Diva: Crisis averted?

Dr. B called right before the clinic closed last night to let me know that Diva's kidney values are, generally speaking, slightly improved over last Friday and that her urinalysis came back clean! YAY!! It was too late for me to get over to Aurora to go pick her up so she stayed overnight anyways. I picked her up this morning around 1100.

Boy was she glad to see me! :) New instructions for sub-qs: 150ml twice a day vs. her former 100ml in the AM and 150ml in the PM. Hoping the extra 50ml goes off without a hitch...too much fluids and the heart can be adversely affected. Just means I have to watch for coughing and excess fluid buildup on her body. I can do that.

Here are her numbers:

Last Friday:
Amylaze: 1500 (high normal 1100)
BUN: 64 (high normal 30)
Phosphorous: 8.9 (high normal 8.5)
Creatinine: 4.3 (high normal 2.1)

Yesterday afternoon:
Amylaze: 1614 (bit of an increase)
BUN: 70 (bit of an increase)
Phosphorous: 6.1 (nice decrease)
Creatinine: 3.9 (fair decrease)

Overall, Dr. B was pleased with her numbers, despite the slight increase in some of the numbers. I think he's thinking they'll also go down with the increase in sub-q fluids per day; that would be a good guess.

As for her new peeing habits, he could have prescribed kitty Prozac like he did for Jazz when she first started peeing outside the box, but he doesn't want to put her on another med right now. I tend to agree--it only caused problems for Jazz and didn't correct the behaviour at all, so why bother? Not to say it would be the same for Diva, but why take a chance? I'm used to cleaning up various feline bodily fluids throughout the day, both in the litter boxes and out. It's only happening on tile floors right now, not carpet or furniture, so it's easy to clean up and disinfect.

Hopefully the excitement with the cats is done for awhile...:/