So I’z not have any thyroid purrawlemz. Dat meanz az long az I’z will eat, I’z shuld put da weight back on. Dat made mommy happy fur sure. He told mommy he hadunt had a chanz too purrocess da resultz so himz wood call us later abter ebberpawdy left fur da day too discuss ‘em. Well weez needed too go too wally world and git me sum Gerber ham and ham gravy baby food fur minez medsinz so mommy told him to call da next day and we waz off. Oh yeah I’z furgot, mommy had too pay afur we kuld leave, so $211.05 green paperz later and we waz off. I’z gunna stop fur today and weez’ll habz a part 2 fur this pozty next. Ibin youz can unnerstand and wanna read minez resultz, youz can doo dat here. Habz a pawsum day and… 

 

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As usual mommy has only blacked out da fings dat a stalker would be lookin’ fur, or sumpawdy tryin’ to steal our identity.

Till da next time…………………………………..Be Blezt!!!

 

Lubz and Hugz and Kitty Kissez 

Lexi and Dezi

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Goin’ To The VET

Meowllo everypawdy. Oh it was so nice and purretty yesfurday. Well it wuld have been but da lawn crew was here literally all day long. They came before daylight and didn’t leave till almost 5 p.m. But me did get to enjoy a little sunshine and no rain before it got dark. It’s posed to stawt up again tonight, but at least we have one more dry day in the furcast. And it’s a good fing too. Sis Lexi and mommy be goin’ to da VET today. Pendin’ on what time you be readin’ this as to whether they are already there or not. They needed to have enuff peeps on staff to do tests. Mommy just hates dat they fink this way, cuz Lexi be weal good and dusn’t weally put up a fight. Me can tell ya’ ifin sissy didn’t tear up those idiots dat did hers last blood tests, she’s not gunna whacky paw our wegular VET. Mommy sez she’s gunna get a T4 test just to make sure there’s no thyroid issues. But as we told ya da udder day, sissy’s been duin’ purretty good. Weez’ll tell ya’ why in her VET update posty which we hope to post tomorrow. But it may well be Fursday dependin’ on how mommy and Lexi feel after getting’ home. 

 

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We also wanna fank all of ya’ fur yous purrayers, luv and support. And me weally wants to fank meez fellow Cat Scouts, Obi and furmily, Timmy and furmily and Cat and furmily fur helpin’ wiff sissy’s noms, medicines and pointments. Sissy’s gotten quite picky and doesn’t wanna eat da same fing 2 days in a row. MOL Duz she fink she’s hooman?  And weez havin’ pizza today. Our facebook awnty Carrie sent sum gween papers to sis Lexi wiff hers Meowday cawd fur just dat. And wiff all da stowms weez not had it. So mommy purromised we kuld have pizza after Lexi goes to da VET. Our mouths awe alweady waterin’. MOL Weez duin’ our bestest to get in as many visits as we can durin’ this wedder bweak cuz mommy dusn’t let us be on da puter durin’ da stowms. So ifin weez not made it by yous place and commented yet, know dat weez on our way. Meez gunna keep it short and sweet cuz we need to make sum visits. Weez’ll see ya’ on da flipside. (meez always wanted to say dat, even tho’ me dusn’t zactly know why) MOL  

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Till da next time…………………………………..Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

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The Three A’s

Meowllo evewypawdy it’s Apwil furst. Most of ya’ know dat means Apwil Fool’s day. A day in which peeps pull mostly hawmless pwanks on udder peeps and then say, Apwil Fool’s. But stead of me duin’ a whole posty ‘bout such a day meez joinin’ in da Bloggin’ fwum A to Z. And since today be da furst day of Apwil, weez gotta talk ‘bout sumfin’ wiff da word A. Dat be a weally easy letter in ow house as sissy’s name is Alexandra. And mommy’s name is Audra. But weez kinda ‘cided to delve a little fudder into this CRF/CKD diagnosis of sis Lexi’s. Cuz guess what? Da fing dat alewrted da VET to sissy’s condition stawts wiff a A too. And da meds/nutraceuticals hims purrscwibed stawt wiff a A too. We kuld purrawlly do a whole week or more on just da letter A.  So here goes.

