Mishi to the White Coats today
Mishi has an appointment at the white coats this afternoon. Last year after I adopted him, his blood results came back "slightly elevated" for kidney function. Last fall, after being on a healthy diet and free-feeding schedule he'd gained too much weight too quickly so the vet recommended switching to twice daily feedings, which we did. Since then he's become mightly lean - almost too lean, so I'm having him checked. I hope it's nothing, that he just has a fast metabolism, but he just feels very thin to me. Wish us luck. The really hard part will be getting him into the carrier :rolleyes:
We're Back - not so good news
We're back - poor Mishi. His kidneys are enlarged and the vet says they don't feel normal and his coat doesn't look normal - it doesn't; it's just kind of dull and flat. Even though he hasn't lost any weight (he's up to 15.2 lbs), she agreed with me that he feels bony and she could tell he's losing muscle in his hind legs. My poor big boybee. :( They're running blood tests first and then she wants to either take X-rays or do an ultrasound. As X-rays may not be as informative as an ultrasound, if they do just take X-rays first, he may also need an ultrasound also if the X-rays aren't too clear to see what's actually going on.
I checked with my pet insurance and they don't really cover this unless it turns out to be cancer or he needs surgery. I hope it's neither and that somehow I'll find the money to pay the credit cards -- all this is going on plastic. The blood work, exam and urinalysis today set me back almost $200! :eek:
I'll have the blood work results tomorrow. PT prayers please that my Mishi isn't as sick as it sounds right now. I'm kinda scared.
<we better call> <dials God>
Hi God ~
Lil Help down here, paleeze!
We're all crossin Pawz & Klawz fur Mishi -
Could You Help da White Coat figger out a fix fur his problem?
'Preciate Your Help, God!
/s/ the Prayer Pups
Test results back -- good news
.... but the mystery continues. All of Mishi's test results came back absolutely normal! Blood, urine, kidney function and whatever else they tested for with those substances - everything checks out normal. The vet said all his levels look "very good" so it's a mystery as to why his kidneys are enlarged. Everything is functioning normal.
She recommended and I concurred that we ultrasound him to see what's going on there, so he'll go in for the ultrasound on Monday. My poor guy will be shaved again. :rolleyes: He came to me with a little kitty mohawk and I guess it's only appropriate for his first gotcha anniversary with me that he'll have one again. Let's just hope nothing too difficult (& expen$ive) to treat shows up. Fingers and paws crossed here, that it's siomething easily treatable. The normal levels give me hope that whatever it is, we're catching it in time before it does real damage.
PT prayers work - you guys are the BEST! Mishi says meeeeoooowrrrrrrrrrrrrr in thanks.
