[theporkieyorkie]

So....Prince might be sick again. We weaned him off all of his meds for his heart and gall bladder over the last few months and he has been doing great with the episodes he was having last year at this time.

Since we took him off his meds, his appetite has skyrocketed. He wakes me up at night to eat...and he's also peeing like crazy...unfortunately, sometimes he does it in the house. He's also started loosing weight. He's not overly skinny...yet.

Here's my thing....I don't know if he's sick or not. He could be loosing weight because I changed him to a Senior food, which has less calories...but he's definitely lost weight within the last month since we took him off the ursidiol. He's always peed a lot, but the peeing in the house started this winter when Ricky started peeing in the house(on pee pads)...so maybe Prince is confused about where to pee...and his increase in appetite could be because he's not on all of the meds he was on. Perhaps they were killing his appetite and now he feel good enough to eat.

He also has more congestion...which I am hoping is just allergies and not pneumonia.


Anyways...I am worried about kidney issues and possible diabetes...I don't think he has pneumonia, but I am a bit worried about that with his congestion. We have an appointment tomorrow morning at the vets where he will be getting full blood work up and a wellness check, at the minimum.


I am wondering if I am on the right track in my thinking that it might be kidney's or diabetes. I know that often, a yorkie doesn't just have one abdominal issue. They seem to have a trifecta of issues...gallbladder, pancreas, kidney and liver issues combined. I am also wondering if I should ask for test other than the normal bloodwork that will include a glucose test.