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As you all know back in Januawry mommy took sis Lexi to da VET fur blood tests cuz her actually fawt sissy might be diabetic. But after getting there hims did a uwinalysis instead and sed it wuld be easier on Lexi. Well finkin’ it wuz diabetes, mommy agweed cuz dat wuld fur sure show up in da uwine. Da VET disappered into da back too wun da tests and when hims weturned he had a test stwip and a box wiff 3 colors on it.  Sis Lexi’s stwip wuz da lightest shade of blue and da VET sed dat meant she wuz in da early stage of Renal Disease. Honestly mommy dusn’t member ifin hims told her what kinda test dat wuz or not. She wuz a bit upset as you can magine so she didn’t catch evewyfin’ dat wuz sed dat day. But mommy did wight down keywords and descwiptions of what da VET sed. It seems Lexi had Albumin in hers kidneys, (Our second A fur da day) and therefore the VET said she no doubt had CRF/CKD

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So what you say? What’s Albumin? Well Albumin be da smallest protein produced in the liver. It’s found in the blood and rarely in da urine of a healthy kitty. So findin’ small amounts of it in da uwine is a pretty sure sign there are underlyin’ health problems. But notice me said health problems and NOT kidney disease? Me did that on purpose. It can most assuredly mean Kidney disease. But it can also be a symptom of these inflamatory diseases: dental disease, skin disease, IBD, or infectious diseases like FIV or FLeuk. It can also be a sign of diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypertension, high blood pressure and cancer. So the Vet misspoke. (benefit of the doubt thing) While Albumin shouldn’t be in the urine, in and of itself it doesn’t automatically mean kidney disease. It does mean further testing is needed to give a proper diagnosis. And that’s where da “strip test” comes in. Altho’ it’s not an A so we will be discussing it when we get to the E’s. 

Anyways, sissy was diagnosed with CRF/CKD and the Vet sed she needed to take Azodyl. ( our furd A word) Azodyl be a neutriceutical so no prescription is needed to buy it. It must be kept cold and given in it’s capsule formula. Da only other way to give it is da way we do, in a spoon of butter. You may also give it in a little oil. We know you’re wondering just what this Azodyl does. It does one thing. It creates good bacteria that’s needed to restore the balance in us cats. It helps to restore the healthy function of the kidneys.

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We do hope dat yous awe all innewested in learnin’ ‘bout this pawful killer of cats. About da tests required to give a purroper diagnosis and it’s treatments. We will continue to cover it duwin’ this Bloggin’ A to Z. And member ow 3 A’s today, Alexandra, Albumin, and Azodyl.

Till da next time…………………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi

 

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Da Results Are Here

Meowllo evewypawdy and happy Caturday. Well weez didn’t get any visitin’ dun yesfurday, and may not get much dun today eevew. And nope it wusn’t cuz we wuz out stwollin’ eevew. We finally got sis Lexi’s test wesults in da mail. And yous know what? They purrppussly sent them to da wrong addwess. Oh yes they did. And yep yous guessed it, mommy’s livid. Then on top of dat when she opened them da furst page had sissy’s urinalysis on it and It clearly shows an infection. Dat’s wight, there’s an infection. And da VET sed in da email she sent us as well as on da fone when she talked wiff mommy dat there wuz no infection whatsoevew. So sissy be havin an infection and maybe even pain and not getting’ any tweatment whatsoevew. Mommy feels just pawful dat all this be happenin’ to Lexi. Well mommy spent most of da day pourin’ ovew those wesults twyin’ to figger it all out, and postin’ ‘em to Tanya’s site so we kuld get sum help figgewin’ all this out. Weez not postin’ da wesults here as we don’t know how many of ya’ wuld care to see them or unnewstand what yous be lookin’ at. 

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Weez hav this new foto ap dat mommy found and well, weez kuldn’t even begin to tell ya’ what she did. Da only fing weez member is addin’ watercolor flter to a weally blurry foto.

 

 

 

Da one fing we did learn fur sure is dat sissy’s phosphorous levels dat we wuz so worried ‘bout actually be low, too low in fact. You know what dat means? She can hav any food she wants and as much of it as she wants. Well gotta tell ya’ dat makes sissy happy. Or at least it will when she figgers it out. She just tried a food dat she luvs, luvs, luvs. It’s callled Soulistic Tri-Fusion Tuna wiff Salmon, beef and duck in gravy. Moommy set da plate down and walked into da livin’ room and set meez plate down and walked back to da kitchen to get hers cup of coffee, and sissy’s plate wuz licked clean. Yep, empty, evewyfin’ wuz gone and sissy wuz smackin’ hers lips. And this is a food dat wuz borderline fur her ifin she needed to lower hers phosphorous levels, but now dat she dusn’t have to worry ‘bout dat she kuld have this all day long.  

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Again wiff da new foto editor. Da only fing we member is addin’ da vignette. And yes, dat be da place they dwu sis lexi’s blood fwum.

Well anyways, we hope to get back to visitin’ soon but mommy duz need to work on makin’ a plan fur sissy’s care furst. Hers got to check on sum supplements dat be wecommended fur all CRF/CKD kitties like B-12, and figger out what to do ‘bout sissy’s infection. So it may be a busy day on da fone/puter/road fur mommy. So weez’ll see ya’ soon. And till then enjoy sum Caturday art. Weez joinin’ Athena and Marie fur da Caturday Art blog hop. Pop on ovew and check out all da pawsum posties. And join up yous selves while yous at it. 

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Till da nex time……………………..Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses  

Dezi and Lexi