We ended up bringing Zoe home on Wednesday night after the vet completed her blood transfusion. Due to her kidneys being under-developed, she has a very low red blood cell (RBC) count, which puts her at risk for being critically anemic. The blood transfusion was to help get her RBC’s back into normal range, which will hopefully provide her with a little bounce in her step. Since her kidney’s are so bad, she is not producing the right hormones that help produce the RBC’s, so we will be giving her weekly shots of epogen, which is a synthetic form of the hormone.

Unfortunately, there is no cure for her under-developed kidneys, so this is just a temporary solution. However, the vet has had a couple similar cases and the pets in those situations have been able to live a happy healthy life for a couple of years, until their bodies ultimately started rejecting the epogen and their kidneys failed. So we are definitely playing the odds here in hopes of keeping her around for as long as possible.

As of this morning, she seems to be recovering nicely. She has a little bounce in her step and is acting more like herself. However, she still has staples in her stomach due to the stomach surgery, so we need to keep her in check when she gets a little crazy!

Thanks again for everything and I will be sure to keep you all up to date on her progress.

Aire-hugs,
Poppy, Penny & Patches

Lots of love, Scruffy, Lacie and Stanley

Please give Zoe all the hugs & kisses you can muster….

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