3 Years treating our cat for chronic renal failure [View all]
Alex, our 16 year-old chocolate point Siamese, was diagnosed with feline chronic renal failure, 3 years ago. Our vet said subcutaneous fluid infusion treatments might buy us a bit more time with him. Because we love him, and because he's very good-natured to tolerate the treatments, we tentatively agreed to try giving him the infusions (having never done anything like that before). We decided that if they made Alex's life miserable, we would cease the treatments. Our vet told us that the longest he'd known of a cat surviving CRF with infusions was 2 years. Every Monday - Wednesday - Friday for 3 years now, my wife and I have teamed to give Alex 200ml of Normosol. If you saw Alex, you wouldn't know that there was anything wrong with him (other than being 16 plus). His quality of life remains very good.
If any of your pets are diagnosed with CRF (aka: chronic kidney disease), know that it is possible to prolong a good quality of life for them.
Check in if you have / had a cat or dog with CRF.
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