Thank-you to everyone who took the time to write in regards to my Augie having a possible double surgery with a low platelet count. I really appreciate all of your time and effort to answer my e-mail. I called my vet and rescheduled for Monday to just have tests done.

DragonDawg thank-you I will take your advise and ask for an x-ray and then an ultrasound instead of the cath. I was also going to bring in urine specimens from both of my dogs to rule out something they are eating. And request a new blood work up, if he needs to have the surgeries.

I told my vet I wanted to do whatever was the least invasive for Augie. But somehow I was talked into these procedures he could do right there, x-ray, cath/with dye instillation. And then right into surgery with castration, and follow with the bladder surgery if needed. Whew!!! My head was spinning.

I do have some good news in my research I read where one type of bladder stone is dissolved with a drug, so you don't have to have surgery. I haven't gotten far enough to find out is this is safe yet, but a bit of hope to avoid the bladder surgery. In humans I have heard of some kind of ultrasound waves they direct at the stone and it breaks it apart, so you can pass the little pieces. But I haven't found anything like this for our fuzzy faced friends yet.

Thank-you to Catlady711 I feel more confidant to ask for just the tests and then move forward from there. Most of the time I feel like I have just been in a tornado, after visiting the vets office. This last trip took me to the hoop, my mind was running 1000 miles per hour, and I was on overload. But I have had some time to digest it all, do some research, and I feel better equipped to move forward from here.

Thanks again to everyone who even took the time to read this, even if you didn't have anything to ad.
Sincerely
Skeeter, Augie (aka: Snarf Baby), & Mr. Pe-Do-McGee. (aka: Skip-pe-de-do)