Just talked to the doc at OSU he had a great night eat for them, so that is good and he will be seen this morning by the internal Vet shortly. We will be heading out around 9:00am for OSU. I will post tonight when we get home. Hope he gets to come home tonight. I joined the K9Kidney group this morning, thanks for the heads up.
Thanks again,
Dave/Jodi

We hope that your baby is doing better now. I inherited an 11 yr. old Yorkie that was mostly feed people food and wouldn't even consider "dog" food. He turned his nose up for a few days but is now eating a proper diet and has almost got down to a normal weight. He was a whoppimg 11 pounds and he is a small Yorkie. We will keep your baby in our prayers!

that is great you will learn alot on there - hoping all goes well with internal medicine today :)

Back early from vet, no news yet. They thought maybe it was addison's but test come back negative. So it's one of two things, The internal vet said; an infection in the kidney,urine tract or liver areas, or early kidney disease. We are hoping for the first!!!! They were going to run another blood test tonight and call around 5:30 with the results. They have him on antibotics through his IV's. The vet said worst case senioro if kidney disease 1 to 3 years. That just ain't going to work, I'm not ready to let him go!!!!! The vet said his numbers weren't that high so he's thinking it's just an infection causing all these problems. If his numbers come down on this test it will be just an infection let's hope and pray....
Thank you for your prayers and words of hope...
Dave/Jodi

Thanks for updating us. I'm praying it's just an infection.

Just seeing this thread. My thoughts and prayer's are with you and your
little one Dave. Finger's crossed it's only an infection.
He's a lucky little guy to have such caring parents.

I will keep prayers that it's the infection. Let us know how it goes!

Vet just called all his numbers are normal, his bun is 30 which is on the high side of good but much better. He is still concerned about why Rascal got this way, so they are going to do a wormer just in case there is a GI parasite causing all this mess. All that is left is his urnie culture test, we will be called in the am with the results. Next he said we are going to change his diet to something more suitable, this is going to be hard but we have to!!!! We will be going after work tomorrow to pick him up. We took Rascal for a walk today, was very hard to leave him one more night, but it was the right thing to do. I can't tell you guys how much your thought and prayers helped. Once everthing is back to normal around here I'll post a few pics.
Thank you very much,
Dave/Jodi & Rascal Vanderpool

I will continue to pray for Rascal. Hoping it is an infection and they can quickly get him better.

Poor little Rascal! You're a good daddy for all you've done to help him!!!

Thank you for updating! Sounds like little Rascal is going to be fine! I think you will be surprised....he will adjust to a new diet and it will give you so many more wonderful years with him!
:)

great news - continued prayers coming your way

Great news! I am praying a diet change will do the trick!

He is home, good news nothing wrong with his kidneys, the docs at OSU think it was a combination of things. First he had an internal bacterial infection, which our vet gave him antibiodics which also cause the kidney numbers to rise. Then with the runs on and off for 3 weeks got him very dehydrated. So this caused his kidneys to go crazy and the blood work to read high. Also he may have a food alergy, so we are starting him on a new diet which is going to be a chore, he is very bull headed he gets it from his mom Ha Ha.
If it comes back, it is a long word I could spell if I tried, but it's like human Irritable bowl syndrome. So I stopped the doc and asked, so I understand it, whatever he has we can fix it, his answer was YES, that is all we needed to hear. We are to keep a close eye on him and take him to our vet on Monday for more blood work just to be safe. He will be on Pepcit 1/4 pill everyday forever and a couple of drugs for the next 3 weeks just in case the is a bug still hanging out inside him. So far he's just played and played until he couldn't go anymore and curled up with mom in my lazy boy and zonked out. We can't move without him watching our every move and following us around. He has never been away from home for more than 1 day. When we vacation he goes with us, no boarding for him!!! I will try to post a coupleof pics this weekend.
Thanks again for all your support and prayers, He's proof the prayers work, I firmly believe this.
Dave/Jodi & Rascal

was it inflammatory bowel disease as that runs in this breed? my guess is this is it if they think he has a food allergy - it is probably food intolerance as if allergy they itch and intolerance they vomit or have diarrhea.

Any med is processed through liver and kidney so it would make sense antibiotic would affect the bun and yes dehydration as well so glad no kidney issue

What diet are you feeding as my dog has ibd

Pepcid for life ?? not sure if ibd that is necessary if you get the right diet going. That controls the acids in the stomach

what other meds did they give you ? my guess is metronidazole or tylosin (tylan) powder as antibiotic and anti-inflammatory agent for intestinal issues.

here is info on inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs