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Date May 21, 2004
Name Kelly Taylor
Email kelbelembm@hotmail.com
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City
State NC
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Comments Thank you for a great site. My best friend has an 11 year old kitty who was diagnosed 3 days ago. We want to do everything possible to help him and are overwhelmed and very sad. Can you tell me what I need to start tracking for his medical care?



Date March 11, 2001
Name Tracie Parrott
Email tparrott19@netscape.net
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City Tampa
State Florida
Country USA
Comments Just wanted to comment on what a wonderful site this is. It's professional, yet is accessible to the average cat owner dealing with a seriously disabling illness. I have had two cats with hyperthyroidism. Artemis died of a heart attack 6 years ago without ever developing kidney problems. Sushi is now a healthy 14 years old, but I know CRF is a possible complication of her hyperthyroidism, as well as her age. I read the wonderful article on "Benny" and the CRF support group in the March/April edition of BEST FRIENDS, and decided to visit your site. It's great! Keep up the good work!



Date February 5, 2001
Name "SHARMI" AFFSA
Email HOMEADV.JM@AOL.COM
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City BRIDGEWATER
State MA
Country USA
Comments MY 17 YEAR OLD FEMALE "SHARMI" IN SEVERE RENAL FAILURE. DOING FLUIDS AND SPECIAL FOODS. NOT MUCH BETTER.



Date January 27, 2010
Name A
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Comments My 10 1/2 year old, Minnie, was diagnosed with CRF in October. It was such a difficult thing to hear. I have taken care of her the best I could for the last 3 months (though I couldn't do the subQ's - she would never have let me do that to her!!) She was doing fairly well, but over the last few days she went back to refusing to eat and I could see she was getting weaker. Even though she was still kinda cuddly (cuddly for her, that is) today I had to make THE difficult decision. Even though I feel horrible and guilty and sooo sad, I know she's in a better place now, and I know I would never have had the knowledge or the courage to do it if not for this site. Thank you.



Date November 22, 2009
Name A C Alexander
Email nitabean82@hotmail.com
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City Detroit
State MI
Country USA
Comments Both of my cats have been diagnosed with CRF. One is doing much better that the other. Mel needs to receive sub-q fluids at home. So far I have stuck him twice with no luck. I don't see the fluid building up, like it did at the vets. I have done this without help both times. What I'd really like is the LVT to come and stick him for me. I did notice he was eating more after the treatment at the vets. I pray that I will be able to do this for him, since it does seem to help. PS his BUN was 124.7 last week. His brother was 44, and went down to 37 after starting the new diet.



Date January 28, 2007
Name A. Georgelis
Email Ageorgelis1@peoplepc.com
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City Eugene
State OR
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Comments I hope my experience will help some cat and owner from making fatal mistakes. After feeling like we were hit by a truck w/ the devastating news of severe CRF (despite very frequent trips to the vet, as recent as 5 wks prior to diagnosis), I searched online and decided to move my cat to a University Veterinary Teaching Hospital 45 miles away. There they are performing more sophisticated tests on him (heart echo, ultrasound of the kidney, monitoring blood pressure, biopsies, etc.). My regular vet completely missed a huge abcess my cat had on his chest from a fight, although she was drawing blood from his jugular. I urge you to try to find a facility w/ many diagnostic tools, yrs of collective know-how, ability to treat complications. My cat is hospitalized right now, and I hope we'll be able to bring him home. But if it wasn't for the bigger, better hospital, I don't even think I could hope for that now. Wish us luck, and my prayers to all of you out there in a similiar predicament.



Date August 26, 2007
Name A. Troy
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State NY
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Comments The site is extremely helpful, and supported & informed my caregiving efforts and decisions when 17-year old Happy had CRF. Thanks for maintaining this wonderful resource.



Date October 27, 2004
Name A.B.
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City Madison
State WI
Country USA
Comments Thank you! I came home from the vet yesterday really scared and sad. The information on your site -- and knowing that you're there -- has really calmed me, which I'm sure Blizzard appreciates. Thanks so much for taking the time to put together this amazing resource!



Date January 19, 2004
Name AAA
Email gamblinhijet1@yahoo.com
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City Austin
State Tx
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Comments My 12 year old cat named Boomer was diagnosed with CRF about 1 1/2 years ago. Since this time, I've been giving Boomer unflavored Pedialyte in his drinking bowl. Although it doesnt have a taste, Boomer loves to drink it and it helps keep him hydrated. With Sub-Q's every other day and Pedialyte, he is maintaining and seems to be happy. I just wanted to share some good helpful information. Take care everyone and God Bless!



