Quick Miko Update - CRF

Yup. We had it done Monday. And sent to the lab that same day. So, maybe tomorrow? Probably Friday, right?

 

Well, we got his urine culture back. Negative. So that means no infection. That part is good, but that means his ALT levels are high for another reason.

I decided to go forth with a nutritionist. The internist said after a month of feeding him whatever the nutritionist says to give him, to do a recheck. So, here's to another month of hoping for the best.

 

Thanks. I think that's one reason I love my regular vet. He loves Shelties because he had one. And he knows a bit more about the breed. But yes, they are definitely my children.

 

Update as of 3/27

I figured I'd just add to my original listing.

First, let me preface this with I hate seeing the results and so many "bad" numbers, but I have to remind myself, if the vet feels he's doing well and is stable, then don't worry. LOL. Just me panicking.

I started him on a home made diet in February, using a recipe that was created by a nutritionist. Dr. S. wanted to make sure he was okay on it as some dogs don't do well on home made. Overall, he's been liking the food and eating it up. And he just LOVES to wake me up at 5am to eat. Ugh!

His BUN levels are still high, but the number is lower than before (58 down to 51).

His Creatinine levels went up (1.6 to 1.8), but the vet said since the number comes from muscle and Miko has good muscle mass even for a dog his age, she's not worried. Overall, still not too bad (I've seen HIGH values on the k/d board).

Thankfully his Phos levels have always been in range and they stil are. It went up 0.2 but he literally is in the middle of the range still, which is really good.

The big big big number we were worried about is his ALT levels. They were very high the past few tests. It's also partially why I went forth with Cushing's testing. This number was also something that was "weird" because the rest of the panel didn't reflect why it would be that high. Last check up it was 303. Top of rage is 118. This test? 111!!!! Yay!!! It's back down to normal. What a relief.

Overall, even with some high numbers here and there, the vet stated that he was "stable" and still looking good. So that's a really good thing. Stable is always good with kidney dogs. Not sure if I ever stated, but she diagnosed him as Stage 1 to 2. I caught it early and hopefully his diet and stuff will help him have a healthy life for awhile.

So happy he's doing the same.

Here are some photos of him and Koji.
The first is of Miko in my car. He likes to ride backwards.
The second is of Koji staring at the door....waiting for his brother to come back....as he whines and barks. lol


ETA: I called about his urinanalysis. She said it was quite boring so she had forgotten to mention it. Everything looks great. His urine is dilute, but that's normal, no protein leakage, good good. And his pH level is neutral (7), so that's really good. I think it was more acidic (so low), and I've been giving him stuff to make it less so, so he won't form more kidney stones. So neutral is REALLY good. Yay!