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Old 05-14-2010, 08:28 AM   #8
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He was on the antibiotics for 2 weeks. They did do a urinalysis with a sample I brought in. They want to get a sterile sample now. I feel like the sterile sample seems so invasive though (needle through his belly). I'm going in today @ 2:00 to do it. They said that the next step will be blood work.
That would be a cystocentesis. It does sound invasive, but most dogs do extremely well with it. It only takes a minute (or a bit longer if it is ultrasound guided) and is not nearly as bad as it sounds. My girl has them at least yearly. No big thing.
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