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Hello all -
I have been poking through past posts looking for advice on my sweet girl, Kitty. Kitty was diagnosed with cancer (apocrine carcinoma) late last August and we opted for a low-dose chemo therapy. Since then, she has had monthly check-ups and bloodwork, and has not shown any signs of disease, which is wonderful! She did, however, slowly begin to lose weight from month to month from about 10+ to 9.4 lbs from Sept to January.
Because of this, we decided (with our oncologist) to remove Kitty from her chemo regimen. At her last appointment, we found out she had been able to maintain her previousy weight with no signs of cancer recurrence (good news!), but our vet also reported that some of her blood work was not ideal, specifically her kidney values. The items that were out of range were:
BUN 38 (14 - 36 mg/dL)
CREA 2.5 (0.6 - 2.4 mg/dL)
Cholesterol 239 (75-220 mg/dL)
Based on this, our oncologist has recommended that we contact our local vet to do an urinalysis as this might be indicitative of early renal failure. I should also note that I have noticed Kitty hanging around her water bowl alot more, and she has vomited white foam a few times in the past weeks (which I have read are also possible symptoms).
Does anyone have thoughts on this, given that her levels are pretty borderline? (And what causes high cholesterol in a cat??) Has anyone been through this process before? I have reached out to my local vet for her opinion on the results, but she is out of the office until Tuesday. Is there anything I can do in the meantime to help bring these levels down (new food, etc.)? I am also going to start monitoring her food/water intake much more closely.
Thanks so much for any advice you can offer!
I have been poking through past posts looking for advice on my sweet girl, Kitty. Kitty was diagnosed with cancer (apocrine carcinoma) late last August and we opted for a low-dose chemo therapy. Since then, she has had monthly check-ups and bloodwork, and has not shown any signs of disease, which is wonderful! She did, however, slowly begin to lose weight from month to month from about 10+ to 9.4 lbs from Sept to January.
Because of this, we decided (with our oncologist) to remove Kitty from her chemo regimen. At her last appointment, we found out she had been able to maintain her previousy weight with no signs of cancer recurrence (good news!), but our vet also reported that some of her blood work was not ideal, specifically her kidney values. The items that were out of range were:
BUN 38 (14 - 36 mg/dL)
CREA 2.5 (0.6 - 2.4 mg/dL)
Cholesterol 239 (75-220 mg/dL)
Based on this, our oncologist has recommended that we contact our local vet to do an urinalysis as this might be indicitative of early renal failure. I should also note that I have noticed Kitty hanging around her water bowl alot more, and she has vomited white foam a few times in the past weeks (which I have read are also possible symptoms).
Does anyone have thoughts on this, given that her levels are pretty borderline? (And what causes high cholesterol in a cat??) Has anyone been through this process before? I have reached out to my local vet for her opinion on the results, but she is out of the office until Tuesday. Is there anything I can do in the meantime to help bring these levels down (new food, etc.)? I am also going to start monitoring her food/water intake much more closely.
Thanks so much for any advice you can offer!