[Yorkie24U]

My almost 15 yr old blind yorkie girl just had a dental cleaning of which before hand they had to do a CBC, SCA. Her red blood cell, white blood cell and platelet counts were within normal range. Her Serum Chemistry Analysis showed her glucose, creatinine, total protein, albumin, globulin, calcium, phosporous, liver values, total bilirubin, cholesterol, amylase and lipase were all within the normal range. One of her kidney values ( blood urea nitrogen ) was mildly increased. She's going to get a urinalysis to determine the nature of her kidney disease. Her Electrolytes were all within the normal range.
She had a dental cleaning , received IV fluids and antibiotics through an IV catheter during the procedure. She recovered uneventfully. She is on Clavamox for the next 10 days and she's getting rehecked again next tues when they will recheck her kidney function values at that time. She's doing really well, eating good, drinking and peeing a lot. Lacey is 3.6 lbs.
Now her younger sister, age 13, also shows signs of kidney disease and her vet put her on the Hils L/d food today. She's a fussy eater and not much luck with any food other than pure white meat chicken breast meat. Of which the proteins suppose to be lowered, defeating the purpose. She's only 3 lbs, and when she refuses to eat, she worrys me terribly. Usually eats in the morning and evening, or morning , late afternoon or evening. I can see a check up coming for her again soon. She's not on any meds, just got an instant cataract about 2 months ago and is still battling with accepting blindness. She only has one eye due to glaucoma 4 yrs ago when one eye had to be removed. I'm hoping the both of them will get the meds they need soon. This post is very interesting, at least I know I'm not alone.