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Originally Posted by fifilame  Thank you all for responding. This has all felt like a roller coaster ride... The doctor called me yesterday and said now he doesn't think she has a shunt but that some type of microvascular thing is going on. Said the bloodwork from the second lab came in and while they did find signs of bacteria, nothing grew in the dish which he felt could be the result of the antibiotics which were still in her system. So now, the plan is she is back on antibiotics (Baytril this time) and gave her the Lactulose solution, along with changing her diet to Hills U/D food (low protein diet). He wants her on this for at least a week and then wants to do another urine test on her. I have started all this last night and I can't help but think my poor baby is so hungry! Apparently she will have to be on this special diet the rest of her life (and she is only 13 months old). My idea is to go along with this for now, and then maybe go to a specialist if I don't see any improvement after the week is up and the urine test is redone. (You have to get a referral anyway to see one here). Does this all sound about right? |
By "microvascular", it sounds like your vet suspects Microvascular Dyplasia/MVD.
What type of urine test does he want to do? To check for infection?
I personally would ask for a referral to a specialist rather than guessing at a diagnosis.