ll/22 TiTi. All BlUE, since +2 after PMPS & test results

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Kathy and TiTi

Kathy and TiTi

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Actually TiTI is in danged good shape. Kidney panel, CBC, thyroid tests, and urinalysis :

Urinalysis = normal values.Specific gravity normal. Creatinine and BUN normal.
Normal thyroid levels.
White cell count and all other values normal,
Except for a rise in amylase indicating a recurrence of the pancreatitis that initiated the diabetes 3 years ago.

Now she's on Cerenia 12mg QD for 3 days, and then every other day. I think this is meant to go on for a while.
For pain, she gets bupe for 6 days BID.

As to the night yowling? My vet thinks it might be pain, hence the bupe.
I think it's also possible that she's becoming deaf. After hyperthyroidism, that's one of the most common reasons for yowling. I suspect this because several times when the yowling kept me awake, I've yelled, "TiTi shut up!!!!" at which point she's run to me eagerly and jumped up onto the bed.

But there's an argument for pain also. after I feed her, she's quiet for a while. Doctors used to prescribe eating frequent small meals for ulcers. Food actually alleviates the pain. Dunno' if this is true also for pain from pancreatitis, but I mentioned it to my vet, and she gazed into the distance speculatively.

At any rate, I'm relieved. Pancreatitis is nasty stuff, but hers is mild. She's eating happily, with no nausea or vomiting.
I need to keep an eye out for pancreatic symptoms from now on.
 
Aw, I'm glad you got the p-titis diagnosis. Not glad that she has it, but glad you know why she wasn't doing well. I always think it's better to know than to be guessing what might be going on.

Sounds like she's already improving some, since she's eating happily. That's great.
 
I think that the night yowling can also be a symptom of hypertension, I think @Tara & Ivana has had that experience, Ivana started on bp meds an I think her night yowling has subsided. (Correct me if I am wrong Tara)
 
julie & punkin (ga) said:
Aw, I'm glad you got the p-titis diagnosis. Not glad that she has it, but glad you know why she wasn't doing well. I always think it's better to know than to be guessing what might be going on.

Sounds like she's already improving some, since she's eating happily. That's great.
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Yes, and it seems to be a very mild recurrence. I think I caught it very early.
O yes, I always want to know. That's why we ran so many panels-blood tests I mean.
 
Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey said:
Eating is good. Responding to your command to quiet down also good (not deaf, apparently). P-titis bad, but can be dealt with. I'll be interested to see if giving the Bupe eliminates the yowling. That will tell you if it's pain or just singing the song of her people.
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Singing the song of her people! Though she may be going deaf, because yelling made her respond to me happily - in the past yelling has not pleased her. I think she needs loud sounds now to hear them. The vet checked her for cataracts, and though she has a few dots, they have not coalesced yet. So she can still see very well, with perhaps a few small dots of black in her vision. I remember that from my own pre-cataract stage. It's odd, but doesn't interfere with vision very much at all.

I'm so relieved about her kidneys. So far I don't have any difficult balances to maintain, like diabetes/kidneys or diabetes/heart
or diabetes/kidneys/heart. maybe add in lymphoma. Do not know how so many of you have done it. I'll post today later, but it had some greenies, and then a very very low bounce, so today is a good day.
 
Yowling can also be a sign of kitty dementia.....our older kitties have the same troubles we do

China started howling about 2 years ago....every night for about 6-8 months....and as quickly as she started, she stopped!!!

Got to love these kitties of ours!! ;)

Sounds like lots of good news for TiTi though!!
 
Chris & China said:
Yowling can also be a sign of kitty dementia.....our older kitties have the same troubles we do

China started howling about 2 years ago....every night for about 6-8 months....and as quickly as she started, she stopped!!!

Got to love these kitties of ours!! ;)

Sounds like lots of good news for TiTi though!!
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Yes. At just turned 11, I think it's early for dementia.
I followed some kitty advice and totally ignored her yowling, for 2 nights straight now. No rewards of food, attention, or anything. Tuesday night she stopped after 4 hours - oh, lordy lordy, how tired I was.Last night she stopped after 3 hours. I think it's working. Gawd! I sure hope so!
 
