4/15: Sammy - AMPS 138

[Tina & Sammy]

Yesterday's Condo

Sammy's numbers are a little higher then they were yesterday. I am hoping it is just from stress. First thing this morning he was at 109, but an hour later after we finished packing the last minute items he was up to 146 before we left. That could also be food induced too.

When we arrived at camp an hour after his adjusted shot time from last night he was 138. I feed and gave him his shot. It took him about 2 hours to really settle in to the room and explore everything. We have been just relaxing a bit before all the people arrive shortly.

I will try to check in every day, but it is going to be a busy retreat so we might not have a condo everyday. But taking time away from the retreat and to hang out in the room with Sammy isn't such a bad thing for either of us.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[Tina & Sammy]

Tina

Sorry....I crashed early last night and haven't been on today.

The number one priority I see right now is getting that phosphorus down more towards 4. Vets tend to overlook the calcium and if calcium x phosphorus is 70 or higher, it puts kitty at risk for tissue calcification. Sammy is at 66 and his P is way too high. It's super important that you get him on some of the lower P/LC foods that Ann/Tess has a great list for as does Jill/Alex. Ann's is probsbly the most up-to-date and she was able to really make some headway with getting Tess's P down. You want to find LC foods that are less than 1.00% P of lower than 200 mgP/100 kcal.

The other place where I think you need to take action now is in regard to anemia. A cat is considered to be anemic when HCT falls below 30% and his is 29%. It does not get critical until he falls below 20% at which time you have to give erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESAs). Those are a pain because they have to be monitored very closely...the cat can build up antibodies to them although the best one, Aranasp, has less of a chance of that occurring. You are probably wondering what can you do now? Easy. B vitamins. Here is everything you need to know about CKD and B Vitamins. I've used the Jarrows BRight and methylcobalamin and had great success in keeping the HCT up around 28% in our CKD cats so none of them ever needed an ESA.

Those two things...phosphorus and anemia control...can really increase his stability and QOL with CKD.

Let me know if you have questions and have fun at Knit Camp.

I will have to double check Ann/Tess list, but I think I have Sammy on the lowest phosphorus diet that I can find that is also diabetic friendly. Wellness Turkey and Friskies Special Diet Turkey and Giblet. Both of these are slightly over 200 mg.

I will also look into the B vitamins.

Thanks so much for the advice.

 

[suki & crystal (GA)]

Hi Tina, I missed your departure but just wanted to wish you and Sammy a happy time at your knit retreat, enjoy.

 

[manxcat419]

Looks to me like a mixture of a little stress (they do always know when there's something different going on) and a bit of a food spike. I'm sure he'll put your mind at rest by getting back into green later today. Considering the travelling this morning, I think that 138 is a good number!