Things have been going very well with Addie as of late. No cold paw incidents, she is eating well, and is about as active as a 13 1/2 year old girl can be! She does have some stability issues, but I believe that is caused more from losing muscle mass from age and her vestibular incident last year.
However, over the past 2 weeks, we have noticed that she cannot hold her bladder as long as normal. She occassionally has to get up in the middle of the night and can only go about 5 hours. Not like when she has had urinary tract infections (UTI's) in the past though. She also was drinking a lot more water.
We took her to Dr. Friedly last week to see if he could find the cause. We were thinking the worst.. not sure what that was, but possibly kidney issues. He ran blood work, and all was relatively normal. We then did a urinalysis today. Major infection. Another UTI. Although a major infection is not great, I will take it over kidney failure, etc.
So our girl is on antibiotics and some other UTI meds, to help her out. Going forward, she will also be getting some holistic UTI chews to help keep more infections from occurring. This is probably her 4th UTI within the last 18 months. The vet said not much we can do to help prevent them, it is just her less-effective immune system, but hopefully the meds and chews will help.
About Me
Born October, 1997
Female Rottie Mix
70# (give or take)
Nicknames: Addie Bear, AB, Bear, Adeline, Baby Bear
My Favorites:
Sport: Tennis (I LOVE to chase those darn green balls!)
Past Time: Going for rides
Secret Passion: Giving kisses (ok, not a big secret)
Extreme Sport: Mountain hiking and bouldering
Best Attribute: My adorable face and Mommy can't resist my ears!
Female Rottie Mix
70# (give or take)
Nicknames: Addie Bear, AB, Bear, Adeline, Baby Bear
My Favorites:
Sport: Tennis (I LOVE to chase those darn green balls!)
Past Time: Going for rides
Secret Passion: Giving kisses (ok, not a big secret)
Extreme Sport: Mountain hiking and bouldering
Best Attribute: My adorable face and Mommy can't resist my ears!
3 comments:
Glad to hear it is something fairly easy to deal with and even happier that you girl is still humming along.
Hi! I just want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU! Yesterday morning at 5:30am we got our first symptom from our most beloved Golden. We rushed him to his vet, then were referred to UPenn and he underwent ER surgery at 11pm last night. They removed his spleen and two tumors and he's been diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma. You've been there so you know how it went. We had never heard of it before and were in shock to hear 3 to 4 months. He's only 9! We got home and I immediately went online. I found your blog, by the grace of God, and called Buck Mountain. Dr.Fox actually answered the phone and I was able to stop crying for the first time all day. We printed out the documentents on Neoplasene and have a consultation with our vet tomorrow morning. We've been through absolute despair to cautious hope to outright relief ALL because of your blog. It lead me to Dr. Fox and now we have a game plan were yesterday morning we only had complete devastation. We sited your blog on the documents for our vet and just want to THANK YOU again for sharing your story. Even if we lose the battle, at least now we can go down fighting, instead of simnply waiting. LOVE YOU!
Jennifer,
We are so sorry to hear about your Golden! We understand the devastation you are feeling right now. Keep hope and thank you for the kind words. We are glad that Addie's blog could help as that was the sole purpose for starting it. Feel free to email us if you ever have questions.
Denice
denice@8990ft.com
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