[QUOTE=sadiesamie;1901595]and this scares me to death! all of this protein loss. I am not going to lie to anyone... I have worried every day since last June. There was a period of 2 mos Jan & Feb that I worried not so much bc UPC had gone from 7.1 to 1.9 after increasing the benezeperil. Now rechecking the UPC 2 mos later her UPC jumped back to 7.3. So that tells me the med is not working. She gets UPC rechecked in 2 wks. I have all of that going on... the pancreas issues...the diet- trying to find food to feed them. Needing a new vet since our old vet had my girls on way too much medication. I can't wait to talk to a nutritionist. I want to schedule with the holistic vet in Plano and don't know if I should consult your nutritionist now... and still see the holistic vet or just do one or the other. I mean for now the specialist is handling things with us. SO maybe i will just call your nutritionist and go from there.
The cost for everything to date I checked our budget that we keep is now 7,100.00! That was since June 2007 to present- and that includes food/heartguard/frontline also- the vet section has every vet expense included- so we can subtract maybe a couple hundred dollars. I am beside myself and I am to the point where I really have a hard time with this all. It is so overwhelming. ANd I am thankful for the good news we got with the specialist a couple weeks ago. No crystals with Samie- no hypothyroid with both sadie and samie... and samie's liver is perfect. so she doesn't need a liver biopsy. if our old vet considered all of the meds she had my girls on she wouldn't have had to jump to conclusions and get right to a liver biopsy. but aside from that there are still major things going on with my girls. as you know i have several posts out there on all situations.
I mean I don't mean to sound so bleak but it kinda feels like i find a road and i keep driving and the scenery is so beautiful and then I come to a dead end with fires burning and no way out after things looked so beautiful. I know that's a strange way to describe it. But the time I spend with my little precious angels is something I hold dear to my heart. :-) I never have felt a love for a small animal like these yorkies ever. and I will say it time an time again. I want whats best for them and I love them so much I can cry i get so overwhelmed. This is some info on the protein loss disease we are dealing with. Albumin is ok- it has not dropped and bun is high at 60- so not sure how high that can go before we are in real danger here.
sadie is feeling better this morning- she is playful and kissing me like crazy. so glad she is feeling better today! I just LOVE her so much!!! Read the link if you have time for a better picture of what we are dealing with...
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body...nephritis.html[/QUOTE
meant to type Almumin- not amyloid- sorry...
Albumin