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I hope you have many good days left with your boy. We'll send some white light to help give you as much time as possible. Give your boy a hug from me.

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Hope you get more time together. One of my dogs stopped eating, and was wasting away in front of me from other issues. At the end, she would eat scrambled eggs, raw burgers, some cheese, and vanilla ensure. I had the bright idea of using vanilla ensure to make the scrambled eggs. Don't ever try that. She loved it, but I gagged, and eventually threw up while feeding it to her.

Hugs to you! The end is always so hard!

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I'm so sorry. Sending warm, healing thoughts that the fluids will help and that there will be more happy days together.

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I'll try the ensure today. He's eating ground turkey, ground beef and chicken breasts. All cooked. Refusing eggs (used to be his favorite) and cheese. And all the treats I got at Petsmart that's he was eating yesterday. I'll keep offering in case he changes his mind.

 

Should I get a phosphorus binder on board? His phosphorus levels were okay up until yesterday. Is this something that can be bought at Petsmart or a local specialty store?

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Poppy the lurcher 11/24/23
Gabby the Airedale 7/1/18
Forever missing Grace (RT's Grace), Fenway (not registered, def a greyhound), Jackson (airedale terrier, honorary greyhound), and Tessie (PK's Cat Island)

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If his phos levels are OK, no need. AFAIK you'd need to get from the vet but I may be wrong.

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We miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10.

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If his phos levels are OK, no need. AFAIK you'd need to get from the vet but I may be wrong.

Sorry I wasn't more clear. His phosphorus levels were okay until yesterday. Results of yesterday's bloodwork showed the levels to be off the charts/unmeasurable. :(

 

If I need them from a vet I will make sure to ask when I speak to Dr. Joseph tomorrow.

Poppy the lurcher 11/24/23
Gabby the Airedale 7/1/18
Forever missing Grace (RT's Grace), Fenway (not registered, def a greyhound), Jackson (airedale terrier, honorary greyhound), and Tessie (PK's Cat Island)

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So sorry to hear this news. Hope so much that the sub q fluids help. :grouphug.

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:(

 

Normal antacids like Tums can be used but I don't know how effective they are. Oddly, we didn't have a phosphorus problem.

Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in Illinois
We miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10.

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How is Fenway acting? Is he lethargic or more like his normal self (before this came up)? It was when the subQ didn't work any longer and Tabitha just laid around that we had to make the decision to let her go. But if he's enjoying being petted or going outside, that's good news.

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He's far from energetic, but when I asked if wanted to go for a ride in the car he jumped off the couch and followed me around the house.

 

They said the sub-q fluids could take a day or two to help. We just started them yesterday. If they are not helping, I'll take a day off this week and send him on his way. I won't keep him around forever if he's truly not going to rebound, but I want to give him a fighting chance if he's not ready to go yet.

Poppy the lurcher 11/24/23
Gabby the Airedale 7/1/18
Forever missing Grace (RT's Grace), Fenway (not registered, def a greyhound), Jackson (airedale terrier, honorary greyhound), and Tessie (PK's Cat Island)

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Cottage cheese was my girl's go to - protein but not meat. Too bad he won't eat eggs. :(

 

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He just threw up everything he ate today. :(

 

I called my friend who is an e-vet. She's working today. I think she might help him cross the bridge later today.

 

The sub-q fluids don't seem to be helping that much. He's very lethargic now after throwing up. I know that fluids will only prolong the enevitable.

 

Please reassure me its okay to let him go.

Poppy the lurcher 11/24/23
Gabby the Airedale 7/1/18
Forever missing Grace (RT's Grace), Fenway (not registered, def a greyhound), Jackson (airedale terrier, honorary greyhound), and Tessie (PK's Cat Island)

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Aw, **.

 

I'm sorry. <-- Jeez what stupid inadequate words those are.

 

It's OK to let him go.

 

Keeping you in my thoughts.

Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in Illinois
We miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10.

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:grouphug it's OK :grouphug

 

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It's ok. It sucks. But it's ok. My heart goes out to you. :grouphug

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Perhaps I'm too late to post but, if not--If you want to go forward with treating him he needs to be hospitalized to receive IV fluids to diurese those kidneys. SubQ fluids should have even been offered at this point. Considering a cat can receive 300ml/day giving a large dog 1 liter/day just isn't enough to try to bring elevated renal values down-sq's will help to maintain but,they are ineffective when the values are as elevated as you stated. He should also be on Pepcid and cerenia to reduce nausea. You can pick up a phosphorus binder at a Walgreens...

I'll be thinking of you today <3

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