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January 18, 2006

Things cats do not like first thing in the morning:

There are about 200,000 tiny structures called nephrons in the kidneys. These eliminate waste products and regulate electrolytes in the body. Nature is a marvelous thing when it works.

In chronic renal failure, these little things gradually die off and the processing slows and stops. The cat becomes poisoned by the waste that the kidneys are unable to filter. It is not treatable, but it is manageable for a time.

So our beautiful chocolate point Siamese has a new regime, and hopefully she'll get used to it without flaying my hands overly much.

1/2 appetite stimulating tablet (2x day)

10mg of Eukanuba super-special cat-food puree, syringe fed (4x day)

100ml (10cc) of saline/glucose subcutaneously (attach needle to drip bag, insert needle into cat) (first thing in the morning)

It's really the last one that bothers her most, and I can't really blame her, I wouldn't enjoy it either.

Scrawled illegibly by Meathe at January 18, 2006 01:41 PM

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