What was his Specific Gravity?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tina
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What was his Specific Gravity?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tina
Tina, Does Jasper like the new food? That is important. Poor guy.
It's been a few tough weeks. I have been quite ill, but am starting to get a little stronger. I ended up with Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. I am on day four of some heavy duty antibiotics. Thankfully, they are finally starting to kick in. The cough is horrendous. Imagine your worst cough ever and times that by a hundred. Now you have an idea. It's a cough like none other. It can take several weeks or months to finally recover, but I'm hoping for sooner rather than later. I did get a booster shot in 2010, so hopefully that may lessen the illness, allowing me to recover quicker. For now, I am grateful that I'm starting to feel a little better. I am still quite weak and exhausted all the time from doing nothing. This stuff has kicked my butt! Thanks for caring. Xxxxx
It is always very dilute. The last result I have is from 12/4 when he was being checked for UTI. It was 1.008 then. :(
Oh my gosh Kathy, whooping cough?!!! You poor thing!!! I have never had whooping cough but have had a very bad cough that hung on for several months, and I ended up with fractured ribs from coughing so much and so hard. That was miserable enough. I bet you are so weak. I hope you continue to improve.
Yes, Jasper seems to like the new food so far. But We are only at a 50:50 ratio now, I am going to advance it a bit tomorrow. He will need to eat a larger quantity per day since the calories are less than the renal diet. I am not too keen about that. If he has appetite issues again, it will be harder to get him to eat a larger amount.
That was the problem we had with the z/d diet for the IBD, he had to eat two cans a day and could not eat that much and lost weight on it :o so I was not happy about that. I thought something terrible was going on with his appetite but he would just refuse it. Fussy pup. Fingers crossed Jasper keeps it up.
Remember a while back I was thinking with the UPC the more diute the urine then the Cr part of the test was low.... do you have the separate levels for the protein and Cr... as Flynn's latest test I did not leave him water to drink overnight and the Cr finally did come up and that is what has given him the better ratio. Although saying that his protein was the lowest it has ever been. The test is designed to take those fluctuations into account but I can only tell from Flynn's results when his Cr was low the ratio swung high :confused:
Yes, I remember that. I know the test is supposed to take the fluctuations into account, but I completely understand your logic. I don't have the paper results from the UPC yet, my vet just called me with the result on Friday. It took a bit longer due to the holiday and she doesn't work on Thursdays. I will have the levels once I get the report. But I am not sure that a sp gr was checked on this sample since it had just been checked, and I brought it in from home. I got a first morning specimen, although he had been out about 2 am as usual. The specimen was a nice color of yellow, not almost as clear as water like it usually looks. So he can concentrate sometimes. I told the tech "check out this beautiful specimen that my boy provided!". They were all laughing. Only the Mom of a cushpup or pup with kidney issues would think that yellow urine is beautiful. :D :rolleyes:
Well Ladies, it's been a pleasure as always. The coughs are starting up again. Nights are especially bad. So I'm going to have to say goodnight.
Tina, take care of yourself and try to visit more often. We miss you!
Trish, I'll check back so little later and see if you're around. I'm not sleeping well these days. I have to sit propped up due to the coughing spells. No one sleeps well that way. Xxxxx
Yep I will be here for a while, Miss Coughy!! The NZ tennis competition has started today and I am just watching Venus... love the tennis :D
Nite Kathy, I will have to hit the hay soon also, work in the morning. Hope you can get some sleep and aren't up most of the night.
Glad to hear you are getting stronger Kathy, are you allowed cough suppressants, jeepers we don't want you cracking a rib... that must have been some serious coughing too Tina. I woke up last night with a ticklish cough, but think it is because I have been leaving the a/c on all night because it is so humid here lately. There I was coughing away and thought of you Kathy... 5 mins was enough for me to get hacked off!!
Yes is late for you Tina, I looked at my weather app yesterday and you were the coldest of all the places I have of my North American/Canadian friends from on here. Kathy was actually the same temp as me here! Hope you have a good sleep and have a day or two off for New Years... my brother is arriving tomorrow for a week or so. Mum is all excited to have her baby boy home and is preparing a family BBQ for our New Years Eve tomorrow night! Yay one more day of work for me then 5 off!! See you soon, hopefully everything stabilises for our Jasper and he and Flynn both give us some rest from worry for a while, that would be a nice New Years wish... I am going to wish it for everyone here :D xx