Hi thanks everyone for all the support and prayers. I have a computer for now not sure if it is fixed for good or temporarilly. Special thanks to Erin and Michiko for posting for me. I am just getting over the 2 week flu so I haven't been able to get to another computer. As Michiko said Dixie has congenital advanced kidney failure. Her kidney's are small and hard and function at about 25%. The specilaist is waiting on 2 tests reults that had to be sent out and will call me tomorrow night at 9pm. He was much more hopeful than the regular vet and said he could make no promises but he treats patients all day with degrees of kidney failure, she will need 7-8 medicines a day, which just blows me away but depending on how she tolerates the medicines determines her prognosis. One thing is Dixie is so young whereas KF usually occurs in elderly dogs so I have no idea how long she has with me. But she will be spoiled royally and loved to pieces and the best vet care I can give her. She is absolutely the sweetest little girl I have seen. Every morning she climbs up on my chest and lays her head under my chin and just lays there for some loving. She will most likely never be abe to be put under so she cannot be spayed and I live in fear that she will hurt her leg or something else, but I am taking it one day at a time.
Her breeder has been very supportive and in no way would have known Dixie had this. The only reason we found out is I thought it was strange that her urine on the pee pad was clear not the least bit yellow and she always peed and then peed again in 1 minute. Her urine has no odor either. I just wanted to make sure there was no problem so I took in a urine sample and it wasn't normal so the vet said if I wanted we could just wait and see or do lab work, thank God I opted to do the bloodwork. I never in my life thought I would get the call saying she was in kidney failure and nothing could be done. I am so glad I didn't listen to him and asked for referral to a specialist.
It was so hard to not be able to come on here to my YT family during all this but I thank you so much for all the prayers they do help. I will update tomorrow night if I have a computer if not I know my dear friend Michiko will post for me. |