Monday, August 12, 2013

Purrs for Yoko Please


UPDATE - Long day and thank you all for your purrs.  I had to work tonight after taking Yoko to the new vet who was very kind and gentle with her.  She does have some dental issues (tooth abscess)  that will need to be addressed but he did find bacteria and crystals in her urine - so we are on 2 weeks of antibiotics, which will help her mouth and UTI plus something called D mannose to help rid deep bacteria from her bladder and possibly kidneys - I guess bacteria are attracted to this and attach to the D mannose and get flushed out.  Then he put her on another immune boosting algae supplement. We have to bring a urine sample back in 10 days and then see what is going on. Yoko already seems a bit perkier and hopefully we can stop this low grade infection once and for all. 

In June Yoko who has CRF and high normal thyroid, had symptoms of a UTI and the vet started her on antibiotics.  I continued it for 4 weeks as she also had white blood cells in her urine.  We stopped the antibiotic and withing a week her symptoms were back.  Another round of antibiotics and this time she seemed to be over it but today the symptoms are back after 2 1/2 weeks of no symptoms.  We will be trying a new holistic vet to see if he can find out what this is.  I don't want to have to keep dosing her with antibiotics.

She went thru this last year in August with major symptoms - incontinence, vomiting, straining - the works.  After 4 weeks of antibiotics she was much much better but all along the urine showed no bacteria altho one vet said if it was in the kidney, the urine might not show any bacteria.

We are just hoping we can help make her more comfy and find out what is going on here.  Keep her in your thoughts.

28 comments:

Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...

Sending lot of (((purrs))) to Yoko <3 <3 <3
XOXO

Angel Simba said...

We are sending lots of purrs for a solution to what is going on.

Avalon Cat Cartoons said...

Poor Yoko. Purring for this sweet little cat.

Kea said...

Oh, poor sweetie, she'd feel so miserable.

Purrs from the boys and positive vibes/Light from me. Fingers and paws crossed for her.

Marilia said...

Purrrrrrrs!
Yoko will stay better!

Summer at sparklecat.com said...

I am sending lots of purrs to Yoko!

meowmeowmans said...

Of course we will. We love you, Yoko, and will keep you in our thoughts, purrs and prayers. Hugs to you all.

Katnip Lounge said...

Paws crossed! Just a thought, our buddy Steve (a person) had chronic UTIs and it was from an intestinal abscess--has Yoko had an x-ray?

Brian's Home Blog said...

Oh no. We are all sending our best purrs and prayers to dear Yoko. We sure hope it gets figured out really soon.

The Florida Furkids said...

We're purring for Yoko. We hope the holistic vet has a good solution.

The Florida Furkids

Max said...

Sending tons o'MaxMojo...

Quill and Greyson said...

Sending sweet healing purrs your way Yoko!

SquirrelQueen said...

Oh poor Yoko, we hope the new holistic vet can figure out what the problem is and make her better.

Sending lots of healing purrs her way.

Cindi Lou & The Kitty Krew

Cats Herd You said...

We know you're very worried, and we're purring loudly for Yoko.

The Island Cats said...

We're purring for Yoko.

Cathy Keisha said...

Sending healing purrz. Oh Yoko! Hoping you're feeling better.

Bernadette said...

What a sweet old girl, it's so hard when you just can't figure it out and they are suffering. Purring for her.

dArtagnan Rumblepurr/Diego Hamlet Moonfur said...

Sending my purrs.

Marg said...

We sure do send tons of purrs to Yoko. So glad you liked the new vet. Glad to hear she already feels better. It sounds like a great vet. Take Care.

Hannah and Lucy said...

We are sending many purrs to Yoko and hope she feels better soon.
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

Jans Funny Farm said...

Poor Yoko. We hope she feels better soon.

Scylla said...

More healing purrs for Yoko, we sure hope you can discover what the problem is and get it cured.

da tabbies o trout towne said...

yoko...we most shirley can send purrz, long with de blessings oh st francis....XOXO

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

I am sending my purrs for Yoko.

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

I soooo wish that the kitties in the blog-o-sphere would be well. Our hearts are hurting with all of the illnesses. Sending purrs and prayers

Anonymous said...

Sending up prayers for sweet Yoko and we hope she is all better very, very soon. Hugs and nose kisses

rinrinflu said...

Pour Yoko.. Dental problems make a lot of pain! Can you visit us please?
rinrinflu.blogspot.com

muchos besitos y cuidate!

Alley Cats and Angels of North Carolina said...

Sending a whole bundle of purrs and prayers for Yoko.

Sweet darling, my fingers and toes are crossed for you.

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