Bella is now a whole year old (my baby is growing up!
), so we had her BAT repeated.....the results were: Pre = 7.2 (which is normal); and Post = 97.7
. (Her previous Pre was 243, and post was 72.6.....so her post has gone up a bit.....I guess that UTI really did make a difference??? Strange....)
Since her post was pretty high, I went ahead and had them do the Protein C test. Got the results back on that today.....89 (with a normal of 75-135)! Her vet feels that all this supports the likelihood of MVD rather than a shunt, so I am feeling much more at ease and relieved about that!
Sooo, while I plan to occasionally home cook still using Dr. W's diet (and maybe he'll change it a bit now that we know more??), I don't plan to do this solely anymore. She gets bored very quickly with food, and really likes things to be rotated, so we're going back to kibble (NB Organic Chicken and Wellness Whitefish and Sweet Potato) and rotating those along with home-cooked. I think that will make her much, much happier! (And my wallet and free time a little happier too, though I certainly don't mind doing what I need to.) And, I'll still do the milk thistle, Vit. E, and fish oil daily too. I think as long as she continues to be asymptomatic with this routine, then we're good! IF she ever has ANY symptom, we'll go right back to what we've been doing, but I really think she'll do great!!
(Oh! And she hasn't had another UTI since the first one she got after her spay. This time I had her U/A repeated BEFORE we did the BAT again just to make sure. Her vet feels like that UTI was just a result of her bladder maybe getting a little bruised during the spay.....good to know that it wasn't a symptom.)