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Honey & Kidney problem..UPDATE

Posted : 3/14/2012 9:59:17 PM

A couple of months ago we noted that Honey was driniking an excessive amount of water, and my first thoughts were UTI or diabetes. Took her in but my rebular vet was at a seminar and had one filling in for him. She did urinalysis and blood panel and said Honey had to much protein in blood and urine and put her on antibitocis for 2 weeks.

I took her back in a moth later--and there was no real change. Saw my vet then. He told me to puther on tht Science Diet KD and 30 days of cirpo. I did. Was suppose to take her back in Monday, but hubby didn't get in from South caronlina til late and I had to cancel tht morning appointment. Rickey was swamped the next day, but i asked the tech about bringing in a sample and us go from there. She said that would be fine.

So I caught her first morning "business" and we took it in and about an hour later the tech called and said rickey wanted her to stay on the cipro for another 30 days and they had it ready, and tht he wanted to talk to me . he was so swamped and had had an emergency surgery that morning and was so far behind, no way vould i gt to see him yestrday.

naturally i was scared to death. We took her in this afternoon and he said her PH was still off, but everything else was in the normal range and except for the PH she wa fine. It had imporved some, but he wants more improvment. so the 30 days more of cipro and the KD and then another urinalysis.

he checked her over and said she is doing GREAT for a golden her age (womewhere between 10 1/2 and 11). she has a small lump under and towards the front of her right front leg so he took a needled and drew from it and it wa all fat, no cancer. he was pretty sure that would be the result, but wanted to really check it.

Anway, we will just hae to wait out the month and see if she needs this axdditive to her food for PH level or not. Meanwhile, she is more playful that most 2 year old, tossing her toys around and pouncing on them, running up and down the fence with the dgos behind us, spinning and barking to get attention, getting into mischeif, etc.

calliecritturs

Posted : 3/14/2012 11:21:36 PM

Is it that the PH is too high? or too low?

If it is too high, you need to acidify her diet. You can do that by adding meat or you can also give her Vitamin C -- just plain old ascorbic acid (not an herbal one -- ascorbic acid will retain its acidity in the body and help tip the balance.

Start her on 250 mg. and then go to 500 mg if she tolerates it well. Watch for diarrhea -- it happens with too much C.

janet_rose

Posted : 3/14/2012 11:24:45 PM

sandra_slayton
She did urinalysis and blood panel and said Honey had to much protein in blood and urine and put her on antibitocis for 2 weeks.

I assume there was infection in the urine, too. Was a sterile culture done to determine the right antibiotic?

Was the first antibiotic cipro? If so after 6 weeks of cipro, I am surprised that he didn't change antibiotics.

I hope you have Honey on probiotics, too! I would also want her on D-Mannose to keep any stray bacteria cells from implanting in the bladder.

sandra_slayton

Posted : 3/15/2012 1:11:44 AM

If I remember right he said it was 5 and he wants it 6.8. I wish had written everythin down as I was also concerned about my son at the same time and my mind was going two directions. I jsut know he said everything elese was back in normal range.

I give her glucosamine (afte all she is between 10 1/2 and 11, tho shows no signs at all of arthritis), and benadryle daily since her MCT removal almost 3 years ago. and she gets cranberry and milk thistle every day.

about my son--he had hernia surgery Feb. 7. Yesterday we hubby's 68th birthday and our 47th anniversary and randy cooked supper for us. when we were there he showed us his scar (tho i coudln't see it all that well) and said he had a doctor's appointment today becaue one area had not healed right and wa red and sore. So I was owrrying about him.

And rightly so it turns out. one internal suture had caused an infection and due to scar tissue, it could not drain and he had an abcess there. So the doctor had to cut the scar open and clean out "all kinds of junk" as he put it, plus Randy said the doct pulled out sevral what looked to be about foot long strands of thread, but was scar tissue. He had to leae the incision open for drain and put him on antibiotics and pain meds.

So between worrying about Honey and what the doc was going to say about our son, it was not that great a day for remembering things.

jessies_mom

Posted : 3/15/2012 10:53:34 AM

Sorry to hear about your son; I'm a mom too and you never stop worrying about your kids, no matter how old they are. It's good that he had the doctor look at him. Is he a good cook? One of our sons had hernia surgery a few years ago. It healed without any problems.

I'm glad that Honey's doing better. Hopefully the ph will be normal when she's rechecked.

sandra_slayton

Posted : 3/16/2012 12:54:24 AM

Yes, he is a very good cook.He got a football scholarship to BYU and the first ghalf had to stay in the athletic dorm, but the 2ed half he and the kicker got an apartment. The universatiy gave them the equivilanet of fdrom charges to pay for their apareemnt. i put randy a cook book together, going thru my cook books and finsinding simple recipes. he really enjoys cooking and when married, did about 95% of the cooking. he got a divorce last Oct. but got custoy of their 8 1/2 yer old daughter and when she is with her mom on weekends she gets take out or frozen and at home randy cooks for her every night, plus breakfast, and packss lunches for when she doesn't like what they are having at school.

our older son is also a good cook and does all the cooking. in fact the kids dont' watn to eat anything my dil cooks.

Honey has been a cutter today. my middle brother, his 16 year old daughter and 4 1/2 year old grandson (belongs to their 19 year old daughter, but brother & SIL (and 16 year old neice) are raising him.) came down. Brother is actually leaving my necie here for a few days for spring break and picking her up sunday. anway, honey is thrilled to have 3 people here paying her attention.

jessies_mom

Posted : 3/16/2012 5:37:19 PM

I've always enjoyed cooking but one of our sons is a better cook than I am; he knows a lot of great recipes that use ingredients like wine, fresh herbs, etc. When he was home for Christmas he made a wonderful dinner for us.

Jessie loves having people over too; she will make the rounds to soak up the for attention. She loves it when the grandchildren come to visit, and when we visit them, she starts whining when we pull into their driveway and starts licking them as soon as she gets out of the car. Give Honey some kisses for me; I hope she keeps getting better.

sandra_slayton

Posted : 4/12/2012 6:27:53 PM

I TOOK IN THE URINE SAMPLE THIS MORNING, 30 DAYS AFTER LAST ONE WHERE PH WAS OFF. WELL, VET CALLED A LITTLE WHILE AGO-----EVERYTHING IS IN IN NORMAL RANGE NOW. YEA! BNNO MORE ANTIBIOTICS AND ALSO SHE DOESN NOT HAE TO REMAIN ON THE SCIENCE DIET KD UNLESS I SO CHOSE.

I AM THINKING ABOUT GOING HALF AND HALF WITH IT AND THE TASTE OF THE WILD. I LIKE THE GRAINLESS TOTW, ESPEICALLY AFTER SHE HAD THE mct REMOVED FROM HER LEG 3 YEARS AGO. aND i LIKE THAT THE kd IS ESPEICALLY FOR KIDNEY PROBLEMS. SO I THINK I WILL TRY IT FOR A MONTH AND THEN TAKE IN ANOTHER URINE SAMPLE AND IF ALL IS GOOD, WILL CONTINUE WITH THE MIXTURE. IF NOT, WILL GO BACK TO STRICKLY KD.

calliecritturs

Posted : 4/13/2012 9:20:22 PM

Good job Sandra!!! Good girl, HOney