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Mabel

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  1. Thank you tbhounds! She finished the metro on Dec 2. I had put her on a home cooked diet, but since we switched her to hills kd over a week ago, her stools have been normal. I palipatated her thyroid but am not sure if I'd notice a lump or not. I will check past kidney values. Along with excessive drinking and urinating, her appetite has been poor and she's been losing weight. She’s also had some fecal incontinance for over a year attributed to back end weakness. While the fi hasn’t gotten worse, her back end weakness seems to have worsened lately. Not sure if that’s related. The vet did a full blood work-up last week too. WBC, LYM, NEU, PLT and MPV were low, and HGB, HCT, and MCH were high, if you know what any of that means (I don’t!). GLOB was 2. I am curious about the Prion. Is it bad for kidney issues? thank you again for your post!
  2. We can't figure out what's wrong with my (almost) 12 year old greyhound. I took her to the vet 3 weeks ago with diarrhea. Metronidazole 500mg and subcutaneous fluids didn't help. Soon after, she started drinking lots of water and became incontinent. If I don't make her go out every 2 hours (longer at night), she will pee in her bed. After another visit last week, my vet suspected mild azotemia and renal insufficiency. Her specific gravity (refractory) was 1.020; no protein in urine; BUN was 37; and CRE was 2.0. The vet wanted keep her overnight and do an IV fluid diuresis, but I opted for more sub fluids and a home trial of 50 mgs Phenylpropanolamine (Prion) 2 times a day. This hasn't helped - she still has little bladder control. We did change her food to Prescription Diet k/d. This helped a lot as she doesn't have diarrhea anymore. The above values above don't seem high for a greyhound. These problems seemed to have come on suddenly, and I'm wondering if these are kidney problems or something else. Any ideas? I'm going crazy with the diapers, little sleep and washing dog beds! I'd appreciate any advice or opinions :) Melissa
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