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<title>"A Day In The Life Of Zuzu"</title>
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<copyright>Copyright 2013 by Zuzu &amp; Catster</copyright>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:39:20 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>I am Checking In...</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:47:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi Everybody...
We didn't know that our emails were bouncing...and we wondered why we weren't getti ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi Everybody...
We didn't know that our emails were bouncing...and we wondered why we weren't getting any? So I hope now that everything got all straighten out! I am still here!! Getting my fluids...meds...I see my vet for my profiles every 3 months and eat my special kidney food. My Daddy and Mommy take very good care of me. Sometimes I have my hours in the day when I feel sluggish and I sleep alot but then I will perk up. Lately I have been fighting with my brother...a lot of times I start it because of the meds that I am on...but he starts them too...he's a brat. Otherwise nothing else to report...Love to you all!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>CRF</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:51:45 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi Everybody....

This is Zuzu's mommy and I am writing for him. I have told some of Zuzu's and Bi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi Everybody....

This is Zuzu's mommy and I am writing for him. I have told some of Zuzu's and Binxy's friends on here that Zuzu was diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure.
We took him in on January 18, 2010 a day that I will never forget for the rest of my dying days. He just went in for his yearly but we noticed before that he wasn't having his little piggy appetite for a week or so and his flank looked skinner. He would throw up hair balls a lot so we didn't think nothing of him throwing up this liquidy stuff because sometimes there would be hairballs in it.
When we got to the vets we told them all this, they took his temp and it was high for a kitty...I don't remember the exact number but it wasn't right.
They wanted to do blood work. When they came back they showed that his BUN and Creatnine were high. Those are the levels in your kidneys. So they sent us to this very nice high tech Vet Hospital where they have all the stuff that is required for any animal in any situation. Zuzu needed a sonogram, X-Rays, to see what was wrong with his kidneys. They told us that his right kidney was the size of an egg and the other was not functional...that's why they wanted to do an X-ray also..to make sure. If the other kidney was okay, he would have had a better chance. So, they put him on fluids right away to have his kidneys flushed out and he stayed there for three nights. When they have CRF they have no appetite...so while he was in there he didn't eat much but when we would go to visit him my poor baby would get up and he would start eating for us. I am trying to fight back the tears and write this at the same time! The vet who was looking after Zuzu in there told us that we are going to have to administer IV fluids to him everyday. So they showed us how to do it. I am so squrimish...so my husband does the needle part and I help him keep Zuzu stay put because he hates staying still. The vet over there told us to come back in a week or so so we can retest Zuzu for his profiles.

We took him in and bought some fluids and she said she would give us a call later in the afternoon with his results. So, when she called she said, the levels went up a little more then when we brought him in. 
And both my husband and I were on the phone and we asked her, "Well, what do we do now just keep on giving him fluids for this?" Because we knew NOTHING about this!! And she said "Yes, just finish up those two bottles and that will be it"  My husband hung up the phone on her. And I yelled at her saying, "What do you mean that will be it?" "Well, I'm sorry, that's all he's going to need" And I said, "You mean he's going to die after these two bags?" And she said, "I'm sorry"
I just hung the phone up on her and went in our bedroom and started crying like I haven't cryed like that in I don't know HOW long!!! I was pounding my hands into the bed saying, "WHY??!!! Zuzu is ONLY 4!!" That can't be it!!!" My husband was all upset we were BOTH basketcases. THEN I got up and got on the internet and started searching everything and anything about CRF. I came across this wonderful site for kitties that have Chronic Renal Failure. It's called, "Tanya's Feline CRF Information Centre" and she has message boards as well. I got on those boards and explained to them just what I am writing to you now and they all were in shock how that vet treated us and the cat and the whole situation. They all told me to get a 2nd opinion. So, I told my husband we are going to OUR vet. We are NOT dealing with an emergency room vet. Our vet happens to be a "all cat clinic". And our vet went to Cornell and has been in practice for over 30+ years. The other one just got out of school I think! She took blood and kidney profiles...BUT the difference with our vet is that over there they "treat the animal and not the numbers." She was feeling around Zuzu's intestines and where his kidneys were and she said, "They said his kidney is a size of an egg? If it was it's not any more because I don't feel it a size of an egg?" I asked her if this kidney disease was from birth because you always see CRF in older kitties and she told me it could have been. There are young ones that get this and it's puzzling she said.
The profiles were a little down from when Dr. Death Vet took them, but right away she gave us med for him, vitamin shots, probiotics, we still have to give him fluids. He has to eat Hill' s special k/d which is a challenge because it's so hard to get him to eat renal food and I'm learning that this is NOT uncommon.

