Well Riley had the ultrasound and while it wasn't great news, it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd expected (although it still has to be read by a radiologist). There doesn't appear to be a tumor (he said there were no bulges in the liver to indicate that), there were a lot of dark areas on the liver however. His adrenal glands are good, so no Cushings, kidneys are also good. They too lots of X-rays ...back legs, knees, pelvis and liver. Arthritis in both knees, hips are good and pelvis was good.
It's looking like its liver disease (I'm not going to do a biopsy, at this point I think it'll just tell us what we already know) and arthritis in his back end. Once we get the report tomorrow we can figure out if there are any anti inflammatories we can give him (to see if they help) or any other meds.
I'm also going to research for a homemade liver diet (a raw diet, he already gets one raw meal a day)...I don't trust the prescription diets.
All in all while not good I think it's something we can work with.
On the plus side for all the X-rays they took (at least 5) they didn't charge for any of them (when the tech asked her if she wanted an X-ray of pelvis I said cha ching cha ching lol and she said "oh no...we don't charge for these"). Of course, while talking to the vet ( she was in surgery today so she had a few minutes) I had my hand on the counter near the drawer and I didn't realize it was open. So when she leaned into the counter it closed on my pinky! I went OUCH...it really hurt lol. Still stinging a bit.
Crazy when at 325$ you think hmmmm less than I thought lol.
