Sooo...Luna was in for her annual exam in January. All her labwork was normal except for her ALT being just a couple points above range. Her ALKP was clear down in the bottom range of normal. A week after she'd been in, a small clump of fur pulled out on her back leaving a nasty, red, goopy lesion. Called the vet back, I put some ointment on it for a couple of days, and the skin quickly healed. So that was that, or so I thought.

Since that time...the skin remained healed, but the fur never really grew back fully. Every time I see that little divot, I think "that is odd." She developed one more spot about a month ago, and I have recently noticed what seems like a symmetrical thinning of fur on both of her haunches. It reminds me of the beginning of a hair loss pattern that I've seen once before . She has been shedding abnormally crazy -- whole clumps of fur. Her whole life up until the last few months, she hardly drank or peed much at all. Now, whenever I turn her out, she pees and pees and pees. Today I found three new angry lesions erupting on her back.
So obviously there is some sort of chronic infection going on.

People, you know where I am going here.

Not leaping to any conclusions, mind you. Could be multiple reasons for multiple issues.

But you know what I am thinking.

Just had to go ahead and voice it for a moment, but now I will try not to stress and just follow along the diagnostic path. Taking her back in tomorrow and I suspect we will start with a dermatology referral. Luna herself is happy and energetic and carefree except for hating me examining her skin so much! She hightails it into her crate whenever she sees me coming toward her today.

Surely hoping for some easy answers and a problem that will be solved with medicated shampoo. No need to borrow trouble yet, right?