He's holding his own. I ask myself why did this have to happen to a sweet kitty that never bothered any body? Such a sweet little disposition...always a happy-go-lucky kitty...always just wanted to play in life. I ask myself this all the time and I cry.

 He has to go next week to check on ALL his profiles. I will try to keep this up on his progress...it's so hard though....so much going on.

If any of you ever remember please just say a little prayer for Zuzu somewhere in the corner of your heart?
Thank you so much :)

Loves, hugs, kisses and purrs,

Mommy, Daddy, Zuzu and Big Brother Binx]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hello...This is Binx...Zuzu's brother...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/650644</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:27:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Mommy said I can use the computer because of the cause...

I am just giving everyone an update on  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Mommy said I can use the computer because of the cause...

I am just giving everyone an update on my little brother Zuzu. He has been in the hospital for 3 days and came home today. His right kidney was the size of an egg but his left one was normal. They think he has Acute Renal Failure (ARF) and think that he got it from birth because he's only 4. My mommy and daddy were given instructions from the hospital on the IV fluids that he has to get every other day for hydration because he was dehydrated. He has to eat special food now for his kidneys. And they have to watch his kidney profile from now on.

My mommy and daddy are very, very upset...I can tell. When he came home and he came out of his carrier we both gave each other a kiss. I'm upset too that he doesn't feel good. My mommy cries a lot though. But they told her she's supposed to stay positive around Zuzu so he doesn't get any bad vibes.

Thank you for ALL  your "paws"...Zuzu likes them :)

