Wonderful Splotches

Things are sadly not looking good for Splotches. Three weeks ago Splotch went to the vet and was diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure. This basically means that her kidneys are not functioning very well at all and this will eventually lead to her body becoming toxic at which point she will become very unwell. She was given two types of medicine and a special diet to manage this problem. We decided that we would keep her rather than rehoming her as our girl Misty (below) is 14 years old and she also has Renal Failure so we know how to manage it. Though Misty’s is not yet as bad as we got on to it much earlier.

Over the last two days Splotches has not really been eating or doing anything other than sleeping. We took her to the vet last night and he said that things were not looking very well. She stayed at the vet hospital over night and was given fluids today to de-toxify her body. The vet also carried out blood test which confirmed that the toxins in her body have been building up. This has been making her feel sick and made her not want to eat. As a result she has lost nearly 600grams since her vet visit just three weeks ago.

She will stay in the vet hospital for a few days on fluids to see if that can de-toxify her body and stabilize her. If this does not work she will not have long with us.