[Britster]

I didn't really ask about specifics today. Vet told me his levels were up a little higher than Monday's blood test, enough to be concerning a little bit, so they sent me home with him with sub-q fluids. I had never heard of it before. But he said he'd rather be safe than sorry and not risk him ending up back in the hospital next week or something. So basically we have an appointment tomorrow and Sunday (I guess to "refill" fluids?) and "final" re-check on Tuesday w/ bloodwork again. Vet told me this would be the cheapest way of doing things, because I guess it will be $37 per visit over the next two visits. Today was $140. I also told him he had no diarrhea or vomiting.

I am glad this vet seems to be proactive. But I don't really feel comfortable to talk and ask alot of questions though. He's more "in and out" and I talk more to the techs. On Tuesday, it will be a female doctor that I haven't met yet (they informed me of this today). So I am curious to see how she is. I feel like I try to ask questions to this guy and he briefly answers them and then I almost feel like he doesn't want to answer more complicated questions so I just stop.

I told him that today he had about a 20 minute walk about an 1/2 hour before our vet visit and could that have been a reason for his lipase and dehydration levels to be up a bit higher and he said no. I said something along the lines of: "How much exercise can he be getting? He's driving me crazy *laughs* he's used to being pretty active, etc, etc" and the vet, while on his computer, just said "very little exercise." The tech had told me beforehand that I knew Jackson best. I don't really know what to go with here. I also asked about food, I said yesterday he had about 1/2 cup which is what he was eating on his old food, and was that too much... and the vet just told me "feed less than you were before." But I didn't even get a chance to explain that the Purina bags suggests 1 cup for a dog his size and the food he was feeding before had more calories, etc, I believe.

After Tuesday with his bloodwork done and everything, I am considering making an appointment with our regular vet before this, as I always felt comfortable talking to her and asking her questions. Just to get a second opinion and make sure I am doing everything right, etc. Do you think this would be wise?