[angierae73]

My 8 year old boy has had an issue with Calcium Oxalate bladder stones, he has had the stones removed 3 times in the past 5 years the last 2 surgeries were 1 year apart his last surgery being October of 2008. We went to his veterinarian on Wednesday and I was told that he has already formed another 4 stones - his diet consist of Hills U/D, I make his treats out of his dry dog food and we also added Potassium Citrate 2 times daily because his PH was very low; he has been on the U/D for 3 years and the potassium since the last surgery I switched vets in October because his original vet just didn't seem to care that the stones kept reoccurring he had no suggestions or solutions it was a good thing I did because that is when I found out Simon needed a 3rd surgery. I am very happy with our new Vet we have been working very closely monitoring Simon throughout the past 6 months we do monthly urinalysis and I check his PH 2 times daily and I keep a daily log and report to my vet atleast every 2 weeks. His last Urinalysis which was 1.5 weeks ago came back perfect except I noticed that Simon had a dribble I felt very uncomfortable with that and brought him in for an x-ray which showed that he was forming stones again they are small, but present. I am heartbroken and very frustrated and feel like I am running out of options.

As of late yesterday my team of Vets were contemplating trying to flush them, but are worried that if the stonesare larger than theyappear then one could lodge in his urethra and he will need emergency surgery (which would be a more extensive surgery then the Cystectomy), but if it works then NO SURGERY will be needed, but it is a 50/50 chance and it doesn't appear that the odds are ever with Simon! we are also looking into Laser surgery which is less invasive (but not done too much around us) - either way the stones need to be removed, but my biggest concern is how to stop them from forming I can not keep putting him through these surgeries nor can I afford them.

I was hoping that if someone else has had this issue that they could share with me a possible suggestion or solution to help my boy. i am told that it could be just his genetics, but there has to be some way to help him.