Thanks for you reply!

Sola's bowel movements have been fine for the last 10 days since he started a steroid (unfortunately).

He's on Wellness canned chicken and gets budesonide every other day for his IBD issues. He seems to be doing just fine has had normal bowel movements everyday, no vomiting, no diarrhea, no constipation! Which is huge for him! My vet said that busesonide targets mainly the intestines, so there usually isn't long term damage to the liver or kidneys.

His anemia is better as well. On his last blood test his RBC and WBC were within the normal range. His WBC went from 4.4 to 6.6 and his RBC went from 5.62 to 6.37.

My only concern now are his BUN and creatinine levels. My vet says he's fine and a kidney diet would not be good for his IBD. But in one month's time his BUN went from 27 to 37 and his creatinine from 1.8 to 2.3 his urinalysis was normal both times though.

But since his BUN and creatinine levels are outside the normal range, doesn't that mean that only 25% of his kidney function is left?

He's going into the vet in 2 weeks for another ultrasound of his intestines (to see if the thickening has gone down) and we'll also redo his bloodwork. But I just don't want to wait till it's too late to do something about his kidneys. I know you "treat the cat and not the bloodwork" and if you saw him you would see that he is acting totally normal, eats, drinks, plays, etc. Has NO loss of appetite whatsoever (he's a Norweigan forest cat mix that weighs 16 pounds!). but again, I have just heard from people that had pets with early CRF that they wished they would have done something sooner.

thanks again for all your advice!

lisa

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