Date March 30, 2001
Name Abe Alexander
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City Lawson
State Mo
Country US
Comments My cat busta was my best friend and after losing him I don't now if I would be able to make it but after seeing this web site it made it a hole lot easier. I am not alone.



Date February 24, 2003
Name Abigal
Email gabby65@chartertn.net
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City Bristol
State Va
Country USA
Comments On Feb. 23rd, my Topper passed away from Kidney Failure. He was 15 years old, and such a big part of my life. He was my friend,who will always have a special place in my heart. He was found with loving hands, lived with loving hands and died in loving hands.



Date December 15, 2011
Name Adam
Email adamlewiston1028@hotmail.com
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City Cheyenne
State WY
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Comments I know that some of you are using EPOGEN for your cats Renal failure. EPOGEN is very expensive. I have some extra 20,000 IU bottles. Contact me if you are interested.



Date August 27, 2005
Name Adam & Jenna
Email leiblera@hotmail.com
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City Stuttgart
State
Country Germany
Comments My wife and I said goodbye to our beloved companion, Jade, yesterday. The softest gray and white tabby I’ve ever met, she was slight and nimble and loving. She brought so much joy to our family over the last 12 years; I don’t have the words to express the happiness she created. Jade was only diagnosed Wednesday; no symptoms presented until this week. She was given a clean bill of health at twelve years old in May of this year. The vet told us Friday morning that the rapid nature of her decline and the results from her blood test meant she had, under the best care, less than a month or two left. She was in good spirits and no pain, but it was coming up fast. We knew from our visit to this web site and what our vet told us how the fight would go at the end, so we decided to say our goodbyes and let go. (cont)



Date August 27, 2005
Name Adam & Jenna
Email leiblera@hotmail.com
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City Stuttgart
State
Country Germany
Comments Being there at the end, having said what we needed to was therapeutic and comforting. But hearing Jade purr softly, and seeing the relief in her eyes as she knew it was O.K. to stop fighting and let go... we knew she had made the same choice. It was the hardest thing we have ever done, but it was also the right thing to do for all of us. We hope your fights with CRF fair better than ours, and that all of you caretakers out there have many more years of happiness and joy with your cats than we got, finding out so close to the end.



Date February 24, 2006
Name Adele Cooke & Jim Wiggins
Email vipaddress@centurytel.net
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City Gleneden Beach
State OR
Country USA
Comments We have a 20-something cat who has had failing kidneys for at least 5 years. We've watched him grow thinner and now use inappropriate places to eliminate. We've gotten the pee pads and he's been good about using them. His fur looks terrible and it's hard to brush him with all the bones and so little fat. We just lost a 10-year-old suddenly to lymphoblastic leukemia in late August and are not too keen about losing our old buddy. We keep him fed and loved. We've gotten several new cats to keep him company. So far so good. Nice to find a place where others have faced our situation.



Date June 10, 2007
Name Adrian
Email DragonMoon69@seductive.com
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City Cashmereie
State WA
Country USA
Comments My cat was recently diagnosed with early stage kidney and liver failure. It's so hard because she's in the hospital right now on IV fluids and isn't well enough for treatment. I am so grateful for your site because it gave me the information and support I needed to get through this time. Thank you.



Date June 13, 2005
Name Afsi Moaveni & Niels Jensen
Email afsi@sonic.net
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City Santa Rosa
State CA
Country USA
Comments Thanks for all the info. We have an abbysinnian with kidney failure (and other problems). Your page was most useful.



Date April 25, 2008
Name Agnieszka
Email agula1928@o2.pl
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State
Country poland
Comments Hello. I'm from Poland. My name is Aga, My cat's name Ormal(he's Siamese). Two weeks ago Vet told us about illness our cat. He told us :"It's renal cyst."(Sorry, I'm not as good in english as i wish to)There is a lot of cyst in a both of renal. I'm teryfied, shoced.We do USG of bouth renal. I'm cryig when I think about it. My litte cat (He's only dwo years ago). Your side is wery good. I find it acidentally. (when i red it, sometimes I used a dictionary) Our cat have good -urea, carbamide-(I don't know wich word i better). Whe know about illness when we done all delve before castration. I was scared anaesthesia cat's. Now the castration we don't do this.Whe know about illness early, so we buy HIM a special food. And (what is wery sad) we're waiting when he will very illness, and when he will need iject (i don't know to write it). We will to examine his blood ones for two month. I know i had to be strong for him, but sometimes i can't. Three weeks ago we buy the second cat (Rocky-his is a brother of Ormal-They had



