Molly Has Kidney Probs

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Ginny

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She looks so comfortable and very proud of herself for figuring out how to maximize the spoiling! Continue to enjoy every moment you have with her. :hugs:
 
Erika

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skillie said:
shes so funny she's really adopted an "every cloud has a silver lining" attitude to her illness, here she is lounging on the couch where she usually isn't allowed!!





shes just precious.......we should learn a wonderful lesson from her. How wonderful that she feels entitled to all the attention...........what a beautiful thing........Hugs sweetie!!!!! who could help but to spoil you!
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Clyde

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Hello, I am so sorry you are going through this. I lost my Husky to this. We found out about it at stage 3 also. No symptoms at all. A pre teeth cleaning blood screening told us.

There is a yahoo group that is extremely helpful, you would not believe the support and info you will get. I highly suggest you join this group. My boy's life was extended because of this group's advice, and that means quality life. He was feeling better just because of the advice and "tricks". Eating better and we managed for a while longer than expected. Here is the link to the group. You will learn everything needed about kidneys here. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9KIDNEYS/

ALL THE BEST. -Michelle
 
skillie

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Clyde said:
Hello, I am so sorry you are going through this. I lost my Husky to this. We found out about it at stage 3 also. No symptoms at all. A pre teeth cleaning blood screening told us.

There is a yahoo group that is extremely helpful, you would not believe the support and info you will get. I highly suggest you join this group. My boy's life was extended because of this group's advice, and that means quality life. He was feeling better just because of the advice and "tricks". Eating better and we managed for a while longer than expected. Here is the link to the group. You will learn everything needed about kidneys here. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/K9KIDNEYS/

ALL THE BEST. -Michelle
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Thank you i have joined a CRF group on facebook and they have recommended the yahoo groups as well. will deff get around to joining up. as you know the first few days/week there is so much to try and take on board and so much info out there it is taking us a while to get on top of it. we spent 2.5 hours with a holistic alternative vet today and our heads are still spinning. we will do anything we can to extend and improve our girls life
 
skillie

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UPDATE on Mollys situation. Her bloods were very bad yesterday and the vet reckons its really bad news. He says he thinks a month to 3 months for her that it looks like its rapidly progressing and theres not much can be done for her now. Its soul destroying as we have been home cooking for her shes been eating taking all her meds and suppliments and in general she is doing very well, is happy and enjoying herself but medically under the surface it seems she is on a steep decline. Her weight is stable right now at least shes not dropped below 30kg so that’s good. but we feel very helpless now because despite all this the numbers are getting worse and we can’t seem to stem the tide
 
DAWNMERIE

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Keep the faith, and focus on her life and happiness. You are doing what you can to keep her as comfortable and happy and that's what counts, enjoy her...everday! (which I'm sure you do, by the looks of those pictures) I'll keep you guys in my prayers. Yes, I believe too!
 
YorkvilleNewfie

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Oh no, I am so sorry Eddie. I'm just going to hope that the blood results were a fluke and that she will make a dramatic turn-around. Continued good thoughts coming across the pond to you, your wifey and, of course, Molly.
 
Melissakins

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Thinking about your girl and hoping things turn around for her soon! You're doing an awesome job with her. Please give her hugs and scritches from us.
 
Clyde

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Eating is a good sign to tell you she is not feeling sick or nauseated. At least there is that. Have you given her any IV flushes? They sort of flood her with fluids, flushing her kidneys and sometimes it kick starts them. If the numbers are just as bad after a flush or two, there is little function left and it won't be long. You can flush at home with a bag of IV fluid (saline) and an subcutaneous needle, it sounds horrible but it is not bad at all. It takes just a few minutes and is almost painless. The K9KIDNEY group on yahoo would tell you all about that. You can also use a phosphorus binder, which makes lighter work of the kidneys and keeps blood toxicity down as low as possible, making the dog feel better and keeps quality of life as high as possible. These tricks helped my boy for a while, it improved his general feeling. I wish this was not happening to your girl. When she stops eating, you will know, she is getting closer to the end. She will have good days and bad days, it roller coasters. It is when most days are bad, that you know when quality of life is low. I hate to say that but it is something you have to face. I am so sorry. -Michelle
 
DAWNMERIE

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My brother actually did that with his dog, the flushing of the system, it did help for a time. Just love and enjoy Molly's every moment. We love you sweetie and hope you can feel us all routing for you!
 
