Sad updates: Tommy and Magic

Tommy was doing ok on Fortekor for kidney failure, but he'd started drinking more again and wasn't keen on eating for a few days when he died after having lost more weight on Saturday, 4th August! He died when I was away. He was so unwell that I was going to have him put to sleep on Sunday, but he had other ideas. I miss him so much.

Then today, I brought Magic to the vet as the abscesses all came back with a vengeance. Ian did some x-rays and saw that the bones were inflamed and there wasn't anything that could be done other than lance them and put Magic on palliative care. We decided to do that and then make the decision once Magic wasn't happy anymore.
3/4 hour later, Ian called back to say that Magic had a heart attack and passed away during recovery! I fell really numb and shocked! We didn't expect that. Ian did say however that Magic too was in kidney failure which I didn't notice as he never drank more than usual... So it would have been difficult to put him on painkillers! Perhaps Magic knew that he didn't want to go on and decided to go before it got too uncomfortable ... and I think he made the right decision! But so hard for me. Miss you so badly my little guy!

Magic - Abscess

Well, I took Magic to Mark's yesterday to have his incisors and rest of teeth sorted out again as he slowed down with the eating again. I then get a call from Mark saying that Magic has a massive abscess on his face. They lanced it, sorted his back teeth and incisors out - though they did say that Magic's molars are worn quite down and some teeth loose though still functional. When I picked him up he was ok, drank a lot of water, but didn't eat much. This morning, I saw some blood and mess on his fur and then realised that the abscess was in fact opened externally, which I was surprised about as I assumed it was internally. So I clipped the fur some more around it, lanced it and then cleaned the wound up with Hibiscrub. Tonight, I just lanced it again and from tomorrow will start flushing it with hibiscrub too (haven't got a syringe at the moment, but will get some tomorrow). I have just given Magic some chopped salad and grated carrot as well as some herbs and chopped hay, and he has eaten quite a lot of that. I am really glad as he seems to feel better, and it also saves me having to syringe feed him. The abscess is really massive and so much stuff coming out of it... wow! I think it is bigger than even Pippa's and Sunny's when they had the ear abscesses. As from tomorrow I will put Magic on Streptacare too as that is the only meds that are likely to help.

Tommy

Tommy has been a bit through the mill over the last few months. His teeth needed sorting out as there were spurs. He also had a considerable amount of puss in his mouth. We have put him on Streptacare again, on which he has been for a couple of months now and it is working very well. It has also stopped him from wetting himself by the looks of it as he is now mostly dry.

However, he started drinking more and more, so last Thursday, I brought him to see Mark. He had a blood test and it came back as kidney failure (UREA 21.8 with a normal range of 6.1 - 8.6 and CREATININE 248.3 with a normal range of 70.7 - 159). Tommy is now on Fortekor and seems much better on it already.

Magic

Not many updates recently, however, Magic had really overgrown incisors so is now having regular dentals to keep them and the molars in good shape. They seem to grow at a very strange angle now which stops them from waring down properly. Luckily, Mark/Ian only charged me meds last time for the dental, which I appreciated very much!