Date March 4, 2006
Name Ahnawake Kriese
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City Lake Oswego
State Oregon
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Comments Thank you so much for this website! It's been a great resource. My Junior died in my arms last night after a just over two year stint with CRF, he was almost 11. I will tell everyone who has a newly diagnosed kitty to "listen" more to your cat's behavior than to the numbers the vet is giving you. They told me over and over that my little buddy had only weeks to live, but he thought otherwise! At each stage, I would ask the vet "Am I doing this for me or will it improve the quality of his life?" Give back the love your kitty gives to you!! Also, don't be afraid of the sub-Q fluids...it's easier on you financially and on the cat emotionally to do it yourself at home! I am the world's most squemish person so, if I can do it, anyone can!!! Good Luck everyone!



Date February 16, 2004
Name Aimee
Email Aimeez87gn@aol.com
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State ma
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Comments Harry lost her short battle today at Tuft's University animal hospital..It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make. I brought her in this morning because her crf was so bad, when they were treating her they also discovered lung tumors..I now know that she is ok and no longer suffering no matter how bad my heart is breaking. Thank you to everyone who helped me with this..you've all been a blessing..



Date February 14, 2004
Name Aimee
Email Aimeez87gn@aol.com
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City
State ma
Country usa
Comments My 9 yr old cat "Harry" was just diagnosed with advanced kidney failure. I have had her for 3 years, prior to that she was a stray/abandoned cat. Although we knew that she would not live a full life (due to her past) we wanted to make it the best life possible for her. If anyone has any information or words of comfort that would help me in my decision making, that would be great.



Date December 1, 2001
Name Aimee
Email aimdee@yahoo.com
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City Indianapolis
State IN
Country US
Comments My cat is a 3 year old blue point persion with CRF and he is on sub-q fluids. We're doing alright so far.



Date August 8, 2007
Name Aimee
Email joysoul2@hotmail.com
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City St. Petersburg
State FL
Country USA
Comments This is in memory of Fred who was just set free today on August 8, 2007. Fred was 21 and lived a full and happy life. After two years of coping with CRF and trying to make him as comfortable as possible he spoke with his eyes today. He just stopped eating two days ago and developed oral ulcers. When they shut down it happens very quickly. My advice is to please always connect with the signals your cat is giving you and act as quickly as possible. Fred is comfortable and at peace now and I'm very thankful for that. After 21 years I owe him that. Best wishes to all and please be patient and watch for the signs.



Date August 18, 2008
Name Aimee
Email collettelove@gmail.com
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City Brooklyn
State NY
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Comments Hi. I just want to thank the people who administer this web site, and all the people who have left such lovely comments. My cat Bailey was diagnosed three months ago, and tonight is our last night together, as I know that the time has come. I'm sitting here with her, and I can't believe the depth of my sadness. I've had her since the week she was born 17 years ago, when I was a freshman in college, and I haven't experience a loss like this in a very, very long time. I don't usually write into web sites, but I just wanted to share this with people who will truly understand. My family and friends are wonderful, but they don't get it. Not really. The vet is coming over tomorrow at 5 p.m. I know none of us know each other, but if you happen to think about it, please keep us in your prayers/thoughts. And my deepest feelings go out to everyone in this position. Thanks.



Date April 22, 2004
Name Aimee Erne
Email scoobyandme30@netscape.net
Home Page msn.com
City Cedar Falls
State Iowa
Country USA
Comments My almost 12yr old cat, Peach, was diagnosed with kidney disease last Thursday. Since then, I've tried finding info to help her and me cope. I was all prepared to do fluids under the skin and deal with incontinence and such due to her condition. However, I was not prepared for the seizures and non-eating. The seizures are distressing, to say the least! The vet cannot figure out why she's having them, as they are not related to her illness. Valium makes her lethargic and she's becoming weak from not eating. She drinks well and is using the litter box, so for now the kidney disease is the least of our worries. Can anyone help with why the seizures are occurring? How we can help her? Thanks