Not exact matches
My girl was born with
failing kidneys and it was important for me to breastfeed her as long as she would
do it.
By this time, damage to the blood vessels has begun, but the
kidneys don't usually
fail for another 3 or 4 days.
What we
do know is that by the time
kidneys fail, they all look pretty much the same when viewed under a microscope.
Hemodialysis, as performed on humans with
failing kidneys, is not
done frequently in pets.
Probably the most important thing you can
do in preparing a homemade diet for your pet with
failing kidneys is to prepare it with as much added water as possible.
I don't think that a single cat or dog caregiver in the US is not aware of the thousands of cats and dogs that suffered tremendously and died — or have been left with
failing kidneys and a shortened lifespan / diminished quality of life — due to the contamination of commercial foods processed by Menu Foods in the summer of 2007.