The article: https://drgoodvet.com/pet_health/stem-cells-help-fight-kidney-disease-cats/ An excerpt: While there isn’t any cure for CRF, stem cell therapies offer hope for treating this condition. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can become specialized cells, and scientists use them to grow replacement tissues and organs. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that adult…

The purpose of taking Tabs and Ginger to the vet’s today is to determine if both of them are suitable to undergo the stem cell therapy as treatment for their kidney disease. Tabs has Stage 2 CKD and PKD. Ginger is considered to be in Stage 1 (not requiring subcut or supplements yet). Ginger Ginger…

I took Riley, Gerald, Tabs and Ginger to the vet’s today. I’ll write about Riley and Gerald first. Gerald No issue. Might have to continue with the monthly Advocate spot-on for his balding flanks. It has actually healed a lot, but he is probably allergic to something and since he is a free roaming cat,…

Now, why didn’t I just googled for the information? There’s plenty! This is one: https://stemcellthailand.org/therapies/polycystic-kidney-disease-pkd/ From other internet sources: Treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease: This non-surgical approach allows surrounding healthy tissue to be preserved more effectively. With stem cell therapy being introduced into the treatment of kidney failure and renal diseases, the aim of the treatment…

This is really exciting news. Our vet has consulted with the vet who pioneered the use of stem cells for kidney treatment and yes, he says that there may be some benefits for polycystic kidney. In humans, they are using stem cells for human polycystic kidney as well. But for Tabs, there is a cystic…

Feeding the Blondies require full vigilance and attention because (1) eating isn’t their priority so they don’t place much interest in it, (2) they won’t bother to come to the pantry to eat unless they are REALLY hungry (this happens maybe once in 2-3 days), so I have to hunt them down and feed them…

Today has been a good-news day for us, with Indy’s unexpected remarkable and significant reduction in his kidney readings. I always live in the moment and take the wins whenever I can. As I reflect back, I only made four changes over the last 10 days or so: Reduce subcut fluids from 250ml to 200ml…

I managed to collect Tabs’ urine this morning at 5am and I kept the sample in the fridge. When the vet’s opened at 9.30am, I asked if the urine is still viable for the urinalysis and they said yes, so I sent the urine to the clinic. The results came back as expected. The urine…

I can certainly do with some good news today…. And Indy delivered it! Today was Indy’s revisit at our regular vet’s after 10 days since we (1) reduced the subcut from 250ml to 200ml (too much fluids making the kidneys work harder?) and (2) stopped Kidney Support Gold (too much anti-oxidants?). This revisit was important…

In short, RC Dental is cheaper than Greenies and the pellets are much bigger so it forces the cat to chew. It’s the chewing effect that mimics the brushing effect. Palatability-wise, our cats prefer Greenies, However, they are slowly acquiring the taste of RC Dental now. But a word of caution, though, RC Dental should…

The journal article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730275/ From the article: Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS), a natural polymer derived from chitosan, exerts several biological activities including anti-inflammation, anti-tumor, anti-metabolic syndrome, and drug delivery enhancer. Since COS is vastly distributed to kidney and eliminated in urine, it may have a potential advantage as the therapeutics of kidney diseases. Polycystic kidney disease…

I took Tabs for the kidney ultrasound today and also for other checks at our regular vet. This is going to be a long, long story. Tabs’ kidney condition:  The ultrasound was done and the vet was surprised to see MANY cysts in both Tabs’ kidneys, more on her left. This is totally and absolutely…

I managed to discuss Tabs’ case with the new vet a little more and he has given me a possibility with hope. He reminded me that for Indy, way back in April 2019 (that’s four years ago), he had high creatinine too, and that’s what started his subcut, first on alternate days, then reduce to…