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dottiesyrky · 08-03-2012, 08:37 AM

I do feel for all you posters and the pets who have to deal with KD. I am sure if it is caught early, the life of the pets can be managed so the dog is comfortable and happy for many years. Cindy, it is great that she is drinking and hydrated. Thank God when it is diagnosed early and it can be treated and managed before it becomes untreatable.
What happened to my baby? You may not wish to read, as it is horrible.
My situation was very sad and urgent as she had 75 % loss of kidney function, and my poor little one passed in 3 days from diagnosis. She was only 11.5 years and had always been healthy with only occasional bouts of minor (well managed I thought!) pancreatitis. She was fine but had a little tummy upset and I took her to the vet the same day, on a Friday. I had no idea she was sick as she walked, ate, etc as usual until that Friday. He did exam and various tests, x-rays etc etc and diagnosed acute kidney failure. She was very constipated (I did not know this as she was still pooping) and had pancreatitis as well. He gave an enema and had her on IV hydration in the office for 2 days. When stabilized, we brought her home and proceeded with the sub Q hydration. She would be fine for about one hour and then would go back to the miserable symptoms of vomiting, pooping blood etc. It was so pitiful to see her like this. We kept up the hydration which was very unpleasant for her, but every time she would quickly regress. After sitting up with her again on Sunday night with all the symptoms unabated, we decided she could not go on like this and that the kidneys could not be kept running by hydration. So we made the awful decision to give her peace on Monday am. It was such a shock to have this happen so quickly with no warning. How could she be so sick and we did not know??? The guilt never goes away. What did we miss and how????
Sorry for the sad story.

08-03-2012, 08:37 AM	#21
dottiesyrky Donating YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SW USA Posts: 2,505	Kidney disease I do feel for all you posters and the pets who have to deal with KD. I am sure if it is caught early, the life of the pets can be managed so the dog is comfortable and happy for many years. Cindy, it is great that she is drinking and hydrated. Thank God when it is diagnosed early and it can be treated and managed before it becomes untreatable. What happened to my baby? You may not wish to read, as it is horrible. My situation was very sad and urgent as she had 75 % loss of kidney function, and my poor little one passed in 3 days from diagnosis. She was only 11.5 years and had always been healthy with only occasional bouts of minor (well managed I thought!) pancreatitis. She was fine but had a little tummy upset and I took her to the vet the same day, on a Friday. I had no idea she was sick as she walked, ate, etc as usual until that Friday. He did exam and various tests, x-rays etc etc and diagnosed acute kidney failure. She was very constipated (I did not know this as she was still pooping) and had pancreatitis as well. He gave an enema and had her on IV hydration in the office for 2 days. When stabilized, we brought her home and proceeded with the sub Q hydration. She would be fine for about one hour and then would go back to the miserable symptoms of vomiting, pooping blood etc. It was so pitiful to see her like this. We kept up the hydration which was very unpleasant for her, but every time she would quickly regress. After sitting up with her again on Sunday night with all the symptoms unabated, we decided she could not go on like this and that the kidneys could not be kept running by hydration. So we made the awful decision to give her peace on Monday am. It was such a shock to have this happen so quickly with no warning. How could she be so sick and we did not know??? The guilt never goes away. What did we miss and how???? Sorry for the sad story.