I was wondering were you were :) I'd been looking out for you.
Have you had titi's Blood pressure checked?

I remembered where I had read about the connection with the night yowling, it was on Tanyas CRF site, below is what it says about it, but you can read more in detail on this LINK

These symptoms still indicate a need to test for and treat hypertension if it is present, but you do not need to rush to the vet or ER. On the other hand, I would not accept an appointment a week or two into the future either. If you see these symptoms, try to be seen within a maximum of three days, but ideally faster, of course.
toxin levels, deafness, hyperthyroidism, or occasionally just old age and possiblycognitive dysfunction (senility).

Certain medications such as periactin (Cyproheptadine) or mirtazapine (Remeron), both appetite stimulants, oranabolic steroids can make a cat become vocal. Metoclopramide (Reglan), sometimes used for nausea and vomiting, may also have this effect.
 
Gill & George said:
I was wondering were you were :) I'd been looking out for you.
Have you had titi's Blood pressure checked?

I remembered where I had read about the connection with the night yowling, it was on Tanyas CRF site, below is what it says about it, but you can read more in detail on this LINK

These symptoms still indicate a need to test for and treat hypertension if it is present, but you do not need to rush to the vet or ER. On the other hand, I would not accept an appointment a week or two into the future either. If you see these symptoms, try to be seen within a maximum of three days, but ideally faster, of course.
toxin levels, deafness, hyperthyroidism, or occasionally just old age and possiblycognitive dysfunction (senility).

Certain medications such as periactin (Cyproheptadine) or mirtazapine (Remeron), both appetite stimulants, oranabolic steroids can make a cat become vocal. Metoclopramide (Reglan), sometimes used for nausea and vomiting, may also have this effect.
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Very happy you're looking out for me. Thank you.

She's on none of the above medications. Tests show normal thyroid function. No blood is in her urine, per the stick urine test.
Her ears are chilly, since the weather turned here in central TX. Her activity is normal during the day-mostly sleeping. But when she howls at night, she paces as well,. Her BP was not checked.

I suspect 2 other possibilities: hard of hearing; nocturnal desire for attention. She sleeps most of the day, and gets active at night. Up to now I've been responding to this with food, cuddling, and so on. Per some advice I read, I've turned to ignoring it for the last few nights. The yowling pacing behavior seems to be extinguishing.

However, this lessening of yowling/pacing at night is also parallel to the new meds - bupe at night, and daily cerenia. My vet thought that the pancreatitis recurrence, though mild, is painful. Hence the bupe and cerenia.

I'm watching her carefully, and napping during her quiet time - daylight..
 
Gill & George said:
I was wondering were you were :) I'd been looking out for you.
Have you had titi's Blood pressure checked?

I remembered where I had read about the connection with the night yowling, it was on Tanyas CRF site, below is what it says about it, but you can read more in detail on this LINK

These symptoms still indicate a need to test for and treat hypertension if it is present, but you do not need to rush to the vet or ER. On the other hand, I would not accept an appointment a week or two into the future either. If you see these symptoms, try to be seen within a maximum of three days, but ideally faster, of course.
toxin levels, deafness, hyperthyroidism, or occasionally just old age and possiblycognitive dysfunction (senility).

Certain medications such as periactin (Cyproheptadine) or mirtazapine (Remeron), both appetite stimulants, oranabolic steroids can make a cat become vocal. Metoclopramide (Reglan), sometimes used for nausea and vomiting, may also have this effect.
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I read the Tanya link. It is certainly a good thing to check. I had a CDK cat who developed High BP, which is usual in later stages of CDk, but I didn't realize that this could be a problem in otherwise normal kitties. Of course, our muscles get less elastic in us as we age, so it's logical that the same can occur in our cats.

i sure hope Dr.. Crouch has a bp monitor.
 
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