I took my little Macau girl Cee Cee to a specialist to see just how bad her kidneys are. The ultrasound vet said they were so bad looking that he thought they were birth defects.
The internist said no. Not birth defects. Either babesia or insult such as food. (She came from China). Babesia just came back negative. Anyway, we won't be able to get a prognosis until we have several point plots of her bloodwork. He started CC on a new med to help with the protein loss in addition to her BP med. So he took a baseline bloodwork. But we already had several kidney panels done in the 4 months I've had her. So he could compare her values from the beginning.
Anyway. The reason for this post is that her blood albumin has constantly improved. Due to her diet. She is still in renal failure but we're stressing the kidneys as little as possible.
Here's what I'm doing. Half her food is the Hill's kidney diet kibble. The other half is the homemade recipe I got from here. But what I've changed is I use a dozen eggs for the protein source in the recipe. In place of beef or chicken. She also gets extra eggs for breakfast twice a week. My regular vet and the specialist both said eggs had the best protein for kidney dogs.
Good thing I have my own chickens, eh?