Hi,
My dog looked sick, not eating at a quarantine place and was rushed to a vet. The vet advised us that he may have chronic kidney failure - we were devastated, and still are....
After 3 days of IV, his test results did not improve significantly. He looked a lot more active though and happily ate the food we brought him.
Initial results:
BUN: > 180 (unreadable by machine)
CA: 9.8
PHOS: 19.8
CRE: 7.3
GLU: 6.2
WBC: 6.52
RBC: 4.75
HGB: 9.8 g/dl
HCT: 32.13%
PLT: 179
Results after 3 days of IV:
BUN: 179
CA: 10.3
PHOS: 10.2
CRE: 6.3
GLU: 5.1
WBC: 10.06
RBC: 4.04
HGB: 8.7 g/dl
HCT: 27.75%
PLT: 111
He was put on another 2 days of IV during hospitalisation stint and due to mounting costs, we decided to take him home. We were given a bunch of supplements/meds (both Western and Chinese) and are told to give 250ml subQ fluid, twice a day.
Western meds/supps (for around a week)
- doxycycline, SAMe, ketosteril, lactogel, food powder (renal N), phosphate binder, ranitdine, virbac
Traditional Chinese meds:
- renal activator and liu wei di huang tang (kidney support)
First night at home, he ate and drank well. Even went out for a walk, he looked so happy! But today.. he looks very quiet, again. He is still eating and drinking (less than usual) and is able to hold food down. We are planning to run another test in a couple of days.
I've read online that many consider euthanasia with BUN level this high. But we can't just part with him yet, he is very young. How long should we expect him to live? What else can we do?
Thanks everyone.