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Howdy All:
Poor Bacchus has been loosing weight for the last month or two, Thursday he was coughing and throwing up some bile. I said enough is enough and got him squeezed into the vet. They took blood and urine and informed me that he was anemic and going through kidney failure.
He has been at the vet since. They say he is eating great and only thrown up once. But the numbers are not where she would like them to be. She talked about kidney transplant 20k-30k$ or maybe living with under the skin injections. We are going to leave him a few more days to see if they can turn him around.
My questions are several. I guess if he stays anemic and with kidney problems how does one do the under the skin injections? Is this easy? Can someone explain. Also, what kind of quality life is Bacchus going to have? He is only 4.5 years old and I just never expected anything like this.
I really do not know what to do at this point. I know I have to wait a few more days for more information but any guidance would be appreciated. I write this with tears in my eyes. I really cannot face loosing him and when i look down and see his sister Bibi lying on the floor next to me I cannot help but wonder how she is taking all of this and what it would be like if she lost her brother.
Sorry for all the writing but any information and thoughts would be so very welcomed at this time.
This is such a terrible thing for a beloved pet to go through and I just want to lay down and cry thinking about it.
tony
UPDATE- 06-29-2010
Howdy Again All:
I hope you are fine.
We all went to visit Bacchus at the vet today. He had his IV hooked up and still looked like he was not feeling well.
We were given the following changes in numbers-
BUN was 107 on Thursday now at 188
PHOS was at 9.9 on Thursday now at 18.2
CREA was at 6.3 on Thursday now at 4.5
So she said he is going better but she still wants to see the CREA go down. We will talk with her on Thursday and go from there, she said we will be having to give him injections and we will work through whatever we can to make him happy.
Thank you all for your prayers and wishes, I truly think they are helping.
Best regards, tony
UPDATE 07-01-2010
Bacchus is not responding well, he is no longer eating on his own and is not getting any better.
We have made the decision with the Vet to end his misery as she sees him only getting worse. We have brought him home with us for the day and night to be with family. We will take him back tomorrow to bring him peace and then home to his back yard for final rest.
All of your thoughts and wishes are so welcome and I really am not sure what else to say. I am so **** SAD.
tony
Poor Bacchus has been loosing weight for the last month or two, Thursday he was coughing and throwing up some bile. I said enough is enough and got him squeezed into the vet. They took blood and urine and informed me that he was anemic and going through kidney failure.
He has been at the vet since. They say he is eating great and only thrown up once. But the numbers are not where she would like them to be. She talked about kidney transplant 20k-30k$ or maybe living with under the skin injections. We are going to leave him a few more days to see if they can turn him around.
My questions are several. I guess if he stays anemic and with kidney problems how does one do the under the skin injections? Is this easy? Can someone explain. Also, what kind of quality life is Bacchus going to have? He is only 4.5 years old and I just never expected anything like this.
I really do not know what to do at this point. I know I have to wait a few more days for more information but any guidance would be appreciated. I write this with tears in my eyes. I really cannot face loosing him and when i look down and see his sister Bibi lying on the floor next to me I cannot help but wonder how she is taking all of this and what it would be like if she lost her brother.
Sorry for all the writing but any information and thoughts would be so very welcomed at this time.
This is such a terrible thing for a beloved pet to go through and I just want to lay down and cry thinking about it.
tony
UPDATE- 06-29-2010
Howdy Again All:
I hope you are fine.
We all went to visit Bacchus at the vet today. He had his IV hooked up and still looked like he was not feeling well.
We were given the following changes in numbers-
BUN was 107 on Thursday now at 188
PHOS was at 9.9 on Thursday now at 18.2
CREA was at 6.3 on Thursday now at 4.5
So she said he is going better but she still wants to see the CREA go down. We will talk with her on Thursday and go from there, she said we will be having to give him injections and we will work through whatever we can to make him happy.
Thank you all for your prayers and wishes, I truly think they are helping.
Best regards, tony
UPDATE 07-01-2010
Bacchus is not responding well, he is no longer eating on his own and is not getting any better.
We have made the decision with the Vet to end his misery as she sees him only getting worse. We have brought him home with us for the day and night to be with family. We will take him back tomorrow to bring him peace and then home to his back yard for final rest.
All of your thoughts and wishes are so welcome and I really am not sure what else to say. I am so **** SAD.
tony