icourtland!

my little boy is sick. and i don’t mean he has a cold – he is really sick.

we have noticed that Moggy has been losing weight in the last couple of weeks or so, maybe longer. over the weekend we noticed that he has gotten downright boney – far far thinner than we had noticed previously. we decided that we NEEDED to get him to the vet so we got an appointment for Tuesday afternoon.

when she weighed him i nearly lost it – he has lost almost 5 pounds from the last visit. that may not sound like a lot, but when he was just under 15 pounds back then you get the reason i was about to freak out. she took blood and promised to call us with lab results the next day.

that was this morning, and i have barely come up for air since then.

my poor baby has Feline Chronic Renal Failure. basically his kidneys are failing and working at under 25% of what they should be. there is no idea what causes this, and it is pretty common in older cats, but Moggy is just under 9 years old. it seems to have been a slow steady decline, which is why we did not notice something a lot sooner. he seems healthy enough, but apparently is not eating and barely drinking.

we need to take him back in to the vet so we can learn how to give him daily IV drips to keep him hydrated for as long as he chooses to stay with us. that time frame will depend on how he takes to the treatment and a new diet that will hopefully help as well. this is just the start of a long road ahead of us.

and right now i just can not stop crying.