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Originally Posted by Shae  I have just had the worst three days with my little Yorkie as an inpatient at the vets for kidney failure. Jet is yrs old and it was touch and go every day. I woke this morning thinking I was going to have to say 'put him to sleep'. It was awful. When I rang for an update they said he had picked up and he was able to come home. I couldn't believe it. His urea reading was 40 on Tuesday when it should have been 10. Yesterday it was 20 but it was still to high and due his age the vet was a bit sceptically of his chances. She gave him another hrs and today the reading was 9.7!!!
I am so thankful for the care and support I have received from them all at Heywood Veterinary Centerer in Heywood. They were great and because of them, my little lad is back home, not out of danger but going in the right direction. |
I just read your post, and first, I want to tell you how very sorry I am that your little one is in kidney failure.
And second, I want to tell you, that one of my girls, Sydney, who will be 15 in April, was diagnosed in early October, and I understand, how you felt, when you got hit with the initial diagnosis. I know, because I felt like I had been blindsided.
We never saw it coming. No symptoms.
But, Sydney has doe well, responded to a change in diet, her numbers actually dropped a little bit, two months after we changed to a homemade, low salt, low phosphorus, medium protein diet.
I've actually spoken with other people, that have had Yorkies in CRF, live another 3 years
One person in particulars Yorkie, lived to be 18.
CRF is no longer always a death sentence.
Please keep us posted, as your little one goes through tests, treatments, etc.
Feel free to p.m. me.
Sheila