skillie

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Clyde said:
Eating is a good sign to tell you she is not feeling sick or nauseated. At least there is that. Have you given her any IV flushes? They sort of flood her with fluids, flushing her kidneys and sometimes it kick starts them. If the numbers are just as bad after a flush or two, there is little function left and it won't be long. You can flush at home with a bag of IV fluid (saline) and an subcutaneous needle, it sounds horrible but it is not bad at all. It takes just a few minutes and is almost painless. The K9KIDNEY group on yahoo would tell you all about that. You can also use a phosphorus binder, which makes lighter work of the kidneys and keeps blood toxicity down as low as possible, making the dog feel better and keeps quality of life as high as possible. These tricks helped my boy for a while, it improved his general feeling. I wish this was not happening to your girl. When she stops eating, you will know, she is getting closer to the end. She will have good days and bad days, it roller coasters. It is when most days are bad, that you know when quality of life is low. I hate to say that but it is something you have to face. I am so sorry. -Michelle
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thank you we introduced binders on tuesday and she does not like them at all which is very frustrating, she doesn't want her food when we have all her suppliments in there, i offered her her breakfast this morning with no meds in it and she devoured it. so i was happy she ate but downtrodden that it seems if her meds are in there she won't eat so its a case of not being able to get the binders into her. we are giveing her her homeopathic medicine orally at least but the vet said without the binders she'll be in trouble. its so hard to know what to do now, do we listen to her and not try all this stuff that seems to be making no odds anyway or do we keep forcing these things on her in the hope they pay off.

she had a bad night the night before last, awake at 3:30am and 4:30am for trips outside with bad poops and then yesterday she was barely able to get up she ate when i hand fed her (hand feeding stew is not easy!!) and was lethargic for the morning. picked up again in the afternoon and spent lots of time outside at my mother in laws chasing cats. she refused to eat last night but was in good form and enjoyed cuddles on the couch. we are completely up and down with her the good days we are forgetting almost that she is ill at all and feels like normal but when she is bad it really rams it home. Her system is so fragile right now a trip to the vets tuesday resulted in vomiting and diarhoea just from being stressed that normally woulda shake her too much. same case 2 weeks back myself and dawn had to spend the night away and she had the same reaction just because we weren't with her even though she was in familiar surroundings with people she loves minding her
 
Clyde

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Yes, I remember that good and bad day stuff all too well. For the binder, I sucked it up in a medium sized syringe, with the tiny tip cut off, so it was more like a tube with a plunger. I made a paste of the binder, and just squeezed it into his mouth. Along with fish oil, and co enzyme Q10. He hated it, but at least felt better. Is her urine totally clear without any colour? You can give far more binder that the vet says, unless you already know it is a lot. My boy was at final stage and he did not improve when we flushed him by much at all. But it did lower his numbers at least. The binder did help I think. When he passed away, it was not the kidney failure, it was because of inhalation some kind of food, that led to an acute case of his lungs filling up with fluid. When we went to the emergency vet, he was literally gasping for air and drowning. They said we could try to get the fluid out or let him go now. He was really at the end anyway, it would not be long at all, so we let him go. There was no guarantee the lungs would have recovered, he could have just drowned totally. It was really, really heartbreaking. You have to be prepared for bad days when it seems like she is crashing. Then next thing, she rebounds. It is exhausting and draining to take care of a kidney dog in the last stage. You will cling to every hope, and do anything possible. But there is no happy ending here. -Michelle
 
skillie

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Clyde said:
Yes, I remember that good and bad day stuff all too well. For the binder, I sucked it up in a medium sized syringe, with the tiny tip cut off, so it was more like a tube with a plunger. I made a paste of the binder, and just squeezed it into his mouth. Along with fish oil, and co enzyme Q10. He hated it, but at least felt better. Is her urine totally clear without any colour? You can give far more binder that the vet says, unless you already know it is a lot. My boy was at final stage and he did not improve when we flushed him by much at all. But it did lower his numbers at least. The binder did help I think. When he passed away, it was not the kidney failure, it was because of inhalation some kind of food, that led to an acute case of his lungs filling up with fluid. When we went to the emergency vet, he was literally gasping for air and drowning. They said we could try to get the fluid out or let him go now. He was really at the end anyway, it would not be long at all, so we let him go. There was no guarantee the lungs would have recovered, he could have just drowned totally. It was really, really heartbreaking. You have to be prepared for bad days when it seems like she is crashing. Then next thing, she rebounds. It is exhausting and draining to take care of a kidney dog in the last stage. You will cling to every hope, and do anything possible. But there is no happy ending here. -Michelle
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thanks Michelle, right now we are just grateful for the good days and for as long as they are not all bad days we'll keep going. yesterday was a good one, good mood, no bad poop, enjoying her walks tail wagging, she ate her food with reduced binders, took her meds and lapped up cuddles on the couch. so one day at a time is all we can do, thank you
 
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