Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sam confuses his vet

In our last episode, Sam was suffering from protein in his urine and the vet wanted a stress-free sample in three weeks. Fast forward three weeks, to today.

I took a sample in this morning, and the vet just called. No protein in Sam's urine, and every sign that Sam is a hydroholic (my expression for a dog that drinks like the proverbial fish). Mind you, Sam drank his "normal" bedtime drink (that means, he emptied the water dish), went to bed and slept for 8+ hours, got up, went outside and peed an entire lake (which I grabbed some of for the vet), and came in to eat a hearty breakfast. All of this is perfectly normal Sam-behavior; this has been the routine for seven and a half years.

Anyway, Sam's urine is very dilute, and the vet wants to try again in three weeks. He's going to take best-two-out-of-three.

4 comments:

houndstooth said...

I hope you get good news!

Never Say Never Greyhounds said...

But no protein is a good thing, right?

KF-in-Georgia said...

It's good there's no protein, but we need no protein and decent concentration, I think, to indicate that he's not throwing protein at all. Last time, the sample was taken after I got home from work and he might not have drunk very much: concentrated urine, but protein. I'm going to email the vet, tell him the difference in circumstances between the samples, and see what he wants for the next sample. He asked for first-thing-in-the-morning (which is what he got), but he might want to check again against a later-in-the-day sample.

Life With Dogs said...

Really interesting. Nigel had elevated bilirubin issues that mysteriously resolved a year ago, and this is even more perplexing.

Paws crossed for you both...