Buddy's Recent Blood Test Results

lbeachstace

lbeachstace

Member Since 2022
I've mainly been an observer on this page but today I have a couple of questions about our little guy.
Buddy was first diagnosed in January 2022. He's 12 1/2. He's on Lantus (started on Vetsulin but we switched a few months in), he is now at 6 units twice a day. We feed him 1/2 box of Stella and Chewy Purrfect Pate (Chicken or turkey) and also add a spoonful of Hounds and Gatos Chicken and Liver.

His test showed very early stage kidney failure and possible high blood pressure. We have seen more weakness in his legs but overall, he's his sweet loving self.

(I know we don't test his BG daily and I am not wanting to get into a discussion about that)....I am hoping for help and advice about what we can do to help with beginning stages of kidney disease and overall thoughts on his blood results.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.
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lbeachstace said:
Thanks, I will. I wasn't sure exactly where to post.
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It was fine to post here. I would not have seen it otherwise but you will get more input perhaps on main/health. Do look at the site I linked. It has more info all in one place on ckd and other health issues including a food list that in many places includes carbs. You might wasn’t to join their groupsio forum as well.
 
tiffmaxee said:
It was fine to post here. I would not have seen it otherwise but you will get more input perhaps on main/health. Do look at the site I linked. It has more info all in one place on ckd and other health issues including a food list that in many places includes carbs. You might wasn’t to join their groupsio forum as well.
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i am going to look at the site now. i also want to do a side by side comparison of his results and the range on the spread sheet vs the range on the idexx report. i think they are different, which is super confusing but i trust this page, so i'll see what it looks like.
 
Yes. The range matters. Phosphorus is elevated. What’s the USG! Not listed that I can see. BUN is good. Creatinine is a little elevated.
 
What is the USG? I dont see it on the results. Does it stand for something else i can look up?

(i noticed i wrote resent instead of recent in the subject....so embarrassed! LOL)
 
lbeachstace said:
What is the USG? I dont see it on the results. Does it stand for something else i can look up?

(i noticed i wrote resent instead of recent in the subject....so embarrassed! LOL)
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Urine specific gravity. It tells how well he’s concentrating his urine.
 
So it’s not quite s concentrated as you want. Any chance he was dehydrated when last tested? What was it prior to this time?
 
Last time he was tested was 1/13/22 and it was 1.037. What’s a concentration range that we do want?

it’s possible he is/was slightly dehydrated. I put some water in his food.
 
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