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01-09-2008, 09:55 AM | #16 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tallahassee, FL
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| One meal should not affect the values that dramatically. What did the vet say? Did they suggest any type of action plan (IE Re-test)? Do you have a follow up appointment? |
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01-09-2008, 09:58 AM | #17 |
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| no vomitting, he eats Avoderm for adult dogs , he seems depressed |
01-09-2008, 10:06 AM | #18 |
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| I have no idea what it could be but please make them do a urinalysis.
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01-09-2008, 10:10 AM | #19 |
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| Are you at work or somewhere you can't really type a lot or something? We need a LOT MORE INFO!!! I'm going crazy here. Post everything. I'm especially interested in what the vet said. XRAY!? Ultrasound!? It could be a kidney stone or something blocking the bloodflow to kidneys ... they need to rule these things out ... What was the crea & phospho levels? How is the red blood cell count? Our goal was to get the BUN, Crea, Phos levels down as low as we could with HIGH IV fluids (500,900,1200ml per day in the Hospital). Then they come home and you feed low protein, low phosphorous food, add water to just about everything, give sub-q fluids if needed ... monitor the bloodwork. Monitoring takes place every 48 hours until levels hold steady or go down. Then you double, so 4 days, 8, 16 and so on. Like I said ... from the length of your responses, I can't tell what's going on. I just recently went through this and am still a little sensitive to it and am trying not to go overboard. |
01-09-2008, 10:15 AM | #20 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Something that Mogli said is making me think... Did they rule out lepto? It can cause muscle and kidney pain, depression, high BUN, loss of appetite and dehydration. It is usually the last thing suspected but it needs to be ruled out.
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01-09-2008, 11:07 AM | #21 |
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| I hope and pray the vet can find the problem. Poor Gizmo...I hope you feel better very soon.
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01-09-2008, 11:21 AM | #22 |
Always In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Lone Star State
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| i dont think they checked him for lepto....he doesnt seem to be in pain anymore, but is still woosey and disoriented from the sedative they gave him..they gave him a shot of baytril as well before he left... I don't know what to do now, I feel bad for not asking for more tests but I honestly thought when I walked in there that he might have had pancreatitis or a possble liver shunt. I am thanking god above that his levels were normal in that area. But now I feel like it's my fault if something happens to him, I didn't know these signs could of been lepto or how serious a 52 level on his BUN would be.. the vet seemed to think that it could be possible that it was because he was probably dehydrated and maybe something he ate... he is my baby , my heart I dont want anything bad to happen to him but since I already left the vets office this morning I think they will tell me to wait at least a day or so and see if what they gave him helps... oh gosh... |
01-09-2008, 11:32 AM | #23 | |
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Please don't blame yourself. You didn't do anything wrong. Now the vet could be right. BUN can be up from dehydration. My question is why is he dehydrated to begin with and does dehydration cause pain? The answer to question two is probably no. Even if he isn't in pain now that is the original reason you took him in, so they need to find out why. If he yelped once it may not have been a big deal. Yelping twice is. Lepto is treated with antibiotics (I think), so maybe that would cover it? I think the best thing you can do is try to relax and get a urine sample to the vet as soon as possible to make sure it is okay. Mention lepto to the vet and see if they are ruling/have ruled it out. Then if you are satisfied with the urinalysis results and the vet's answer on lepto then finish the meds the vet gave and reevaluate. Make sense?
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01-09-2008, 12:16 PM | #24 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tallahassee, FL
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| I think baytril is used to treat lepto. Lepto is somewhat rare, but not unheard of. Have his blood checked again soon to see where the levels are. |
01-09-2008, 12:32 PM | #25 |
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| I agree that Lepto is rare, BUT, here in NY there are quite a few cases, so my Vet DOES give the shot, even though I have asked not too. So don't rule that out is all I am saying. |
01-09-2008, 12:35 PM | #26 |
Always In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Lone Star State
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| I am going to try and get a urine sample today after work/ class and drop it off at the vets.... now....do I refrigerate the urine sample or not? Will it be ok til tomorrow morning? |
01-09-2008, 12:42 PM | #27 | |
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Does he use pee pads? If so, turn them upside so he pees on the plastic then drain the pee into a tupperware container | |
01-09-2008, 12:51 PM | #28 |
Always In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Lone Star State
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| that would be too easy.. he pottys outside.... |
01-09-2008, 01:01 PM | #29 |
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| ok, it can still work somehow...you'll have to get him when he has to go bad! I got my sample first thing in the morning b/c Roxy had to pee real bad. How about, one of those throw away tin cooking trays. Can you maybe somehow get him to pee in one of those, outside? |
01-09-2008, 01:13 PM | #30 |
Always In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Lone Star State
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| I will try.... I meant to mention to everyone the vet sent us home with a can of Prescription K/D canned food.... he asked me first if he was a finicky eater, I said sometimes so he gave me that canned food? Do you think its because he believes Gizmo has kidney disease or just a precaution? Also can I still feed him plain shredded chicken? Or is that too much protein? |
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