Meow...Meow...
~Binx]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2009</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/550070</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:09:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I am writing to say to everyone Happy New Year!!!!
I haven't been on the computer much like my brot ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am writing to say to everyone Happy New Year!!!!
I haven't been on the computer much like my brother because we have to be supervised by my mommy, especially me because she said that I walk all over the keyboard and in front of the screen. So, I can only do this every once in a while. I don't know if you read my brothers diary but he has been having one heck of a time with his teeth and sometimes he takes it out on me because he's in pain?!!! Then mommy and daddy yell and we stop, but he starts it!!!!!!! I was over at grammas and I had such a good time over there with my older brother Alex and my cousin Alfie. They tend to hiss at me but I don't care because over at grammas they have a nice basement where I can hang out all by myself and it's nice and warm! And my pop-pou (that's grandpa in Greek) gives me plain yogurt and I just love it! And they have one of those "cat tower tree" things, the real high one? I LOVE going on there and hanging out on top and I fall asleep up there and they don't bother me. I run up it and hang from it like I'm playing "monkey man" my mommy says that I get to aggressive sometimes because I want to attack when I'm in "that mood". I don't know what she's talking about. Anyway, I am back here with my mommy and daddy and Binx and we are all trying to stay warm, it's been a very cold winter here in the northeast. At night when it's time to go to sleep, we all snuggle in mommy and daddy's bed and we stay warm!
I'll write again when I get the chance to get on here and don't step on the keyboards.
Love,
Zuzu]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Don't Forget About Me!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/472928</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:09:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>My mommy and older brother Binxy didn't write in my my diary because they said that there was some p ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My mommy and older brother Binxy didn't write in my my diary because they said that there was some problems with the account...but all is okay now and mommy is going to write some stuff down that we have been doing!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Tail of Devotion for Zuzu</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/203602</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 6 Sep 2006 19:18:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>My little Zuzu Bear... you are one of the sweetest babies that I have had  in awhile. Whe daddy and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My little Zuzu Bear... you are one of the sweetest babies that I have had  in awhile. Whe daddy and I went to "Steve's Pets" to get cat nip for your older brother Alex, you were in a cage in front of the store with the rest of your little siblings. Of course I HAD to stop and take a look and go nuts! But...you were the only little one that was up playing! The rest of them were all sleeping. So I opened the cage, took you out and held you and were just sitting in my arms so content. Then when your siblings woke up, you still were my favorite. Then daddy came over and held you for the longest time and we were debating whether we should get you right there and then or come back...well...I didn't want to come back and we wanted another baby, so I persuaded daddy and he is SO glad that I did because you ARE daddy's little boy! You aren't a snuggler like your brother, but you do come next to us, knowing that we aren't to far away. We are so glad that you took to Binxy like you did because you love him as much as he loves you. When you wash Binx...it is too cute to watch and Binxy loves when you wash him!
I love you very much Zuzu and if it wasn't for the fact that we went in the pet store to buy cat nip, you would NOT be in our lives right now... I don't think daddy and I can picture life without you!!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My mommy hasn't...</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/154796</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 May 2006 11:29:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>let me and Binxy write on the computer because she has been busy and she has to be in the room when  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ let me and Binxy write on the computer because she has been busy and she has to be in the room when we are on. I can't use the computer really good anyway, Binx helps me, I'm too little.
It has been nice out and mommy has had the windows open. I LOVE to sit in the window and look at birdies. So does Binxy.
It's MY turn to go to gramma's! I hope they take me soon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We're both going to Gramma's!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/137413</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:35:17 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>We are going to have a good time! I get to go on the &quot;cat tower&quot; and have it all to myself because I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We are going to have a good time! I get to go on the "cat tower" and have it all to myself because I don't let anyone else go on it when I'm there. Binxy's here too, he likes to hang out in the dining room table. Gramma said that it's a good thing that there is a table cloth on the table.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Waiting for some updated  news..</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/134453</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:35:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>My friend Snappers (she is here in Catster) wasn't feeling very good and she went to that guy with t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My friend Snappers (she is here in Catster) wasn't feeling very good and she went to that guy with the white coat, the one that holds that thing that he sticks in us, the other night and I am still waiting for the latest news on how she's doing. I hope that she's doing okay!
I just woke up from one of my many nappy's and got something to eat. My mommy & daddy have to put my food up on the counter sometimes because my brother, Binx likes to steal my food when no ones looking. He eats something different than me. My mommy & daddy tell him that it's to fattening for him. I am wondering if I am getting fat?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm bored</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/132609</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:56:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>My brother Binxy went to gramma's for a while and I am a little bored. I slept most of the day. I ju ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My brother Binxy went to gramma's for a while and I am a little bored. I slept most of the day. I just got up a little while ago, and I want to play with one of my mice.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where's my brother?</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/132226</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:21:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I don't know where my brother went?
Do ya think it could of been over to gramma's? I want to play,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't know where my brother went?
Do ya think it could of been over to gramma's? I want to play, but he's not here!
He's probably over there and palying on the "cat tree/tower' and I can't go on there because I'm stuck here! Oh well... I did go over there last weekend though, so maybe it IS his turn.

I gotta go take a nap...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am new here and in my new house!!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/280707/diary/A_day_in_the_life_of_zuzu/130811</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:23:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Zuzu ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I have only been here a little while.
I was born on Noevmber 1st of this year and spent a little ti ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have only been here a little while.
I was born on Noevmber 1st of this year and spent a little time in a local pet store until my now parents got me. I am only like four months old.
I really like it here. I didn't get along with my new brother, Binx at first but now we are doing okay. I love to play wth him.
I feel like I have so much going on and I can't sit still. I just came home from my Gramma'a today and I had a blast over there. They have a "Cat Tree" and I go up it so fast. I wanna get one for the here but my parents said that if we get one here it won't be a treat to go to Gramma's.

Oh well...]]></content:encoded>
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