Tylan's Hospitalization So Far

Tylan in his kennel in the hospital. They put a lot of soft blankets in there for him to snuggle up in. 

Hi everyone! The Mom here today. I thought you all might like an update on how Tylan is faring.

On Thursday, when he was admitted to the hospital, his creatinine and BUN were incredibly high - 12.1 and 140, respectively. 

In the wee hours on Friday, I called to check on Tylan, and his overnight vet tech told me he had eaten half a can of k/d! He had hardly been eating anything here at home, so I was both shocked and pleased. She told me he was sleeping at the time and he had been sleeping for a couple of hours. I was glad that he felt safe enough to get some rest. He needed it.

On Friday morning, Tylan's Internal Medicine vet called me (yes, she works at the hospital I took him to - I chose this hospital partly for that reason). She told me his creatinine had only gone down to 11.5. She sounded doubtful that they could get his creatinine much lower and began talking about quality of life. 

Needless to say, my mind was reeling. I was in shock. Numb. This had all happened so fast. I just couldn't believe it.

I visited Tylan on Friday night. He was obviously happy to see me, but he looked so small and weak. He wanted me to hold him forever. I held him for a while and talked to him. He was quite fascinated by the IV/infusion machine on the top of his cage that is constantly running. 

Tylan Urgently Needs Purrs and Prayers

 

I'm giving Tylan a hug good night before I leave him in good hands at the hospital.

As many of you know, Tylan has been really strugging since the beginning of December, 2024. At that time, his labs confirmed that he was having an acute bout of pancreatitis (he has chronic pancreatitis that flares every little bit). We also found out at that time that he had gone from stage 2 kidney disease (where he’d been stable for 3 years) to mid stage 3 kidney disease.

At the end of December, 2024, Tylan continued to struggle with his pancreatitis, and his labs showed that he had moved into late stage 3 kidney disease. Given that there were only 3 weeks between his two sets of labs, I was disturbed by the increase in his kidney values. But the veterinarians at his clinic didn’t seem too concerned about it. At that time, we decided to put him on subcutaneous fluids every other day and to get him through his acute bout of pancreatitis and start him on a renal diet once he felt better.

On December 30, 2024, Tylan was feeling so crummy that in lieu of acupuncture, his vet took blood work and an x-ray (to see if he was constipated as I hadn’t seen him poop lately). Tylan WAS, in fact, pretty constipated. Long story short, he ended up going back to the vet on January 2 to have an enema because the lactulose and miralax weren’t relieving the constipation.

Tylan had been eating less at the end of December as well. We all hoped that the constipation was the key – relieve the constipation and he might want to eat more.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

Kiss a Ginger Cat Day

 

Hi everybody!

Do you know what today be? It's Kiss a Ginger Cat Day! And as luck would have it, ME is a ginger cat. So, if you don't have a ginger cat to kiss, you can blow me some. Me will happily accept all the kisses you want to give!

An Update on Tylan: Continued Purrs and Prayers Needed

 

Unfortunately since our last update about Tylan, things have gotten worse.

Tylan was doing relatively okay with the meds he was taking for his pancreatitis flare, but late last week, he started going downhill. 

I noticed he was getting into his litter box, digging around, and meowing mournfully. So, I began to watch him. It's very dangerous if a male cat cannot urinate, so I wanted to make sure he was able to pee. He was urinating fine. But he was constipated. 

Happy Holidays!

 

We hope you all have a happy and blessed Holiday Season!

With love,

Giovanni, Tylan, and Mom Sierra