Eric’s Kidneys
(Note: Parts of this were posted previously to my Livejournal as well. I’m playing catch-up over here to get to Story At Hand, as it were.) About a month ago, Eric, my little chow hound who’d scarf up...
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On Squash, Fermentable Fiber and Feline Kidney Disease
One of the squashes from our garden One of the things I did to modify Eric’s diet after finding out about his polycystic kidneys was to reintroduce squash into his diet. In the past several years, I...
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On the Stoicness of Cats
Eric, doing Downward Facing Paperweight, a classic Hatha yoga pose Eric’s still doing great, but I know how to read my Orange Menace, and he’s been in his discomfort pose more times this week than I’ve...
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Calcitriol therapy for chronic kidney disease
Calcitriol molecule If you want to read about all the different things I’m doing for Eric to help control the symptoms of his polycystic kidney disease, check out the diet modification and polycystic...
View ArticleUsing Nutritional Yeast in Feline Renal Failure Diets
I stopped feeding nutritional yeast a while back, because I was feeding quite a bit of canned food and quite a bit of liver. However, given that liver contains a higher phosphorus-to-B-vitamin ratio,...
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Renafood
One of the first things the vet gave me to give to Eric was Renafood, a supplement consisting of various detoxifiers, including beet juice. I’m skeptical that it actually does anything for two main...
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Eric: April ?? 2002 – November 17, 2009
Eric doing the Happy Kitty Curl. Taken about 2 weeks before he died. Eric’s heart stopped yesterday, and I had to let him go. I have lots I want to say about his death and the decisions I made along...
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