Rounding out over ten years of a wonderful life, and over five years of treatment for Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), Simcoe passed away on April 9th. I picked up tiny baby Simcoe on a snowy night in January of 2007. The litter of kittens she came from had two girls, and I picked the one […]
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April 10th, 2017 by pleia2
Yesterday we had to let go of our precious Simcoe. She was almost ten and a half years old, and has spent the past five and a half years undergoing treatment for her Chronic Renal Failure (CRF). I’ll be doing a final medical post that has details about her care over the years and how […]
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Simcoe’s January and March 2017 Checkups
March 19th, 2017 by pleia2
Simcoe has had a few checkups since I last wrote in October. First was a regular checkup in mid-December, where I brought her in on my own and had to start thinking about how we’re going to keep her weight up. The next step will be a feeding tube, and we really don’t want to […]
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Simcoe’s October Checkup
October 21st, 2016 by pleia2
On October 13th MJ and I took Simcoe in to the vet for her quarterly checkup. The last time she had been in was back in June. As usual, she wasn’t thrilled about this vet visit plan. This time her allergies were flaring up and we were preparing to increase her dosage of Atopica to […]
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Simcoe’s March and June Checkups
July 3rd, 2016 by pleia2
I missed a checkup post! Looking back to January, she had been prescribed the Atopica for some scabbing that kept occurring around her eyes and she continues to be on that. Since starting that daily pill, she has only had one very mild breakout of scabbing around her eyes, but it cleared up quickly after […]
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Simcoe’s January 2016 Checkups
February 14th, 2016 by pleia2
First up, as I first wrote about back in August, since July Simcoe has been struggling with some sores and scabbing around her eyes and inside her ear. This typically goes away after a few weeks, but it keeps coming back Over the winter holidays she started developing more scabbing, this time in addition to […]
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Simcoe’s November 2015 Hospital Checkup
December 27th, 2015 by pleia2
It’s been quite a season for Simcoe. I mentioned back in September that the scabbing around her eyes had healed up, but unfortunately it keeps coming back. The other day we also noticed a sore and chunk of missing fur at the base of the underside of her tail. She has a dermatologist appointment in […]
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Simcoe’s September 2015 Checkup
September 22nd, 2015 by pleia2
A few weeks ago I wrote about Simcoe’s lab work from July and some other medical issues that cropped up. I’m happy to report that the scabbing around her eyes has cleared up and we were able to get the ultrasound done last Thursday. The bad news is that her kidneys are very small and […]
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Simcoe’s July 2015 Checkup and Beyond
August 30th, 2015 by pleia2
Simcoe, our Siamese, was diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) in December of 2011. Since then, we’ve kept her going with quarterly vet visits and subcutaneous fluid injections every other day to keep her properly hydrated. Her previous checkup was in mid March, so working around our travel schedules, we brought her in on July […]
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Simcoe’s March 2015 Checkup
March 27th, 2015 by pleia2
Our little Siamese, Simcoe, has Chronic Renal Failure (CRF). She has been doing well for over 3 years now with subcutaneous fluid injections every other day to keep her hydrated and quarterly check-ins with the vet to make sure her key blood levels and weight are staying within safe parameters. On March 14th she went […]
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