runaround66

This is more of a curiosity question than anything. I have a 9 year old cat. He was diagnosed at age 3 (I believe) with renal failure that they believer might have actually been caused by either a deformity in his kidneys or (my belief) a reaction to a medication. He was given a 2-3 year life span estimate, which he's obviously outlived. I've been keeping him going on eod sq lrs and Purina's NF (and I think he keeps going just out of spite). I know that this is the norm for renal kitties, but I wanted to know if there is any research being done to alternative treatment to renal failure that you know of?

Thank you! We've actually been monitoring whole blood profiles instead of just bun/crea so we've been monitoring phosphorous and calcium. He hasn't needed anything but sqf yet, so fingers crossed! I was just curious because while the fluids work great, they're kind of a pain sometimes.