I'm desperate
Hello everyone. It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. My cat (11) was diagnosed with kidney failure a week ago (I don't know which stage, but an advanced one). He stopped eating and started vomiting, that's when I took him to the vet. He got medication and they did a lab test. His creatinine (6,9 mg/dl) and urea (246 mg/dl) were really high. Also his liver was showing some signs of impairment (GOT: 87 u/L, GPT: 261 u/L). They also told us that because of those high levels he probably has a stomach ulcer. They recommended hospitalization with fluids and medication. He did 36 hours in total. He seems better but he's still very skinny. On top of that, I don't know if it's the renal failure or the stress (it's very traumatic for him), but sometimes after going to the vet he shows signs of neurological impairment, his pupils get big, he stops controlling his nails, starts walking backwards and just gets very erratic. Today we went to the vet for the second lab test. His results got a little better (urea: 174, creatinine: 6), but not enough, and some things that were okay last time now got worse. He has anemia, which he didn't have before. They told us that he needs a second round of fluids and the hormone that his kidney is not producing, which is causing the anemia. But they also said that his chances were slim and I had to decide if I wanted to continue with the treatment. At first I said yes, of course. But after thinking about it, even if everything works out, what kind of life will he have afterwards? Is it possible for him to be okay again? He will go through more traumatizing and painful things for what, a couple of week more? Or is it possible for him to live longer? I don't know. I just know that he's my baby and I love him with all my heart and I don't want to cause him unjustified suffering. I would really appreciate some advice, if you know something about this disease, if you lived something similar, please let me know. I don't know what to do. My life is ending. He is the sweetest boy and doesn't deserve any of this.
Update: I added his test results, the higher level ones are the labs before the treatment. They are in spanish.
