Less than a month after losing Rusty, I nearly lost Ricky.
What was originally diagnosed as tonsillitis turned out to be acute kidney failure. How you could confuse the two is beyond me.
Ricky managed to drop from 7.7kg on Saturday, 19 June, down to 6.4kg on Wednesday, 23 June. He then spent 16 days in the specialst vet centre on a drip and managed to lose another 400g because he wouldn't eat. When he was discharged from the centre on Friday, 9 July, he was up to 6.1kg, but definitely nowhere near his pre-sickness weight.
Once he was home he eventually started to eat and drink again, and at last weigh in he was up to 6.8kg. He's on monthly blood tests, and his last one (nearly a month ago now) everything had almost returned to normal. He's due for another blood test this week when hopefully we will get the all clear.
I thank my lucky stars every day that I still have him. The little bugger is pushing the boundaries again though, so there's obviously nothing wrong with him. He has also returned to his pre-sickness energy levels, which is a really good sign. And while he's driving me crazy again, I suppose that's a good sign too.
