u/Hungry_Ad3040

Wanted to say thank you for all the comments, I genuinely have never been so distraught and support from those in similar situations, was a much needed comfort 🩷

After 12 hours in the emergency vet on fluids they came back with her sonogram results. They said she appears to have kidney stones and crystals (which was still hard to hear but relief it was not an immediate need to put her down/possible hope) and will be held over the weekend with hope to flush them out where if successful, I can monitor her but will have a shorter life expectancy. Further, if unsuccessful they suggested a catheter surgery to implant into her kidney ties.

I keep blacking out everytime they update me bc I’m so in shock but they said she could have full quality of life but again shorter. I personally will do anything I can and have the means to provide her with any care she needs given that I am not prolonging an uncomfortable life for her bc I want what is best for her.

I’m sure I’m mixing up the medical terms but is anyone familiar with such a surgery or what this means for my baby? I will spend whatever money but they said it req a lot of maintenance and may need to be repeated down the road and I don’t want to subject her to constant medical procedures if it’s not a somewhat long term solution.

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u/Hungry_Ad3040 — 13 days ago
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Currently sitting outside the emergency vet in shambles bc what I thought was a stomach bug from switching food turned into the vet sitting me down and telling me my 5 month old baby had unreadable kidney levels and very low heart rate. She’s an indoor cat and had no symptoms until she puked up spit two days ago and diarrhea and then she became concerningly lethargic yesterday. I think first is the sonogram and then they are testing to see if it’s acute or genetic and all that and I am obsessively researching to ease my mind. It seems likely to be genetic and from what I’ve seen even acute is fatal too. Please give me some hope that she will be okay and can live a long life I need her.

u/Hungry_Ad3040 — 14 days ago