The specialist took Prince off his heart meds because the Dr who put him on them to begin with misdiagnosed his CHF. After doing an US and a follow up xray, she found that he has a grade 1 heart murmur but his valves are fine and his heart really isn't enlarged.
She put him on ursidiol because she also did an abdominal US and found he had sludge in his gallbladder. But after it cleared up and there were no more flare ups, she weaned him off it.
We just got back from the vet and as suspected, Prince had went from 8.6 lbs down to 7.4 lbs. We did a urinalysis and a comprehensive 20 panel blood test that includes his blood glucose. She also put him on clavamox. She suspects that he may have a UTI as well, but she said he could use the clavamox anyways because he's got such a terrible mouth. He hasn't had his teeth cleaned since 4/2012 because of all of his health issues. The specialist did not want to risk putting him under...and we were supposed to be talking about getting his teeth done this spring, but who knows now with all of this new stuff going on.
Anyways...we will know more on Monday when the results come back. It seems like the vet is leaning towards diabetes though
BTW....he's an older dog, but yes, he does seem to have an older look to his face and it seems like he doesn't have as much hair on the bridge of his nose and around his eyes...and it's thin on his neck underneath his collar. His eyes are also much more cloudy looking than Ricky's are. You can't notice it as much during the day, but at night, they look... I thought more shiny, but now I know it's cloudy that I am seeing. I always just thought they had a different eye color or something until the vet pointed it out today.