Prayers are desperately needed for Romeo...we just got back from a vet appointment (borzoimom, I figured I would just post this instead of a PM). Romeo had been having some problems-having to pee ALL the time since I got him, about every half hour...having accidents, and recently leaking urine.
So we got him an appointment for today and went in, and they were able to do a basic urinalysis right there. his urine specific gravity, i think it was, was off the charts-he was basically peeing water. He would drink and it would go straight through him. So I talked about different things with Dr. Ar...and this is what he's narrowed it down to, to begin with:
-Behaviorally drinking way too much. He dosen't think this is it, but we're hoping it is.
-Kidney Failure
-Liver Failure
-Cushings Disease
-Addison's Disease
-maybe diabetes, but there was no sugar in the urine
So..it dosen't look too good right now.I'm keeping my fingers tightly crossed in hopes it is a behavior issue. We did some bloodwork and I'll find out the results tomorrow (ahh, the waiting game..) to be able to rule out kidney and liver failure. Sometimes the bloodwork will point to cushings or addisons, but otherwise the test itself is over $300 *gulp*. And I thought all we had was a UTI or something....
I don't understand how I can try to do the best I can for my pets...shots, neutered at the right age, great food, good living conditions, and stuff like this can happen.
So if you could...a PT miracle would be wonderful....
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